CURRENT INTELLIGENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 06498249
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• Document Creation Date: July 11, 2023
• Document Release Date: May 20, 2022
• Case Number: F-2015-00983
• Publication Date: June 1, 1961

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COPY NO, 76
OCI NO. 0282/61
1 June 1961
CURRENT.
INTELLIGENCE
WEEKLY
SUMMARY
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY ,
DOCUMENT HO. �eit
OFFICE OF CURRENT INTELLIGENCE Pa) CHANGE IN CLASS'
DECLASSSED
CLASS. CHANGED
NEXT rtzviEvy DATE:
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cquqNT PITI*;q0i# 11,Etia4 =MART
DOMINICAN
President Malaguer and oth-
er Trulillo aeSoCiatei retained
control in tWDoMinican'Repub-'
lie immediately follewing the
diciatorasSassinatiOn on 30 May
bY:a retited'arMY'gendral, Joan
.Toisa Diet; who bad been in close
Contect-with.a.pro4iS; riddle-of-
the-road diesident.eivillangTooP,
An internal power struggle is
likely, The capital'eas'under
tight security measures en%31
May; Manydissidenti'weire biding
out in theheMes:Of'friendsi and
a WOO of panic foOdliuyiegWaS
developing, le* reports were
available on provincial areas.
��
General Diaz is reported to
be iniiiding.inthe interier'ese
the. policia'and units Of the Do-
minican armed forces round-up:in-
dividUale believed to have been
associated with him, Be may be
heading for. the traditionally.
dissident Cibeo region in the.
east-central pert of the country.
Meanwhile, the late dicta-
tor's two eone'havearrived.in
the Dominican Republic after a
hastily arranged Charter fileq
from Europe : The elder son; Ra-
fael "Ramfia" Trujillo; Jr.,.: is
a general and a minister without
portfolio and is believed, .with�
his military associates, to have
a. Ore Of; fanatical support in
the 'air force mobile infantry
unit Statiened'neieCiUda&Tru.=
.iillo. This military unit, rough-
ly'equivalent to,4 Up wood War
II regimental combat team; is
14504 td,PlAY an important -1)4r
in any struggle toi power. The
two arMy':brigadeastatiened in
the. CapitalCityare commanded
by relatives of theiatesdietatt*
TOP 0/40.:.ardurld 'IReMfis"
includes the de .EnciC head of
the 'hated Military Intelligence
Service, jOhn.4bberS, *40.110 been
involved since 1957 injrujille".s
subversive in other
, - .
MEPDBLIC
Latin American countries. It
also includes officials of
liadi0.4ribe;'weSeYprOCiStro
and bitterly'entiDS and anti-
clerical diatribes over the
past ten menthe have probably
contributed to at least some
degree of,anti4iS feeling *Meng'
the :Dominican peeple:
Ihe longer an interne].
power struggle in protracted,.
the greater will be the opportu-
nities Offered to pre-Castro eie-
m0:00.1 bstb'inelde'the country
and in exile. miring the past
ten Menthe'ProCastrOgreUns
within the Country hAiire been,
strengthened OY the dictator's
OWO political Machinations:: Lest
week
told\-047AMerican:Consulatethat
the_efficersinVolved in the
plot hoped the US would have
military -strength available in .
the area in casea,post-Trujille
government .asks for: assistance
in contrelling the internal
situation.
Reaction in the.restnf
Latin AMerica te.Trujilio's
death Was generally ene:of'grie
Satisfaction, Chilean Foreign
Minister CrtUzar.told newsmen
that the assassination was "a
natural end that issitsall
die-
ators.....wbo Make a. mockery 01
the rights and freedoms Of man."
on tWsame island
With theDominicaninepublic,
the reaction wasnne of.alarM
as thegovernmenteenttroOpe
to the border and mobilized the
President's special militia.
In Cuba, comment in the Castro-
controlled preSsatrOseed-the
hope'that-the dictators death
will Mean the "tide liberation'
of the Dominican people, who
nc4, MagnifiCent op-
portunity to recover their
fre0c*:"
. Inifenetuela, where tireg-
ident-ReCao 20A*Ourt was
the target aim almOsi-s0C-
Oese1U1-aseiesination-attempt
mounted by Trujillo List year,
the -Cham00. of DePUtiesunanimously passed a resolu-
7
tioo solidarity with the
yeep,1 f he. riepAio
1AOLt
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