LETTER TO HONORABLE J. W. FULBRIGHT FROM W. F. RABORN

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• Publication Date: July 22, 1965
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Honorable J. W. Fuibright
Chairman
Foreign Relations Committee
United States Senate
Washington. D. C.
Dear Mr. Chairman:
22 July 1965
During the course of my appearance before your Committee
on Foreign Relations on Monday, 19 July 1965, 1 undertook to
provide your Committee certain additional information or clarification
of the record. The memorandum forwarded herewith is provided for
the record and covers the points involved, except for a memorandum
on communist training requested by Senator Mundt which is in
preparation and will be submitted separately.
The document tabled at your hearing entitled "Comnutnism
in the Dominican Republic" is a particularly interesting one and
as you recall we have left a copy with your secretariat for the benefit
of the members of the Committee should they care to learn more
about the participation of the Communists in the recent troubles in
the Dominican Republic.
Sincerely,
/S1 W. F. Raborn
W. F. ifaborn
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MEMORANDUM FOR; Foreign Relations Committee
United States Senate
Washington, V. C.
Supplemental Material for the Committee
Report of the App eearanc, of the Director
of Co atral Intelligence Bofors the 5'oreign
Relations Committee, United States Senate,
19 July l%5
Senator Aiken was also interested in the activities of
can Republic. The San Cristobal Arms
rtioe Factory, Which is fast outside of Santo Domingo,
w-as established by Trujillo and is presently Under the Control of
General Imbert's government. As of February 1965 the factory
was reportedly in operation and producing . 38 caliber revolvers
and an undetermined omeunt of ammunition. The rebel leaders
of l5 July charged that it was being dismantled and that the throe
colonels in, charge were selling its a ,aehinery at scandalous
prices for personal gain. The broadcast said that all work at
the armory had been suspended std all workers fired. At the
present time the Central intelligence Agency has no information
that the above accusations are true.
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3. The Director submitted, for the Committee's records,
a classified document on Communism in the Dominican Republic.
In coon with this paper, it is important to not* that the
account of events Lot the section of this payer entitled the rebellion
is a reconstruction of developments based on reports which is some
cases were received some time after the fact due to delays
necessitated by security of communications and the chaotic situa-
tion prevailing. (See page 411 of the transcript. )
4. Senator it ndt reziuested a paper on typical c*rnmunist
training wf such communists as were identified as active on the
rebel side. A paper on this subject is being prepared and will be
submitted separately for the Comxxeittee's records. (See page 414
of the transcript.)
5. Senator McCarthy asked for the number of people killed
in the Dominican crisis. The Director replied as to the 22 military
fatalities. The actual figures of U. S. military casualties are 25
killed and 160 wounded. As to the number of Dominicans killed,
the only figure that could be provided is an educated guess at beat
and it ranges between 1, 000 and 800. (See page 431 of the
transcript. )
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T. ;senator Case made a statement indicating that the
Central I lligsnce Agency does not keep the Congress informed.
w flees r rd, the Agency has appeared before combined sessions
of the CIA Subcommittees of swats Armed Cervices and Appropria-
tions nine times and once before Senate Armed Services and the
Department of Defense S bcommlttee of Senate Appropriations.
Senator galtonstell attended nine of these sessions. Further. the
agency has appeared seven times before the CIA Subcommittee of
House Armed Services. once before the full House Armed Services
Committee, nine times before the CIA Subcommittee of House
A spropriations. and emcee before the Defense Subcommittee of
House Appropriations. All of these appearances have been since
January of this year. (See page 44 of the transcript. )
In
addition, the Central Intelligence Agency appears from time to
time before a number of other committees of the Congress for
briefings on special subjects of interest to those committees.
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