CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN - 1961/06/03

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• Collection: Current/Central Intelligence Bulletin Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 02049793
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 21
• Document Creation Date: August 14, 2020
• Document Release Date: August 27, 2020
• Publication Date: June 3, 1961

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CONTENTS
1. Dominican Republic. (Page t)
2. Laos. (Page tt)
3. South Korea. (Page ttt)
4. USSR: Generally successful ICBM test operation fol-
lows possible failure. (Page tit)
5. USSR: Indications of preparations for space vehicle
launching. (Page tv)
6. USSR: Pravda article reiterates importance of Berlin
problem on eve of Ithrushchey talks with President.
(Page tv)
7. East Germany: New trade and credit protocol signed
with Moscow. (Page tv)
8. Angola: Portuguese district official reports on worsen-
ing military situation (Page v)
9. India - Communist China: Indian Army's new chief of
staff recommends strengthening of border positions.
(Page vt)
10. El Salvador:. Dissident group of army officers report-
edly plans coup in near future. (Page vi)
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3 June 1961
DAILY BRIEF
*Dominican Republic: Arbitrary arrests, torture, and
murder of suspected dissidents have been intensified as the
dead dictator's survivors seek to avenge his assassination.
The American consul reported on 2 June that moderate dis-
sident elements in the capital are terror-stricken and are
urging the United States to send help immediately on whatever
pretext. The consul was informed that General "Ramfis"
Trujillo, the late dictator's 31-year-old son who on 1 June
was named head of the joint chiefs of staff of the Dominican
armed forces, has vowed to "wipe out" the opposition. The
consul is convinced that President Balaguer is now "firmly
in the hands of tRamfis', Abbes, and company." John Abbes,
de facto head of the hated Military Intelligence Service, is
one of the most ruthless of the Trujillo hatchetmen and has
long been associated with the clique around "Ramfis:"
aeanwhile, Venezuelan President Betancourt to Td the
American ambassador that he intends shortly to issue a
categorical statement that he will use Venezuelan air, naval,
and if necessary, army forces to prevent any Cuban inva-
sion of the Dominican Repub1is2
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