U.S. ISSUING LICENSES FOR HAITI ARMS

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Washington Post staff writers I Aerotrade Qudtled
the United States hasI The official said he has
tuietly resumed issuing licen- queried 'Aerotrade about re-j
es for the sale of arms to ports that the company is also I
training the Haitian armed'
iaiti through a Aliami?based force.
oncern with close ties to the ,if they have entered into
-egime of President-for-Life any agreement to give techni-
lean Claude Duvalier. cai assistance they have to
There have also been re- come to us for permission to
)orts that the same company, do the official said.
Aerotrade, has supplied sev- The official said he could
?ral U.S. veterans to train Hai? not "recall" that there was
ti's new counterinsurgency ever a "formal embargo" on
'orce called the Leopards and the sale of arms to Haiti by
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Haitian government said the capable "of the most elemen-
president of Eerotrade was tary air-sea rescue."
Samuel Urrutia and Byers was If the United States did ap-
the vice president. rprove the request for boats, it
However, a man who an- i wat understood, it would be
swered Aerotrade's telephone); justified on the basis that the
in Miami and identified him- boats might be needed to res-
cue American pilots or sailors
self as Urrutia said he was the , in trouble off the coast of
managing director of Air
Haiti, and Byers was president
of Acrotrade.
Byers refused to answer any
questions about the company,
iaiti's small coast guard. private individuals or compa- saying: "We're nothing but a II Leo Joseph, editor of Haiti
.,Haitian exiles say they fear nies. However, he admitted business firm doing legal buss-,I Observateur, an independent
le developments may fores that few export licenses were ness in this country. ..and exile newspaper published in
hadow a resumption of official issued after U.S. aid to the re- have for several years." New York, said the establish-
[ J.S. military aid to Haiti. gime of Francois Duvalier was News of Aerotrade's activi ment of the Leopards was
Military and economic aid j suspended. ties in Haiti has led to specu- merely an attempt to improve
to the Caribbean nation was A source close to the Hal- lation that it might be a covert the image of the Ton-Ton Ma-
eut off in the early 1960s, off'- tian government said the Car- way for the U.S. government
outes an irregular private
c
-fall because it was felt in ibbean nation had been buyin? to discreetly rearm the Duva-
y "army" which became well
-Vashington that the assist- , machinery, airplanes, jeeps, her regime which is still un-Iknown for its brutal methods.
knee was being misused by the I half-tracks, guns and spare popular in Latin America and' Jpseph and other exiles,
tlii tatorial regime of President part:, from Aerotrade ? for among North American Tiber i who asked that their names
Francois Duvalier. als. not be published, said many of
- aicr died last April and abouYrt. thrsaidee Air years. Haiti flew the The well-connected Haitian the Leopards are former "ma-
s succeeded douands his of Hai- arms from Miami to Haiti source said Aerotrade has coutes."
Most of along with unfinished textiles, worked for Mexico, Guate-
tians who fled during the. electrical appliances and me- mala, Honduras, Colombia,
elder Duvalier's governments han.cal parts. The line's two Nicaragua and the Dominican
'
have ignored the younger Du- c planes ace a DC-6 and a lum Republic-the type of Carib
valier's invitation to return, j being World War II vintage bean "hot spots" where the:, J
apparently because they fear ! C lti cargo plane, capable of CIA has been know to operate.
that the character of the is-i care: ing packaged planes and State Department
land's government has not! State Department sources
haii-tracks.
changed. .\erotrade's activities in~ denied any U.S. government
State Department sources Haiti first came to the notice involvement with Aerotrade
confirmed reports from exiles of the foreign press when the or with the supplying of arms
and others that Aerotrade is to Haiti, other than the issu-
registered as Haiti's arms-pur- marched in the Nov. 18 Army Day parade. According to The sources said U.S. aid to States. It shares an office in some reports, U.S. "advisers"; Haiti had been restricted to
Miami with Air Haiti, a two., marched with the antiguerrilla l about $3 million a year in hu- i
plane cargo line most of which units, and an officer of Aero- !j anitarian programs like ma
is owned by Luckner Cam- trade, James O. Byers, stood laria control since 1963.
on the reviewing stand with State Department sources
bronne, Haiti's minister. of the young President Duvalier and 11 said that the Haitian govern
interior and defense. Aero- trade owns 30 per cent of Air U.S. Ambassador Clinton 11. ment requested "a limited sup-
Haiti, which makes nonsched- Knox. ply of arms, military equip-
uled flights between Port au A Haitian who was in Port ment and credits" from the
Prince, Miami and Puerto au Prince at the time said U.S. government last summer.
Rico. ! news of the U.S. veterans
A State Department official training the Leopards was the', He said the request was under
who asked that his name not talk of Port au Prince, and consideration.
"everyone thinks the U.S. gov- The Item on Haiti's shop-
beused said Ag the past was isI ernment has rgsumed aid."
sued licenses during the ping list considered most
two years to export hand gunAttempts to interview Aero- likely to be approved is a re-
trade officials were frustrat-
semi automatic rifles, aed quest for patrol boats. The Hai-
tion, and "a couple of armor ing. tian coast guard now consists
personnel carriers" tgl XAI t[tiSl?~N t" Q ' E:IXFr l? ~8 5 6018000500260001 -1
w eh. a source a 1 -
Haiti.
Haitian exiles of various po-
litical orientations said they
feared weapons sold to the
Duvalier regime would be
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Last Sunday, June 6th, I attended a meeting of
Haitians in Jamaica, Queens, which adopted a
constitution for their newly-formed organization
the "Union Patriot: ue Haitienue."
The draft constitution presented and read by
Colonel Pierre Armand, the initiator of the move-
ment, was unanimously adopted with minor mod-
ifications following a long; discussion in which a
majority of the attendants participated.
Colonel Armand then proposed, and it was ac-
cepted, that the next meeting be.a joint one with
all other Haitian groups in New York State for
the purpose of organizing a mass protest against
the presence of U.S. warships in Haitian waters.
He said the protest would also be against the
shady maneuvers of the State Dcpdrtment aimed
at a defacto annexation of Haiti through the me-
diumn of the C.I.A. and Ambassador Clinton E.
Knox.
The meeting ended in "a very high spirit of de-
termination to carry on until Haiti is free again.
S. JUSTE 7r' T;xCIi, New York
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Ey DE111D E CA R','ODY manded that the Duvalier Gov-, in the faces of frightened exiles,
'ernrnent give compete arnnes-land the exiles often have
Members of the Haitian Re, ty to all political exiles,
Ireeiworn masks at rallies for fear
f
The Resistance contends)
that the Central Intelligencul
r
Agency has train a Haitians in
sistance, a coalition of aboaL
all p0.lucal prisoners, d:eat m'or re risals to themselves Orijn ten
? auer.illa warfare. Thirteen of
a dozen orvan:nations that rep- the terrorist Tontons ~'iUCOCites;
resent m their families if their identities'these men, the Resistance said,
Hit;_an Creole for "be0=y- bec,re known. landed in Haiti and ahemut-d,
ost of the Haitians -
here, called on the United, man andreturnall proper One of the Tontons'.Tacoutes1unsuccess fully, to over"hrow
e-teicdav to v.-l,hdra;v ties ta'en from lando,.rners. !wai beaten up 01 Frankliaitla Government in Npvenlber,
States y iknany of the Resistance lead-. t ,
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its support of the rave r. m.., r~ Stneet in Brvo;lyn on Thursdayil9S=. They were reportedly
ors z. former officers in the the f Jean-Claude Duvalier and to, oy some of thwiles when he caught after three months, and
rIaitian army who escaped a eared at an informal street!
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17 APR 1970
-CBS Role 9"n 1966 Haiti.invasion,
kg' Unfcdded on Hill
Leonard said he had
- licy
ifl
es some
By William Chapman on camera-and he later ex- to shoot ancient r
. where in Florida. understood that certain pea!
WaPhInpton Post Staff Writer 'tracts a $15,000 damage set- which plc in the U.S. government;
It sounds at first like a tlen?,ent from CBS, which a1- - The subcommittee, were aware of the lnnment)
corps aware of
comic-opera cross-pollination ready, has paid his medical has held secret hearings which
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a,of James Bond and Marshall ? fore, claimed many of those Outside the hearing room,
KcLuhan. 1 For example: bills. filmed have testified there-
and assorted other ceived payments for their later, McMullen, the pro-
A?? told reporters that
umbia Broadcasting System ""a?ae `...`_? - - "employes" of CBS avmc acct?' camera, a Haitian exile
terday from a House Com- according to Rep. John E. . been faked by his assistant,
m he had
h
'
priest calmly describes his
plot to bomb the palace of
his homeland's dictator,
Francois Duvalier, when the
great invasion takes place.
? A cameraman assigned
to the filming. gets worried
and promptly contacts the
F BI and the Central Intelli-
gence Agency.
? The CBS expert on gun-
/smuggling and Carribean in-
vasion plans turns out to be
an informant for the CIA
while he Is accepting about
$6,400 In fees from the net-
work.
? One. of the prospective ,
Invaders loses an eye when
Ma.ppining rifle aplodew
o
s inves- Moss (D-Calif.), McMullen': f t. George, w
merce subcommittee
tigation of the CBS role in assistant on the job, An- promptly fired. He insisted
an alleged plot to invade thony;'St. George, testified also that the government
Haiti in 1966 and 1967. '`!In chased session that there must have known something
Congressmen accused net-
work executives, among other
things, of manufacturing
news events, Ineddling in for-
eign affairs, and possibly urg-
ing others to commit criminal
acts.
creating news and encourag-
ing a criminal act," declared
Rep. Paul G. Rogers (D-Fla.).
"This was an Inspired inva-
sion to got some document-
ary film." " I
CBS News Vice President
William L. Leonard and
Perry Wolff, an executive
news producer, insisted the
ed
s
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aan .abort
episode ., a
into investigative reporting' the project was canceled. i t110 elrltience?.. _ry
that flopped. "We never and the film never broad- ?
staged anything," insisted cast. He had written a memo
Leonard. In late 1966 declaring that
It began in 1966 when a it all amounted merely to!
CBS producer-reporter, Jay the "non-adventures of a
McMullen, set out to film a rag-tag crew that would
gun-smuggling report and even make Duvalier look
ran into a shpposed-plot by good."
exile Cubans and Haitians to . The network executives
invade Haiti. He filmed shots were criticized for playing
of exiles plotting around a along with what might have;,
dinner table, of.guns being.'. been an Invasion of another
transported to Miami, and of eountry from American soil,
tbry "invaders" being f>ed 'eontrajAto,U.B.^foreiga,paj
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refugees filmed could be Georgia arms dealer, Wer-
paid in cash. Bell, was discovered to be-
The CBS executives re= 'in touch with the CIA in.
plied some of the men were - Miami.
paid normal cash "releases" However, Moss Insisted he, -
t CBS had discovered that the CIA!
th
fil
d
a
me
for being
, did pay consultant fees to?' ' knew nothing of the opera-1
an arms dealer named tion. I
Mitchell WerBell, and fi-J ..When news becomes such i
nanced a $1,500 trip to the ? a valuable commodity that
Dominican Republic for it has to be manufactured'
some latulteos and a film otherncolves elitlbreachth
crew. - ?- - ------- L,_ .
money to-promote an In- ness," Moss declared.
vasion it could film, Leon- . Rogers added: "I'm con-
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17 APR 1970
Witness~s Hint dose of CBS
In 1966 Haiti Pkt Extensive
By GUS CONSTANTINE
Star Staff Writer
The Columbia Broadcasting
System's involvement in a 1966
plot to invade Haiti appears to
have been more extensive than
previously made public, accord-
ing to congressional testimony
by network officials.
Under questioning from House
Commerce subcommittee prob-
Jers yesterday, William Leonard,
vice president of CBS News, said
the network spent "about
$160,000 to $170,000" to film the
Haitian invasion project, more
than twice the amount previous-
ly ,disclosed in a confidential
committee staff report.
A series of internal CBS mem-
oranda presented by the sub-
committee referred to "un-
impeded" expenditures by CBS,
based on promises by Haitian
and Cuban exiles that an "in-
vasion would take place."
Project "Unfinished"
When the invasion plans were
aborted in November 1966, a
memorandum followed barring
broadcast of the film because of
the "unfinished nature'of the
projecV
CBS has claimed that it aim- linterest,"
ply paid money for an "investi-
gative report on gun-running ac-
tivities and training exercises"
of a group which was attempting
to launch an invasion.
Two months after CBS disas-
sociated itself with the project in
November 1966,. a group of Cu-
ban and Haitian exiles was ar-
rested in the Floridaiiieys while
preparing. to embark. for Haiti.
Six of them later were convict-
ed of violating the Neutrality
Act and the Firearms Control
Act, and their convictions were
upheld by the. U.S. Supreme
Court this month.
.Secrecy Lid Lifted
The new information 'on the
CBS involvement came yester-
day when the subcommittee, in
a surprise turnabout, partly lift-
ed the veil of sedrecy It had
wrapped around its two-year in-
vestigation.
It subpoenaed Leonard and
CBS News executive producer
Perry Wolff to testify on allega-
tions that the CBS involvement
In the, so-called, "Project Nas-
sau" was "improper, illegal
Commerce Committee Chair-
man Harley 0. Staggers,
D-W.Va., said that 'Me subpoen-
as were issued at the witnesses'
request. I
He also said thatthe hearings
have been conducted In secret
until now because of the case
which had been pending in the
Supreme Court.
Film Is Shown
The two-hour bearing opened
with the showing of the film pro-
duced- byCBS over a period
ranging form June to November
1966.
It showed what were described
as illegal arms being moved into
a Miami home in June, a ship
hired to transport the weapons
to the Dominican Republic.-
staging area of the planned inva-
sion, training exercises in which
one of the participants lost an
eye as a result of a misfiring,
and interviews 'with the plot
leaders.
Wolff called the film an inves-
tigativereporter's "notebook."
Subcommittee members
charged that it was an account
of a planned invasion "inspired
to get documentary firms."
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Two Invisible Governments
What has been described as the
United States' worst war - far ex-
ceeding the Vietnam conflict in
ferocity and importance - is pic-
tured as being fought now between
two invisible governments in this
country. These two invisible gov-
ernments are named as the Unit-
ed States Central Intelligence
Agency and the Cosa Nostra, or
Mafia, crime syndicate which has
been spreading its tentacles over
this nation and in other parts of
the Americas ever since its mem-
bers were driven but of Italy by the
late Dictator Benito Mussolini.
"There is bound to appear a best-
seller by a White House insider
. .. who will publish the authorita-
tive firsthand account of President
John F. Kennedy's 1963 decision to
attempt to free Haiti from the can-
cerous dictatorship of Dr. Fran-
cois Duvalier, and explain why the
President and the National Secur-
ity Council, ignoring the then-re-
cent Bay of Pigs disaster, decided
to entrust the liberation of Haiti
to our `intelligence community.'
How the intelligence community -
powers -colliaea somewhere;--"the
'confrontation escalated into an in-
visible war.
"It may be the first full-scale
secret war the Americans have
ever fought: its origins disguised,
.its battles unreported, its casuali-
. ties anonymous, even its most ob-
vious scars blithely ignored."
Is it possible that there is no
way a democracy can defeat a
crime syndicate that operates as a
secret government? Mussolini's ta-
tic in Italy was simply to tell them
to get out of that nation or be kill-
ed. There was no worry about
trials. Yet, in this country, the new
chief of a crime syndicate is boldly
announced, as it was in the days of
the late Scarface Al Capone in Chi-
cago, and nothing is done about
it.
Summary Justice
Perhaps the nearest thing the
United States ever had to "sum-
mary justice," where trials) were
seldom involved, was lodged in the
old - time Texas Rangers. They
were authorized to shoot outlaws
first and ask questions afterward.
a joint group of the CIA, the Navy,
and the Pentagon's huge Defense
An article in a national magazine Intelligence Agency - fell down
says the CIA and the Mafia, for on, the job will probably be re-
seven years, have been fighting for viewed by an award - winning
control of the small, impoverished ? Washington newsman in a hard-
Caribbean nation of Haiti and that hitting book that will call for an
the outcome is still in doubt. , investigation - and likely get one {
Somewhat earlier in the admin- . ! started.
istration of President Nixon, there "A definitive book on the whole
was talk of enacting special legis- Haiti mess would best come from
lation and appropriating funds for a cautious, emotionless typewrit-
the purpose of wiping out crimes er of a seasoned crime writer. An
syndicates, chief of which is the old hand at gangland wars, name-
Mafia. As if insidiously motivated, less corpses, syndicate power
this talk gradually subsided into struggles and numbered bank!,
silence. It appeared as if Congress, transactions would go to Haiti and
for some reason, had decided not find the familiar scene. He would
to do anything about the crime syn- poke his toe at the bomb crater
dicates, including the Mafia, al- in the presidential driveway and
though it is known to be so strong never mistake it for a pothole.
that it threatens to take over our
legal, visible government. Discovery Ii-1970
. Into Top Levels
"Americans . . spent an un- !
happy time in the 1960s adjusting
The Mafia, high authorities say, to the discovery that the United
reaches into the top levels of state States has two invisible govern-
and national governments. ments. There is, for one, the CIA!,
all over Washington and there is
There are some who consider the the national syndicate of organized
late President John F. Kennedy the crime, all over everything else. But
h
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move against the Mafia on a broad it remained for the generation of +~+
the 1970s to discover, perhaps ino-
basis. On this phase the magazine
shad
o
said, in part: .. :x: - .- w?.,...
There are those who think that if
the old - time Texas still had their
original authority, they would go
about the business of wiping out
the Cosa Nostra by shooting
down anyone who was bold enough
to let it be known he was an offi-
cial of the Mafia. After all, can
anyone direct the activities of a
multi - billion - dollar crime syn-
dicate without being a criminal?
It was stated that the real pur-
pose of the war over Haiti is for
control over the entire Caribbean
and its vast potential wealth.
Our prime concern is ending the
invisible government of the Mafia
in the United States itself. If we
can wipe out that organization in
the United States, we shall be in
a better position to prevent its seiz-
ure of power in the whole Ameri-
can sphere.
Can and will Congress give us
the legislation necessary to achieve
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Chicago Daily News Service ing the Johnson and Kennedy eras. St. George's allega? '
WASHINGTON-U. S. Intelligence agencies, with Na tions. appearing in True Magazine's March issue, are
Support, :financed and supervised at least four unsuccess. an attempt to disrupt these relations, he said.
ful Invasions of Haiti since 1964, a longtime writer on.ri A spokesman for the Central Intelligence Agency' V
.Latin American affairs charged Saturday. (CIA), which -along with the Pentagon's Defense Intelli-
The abortive assaults, in which "hundreds of men gence Agency (DIA), was named as masterminding the
have been killed and millions of dollars spent" were, A Invasion State attempts, Ddeclined epartment official, colst.
.:beaten back by Haitian dictator Dr. Francis Duvalier, he CIA-DIA-Navy Departipati nthe e asked operations, would operations, possibly
-said. Duvalier, he added, secured wee -DIA-Navy participation in only '?
pons, boats and say that the United States is doing its best to enforce
planes from the American Mafia, which had gotten them the neutrality laws and prevent the illegal export of
from Italy.
arms."
In repayment, said writer A n d r e w St. ? George, : A ' government source explained that the State De-
Duvalier awarded Haitian gambling concessions, to the'; y' - r
underworld czars. ? . partment fbilows a "no comment"'
policy in matters that
Haitian diplomatic sources here said that 10 attempt- Invasions of the black Caribbean island nation had may "prejudice other agencies," or when it has no ltnowl-I
een launched since 1959. When protests were' lodged edge of them.
With the UN Security Council In 1968, said one official, But foreign diplomatic sources here conceded that'
we did not say they came from the C U 1 Intelligence it is possible that intelligence operations, such as those.
Agrjacy-we didn't have any proof," by the CIA, could be carried on without the knowledge'
He added that following an assault in 1068-involving .,of even top-level government officials, U. S. Or Haitian.
according to St. George 80 U. S.-trained Haitaians, but St. George said the aft or sea' assaults, or both, took;
only 10 to 15 according to U. S. government officials- place in 1964, 1965, 1968 and 1969, with forces ranging
he made a request of the State Department for a U. S. ?, from small commando groups of a few dozen to hunt, dreds
crackdown on Haitian rebels trained on American soil. of troops.
"I didn't bring any accusations against the United All were foiled by 'Duvalier, who appeared to have
VM-Uncanny knowledge bef
States of t1~e operations._'
government or its agents," the official said. 'I ,'- -. orehand
---...,~--- -- a, .L..'ous.ti,cy~td. Nought anus "In Europe."
czars.
4P l e v e l government officials,
HAITIAN. diplomatic sources A SPOKCbMAN (pr the.Ce''`-j U.S. or Haitian. Also, they said, they had
here told 71- Daily News that bat In ellidencV Wgency (XA) , 'heard reports" that one of th
b~ w+w il%e peniat men sentenced last weer in thc'~ ere
10 attempted invasions against plums a ST. GEORGE, who has cov-
the black Carribbean island to n' tZ4etsc ink'tl~~cnct- sively;tsaid the air or s alas- Davis, 38,b'had r ao~rked"for d republic had been launched tA,gc WM , Yes namcai as ?!
. saults, or both, took place in the CIA. but gave no additional!
since ,939 t/
,a rrni~d of the itwa~i?n at-.,1964, 1965, 1968 and 1969, with details. They denied that the"
When protc,:s were lodged a""pts? dti'cIi, ~ ton meM .`forces ranging from small Mafia had been awarded Hail
with the Uniteu Nations Secur- State fyepdrtment CA 'cr) - 'commando groups of a few tWA eotncess>9
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i y Council in 1968, one Hatiian1 aWW4 .boxt pu'.Sib Ii CIR-01A 'dozen to "hundreds" of troops.
officiii said, "We did not MY '~1
igrtieipobea'n i4k vyt'cr,',~ All were foiled by Duvalier,
avj~
they came from the Central In- Zakia;S, Watdld OR% Wo ""' .who appeared to have an ur-
telligcnce Agency - We didn't t'1hC (WW ~Ai.Aes' +s d+~~ KS "!canny knowledge beforahan
have and proof." t too enforce tM OPWfAl1, of the operations. The biggest -
He added that after an as-
V;", :?; assault, in May, 1968, involved
sauit in h6' - inculvin?g, ae landing of three planes in
cording, to St. Gcot };e, 60 U.S. the Cap Hattien area, dis-
trained Haitians, but only 12 ti,
gorging 80 men, while a fourth
115 plane bombed' Ihrvalter's pal-
, acc.urding to U.S. govern-
"U.S.
ment officials - he asked the
!ace id Port-au-Prince.
pilots, instructors, baltmen
State Department for a U. S.
r
crackdown on Haitian And demolition experts ban-;
Idled all key operational align- !
ments," his article said.
J A bombing "raid" was also:
made against Duvalier's pal-
ace in June, 1969. when eight
d r u m a of gasoline were
dropped. Rene Leon, the Pp:
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;,Sad U.S. Invci
U. S. Intelligence agencies,
,with Navy support, financed
and supervised at least four,
unsuccessful invasions of
Haiti since 1964, a longtime
writer on Latin American
affairs charged today.
The abortive assaults, In
which "hundreds of ? men
have been killed and millions
of dollars spent" were beat-
en back by ,Haitian dictator
Francois Duvalier w 1 t h
weapons, boats and planes
obtained from the American
Mafia, which had gotten
them form Italy, he said.
In repayment, said writer
i Andrew St. George, Duvalier
awarded Haitian gambling
concessions to the under-
wwtd czars.
Haitian diplomatic sources
lations are "very good," he plained that the State Dept. i
said, add that "in the- Nixon follows a "no comment" pol-
Administration there Is more ic
in matters th
t m
y
a
ay
understanding of Latin Amer.
lea" than existed during tHe. prejudice other agencies,
Johnson and Kennedy eras,- or when It has no knowledge.
St. George's allegations, ap- : of them.
gearing in True magazine's', But foreign diplomatic
March issue, are an attempt - sources here conceded that
to disrupt these relations, he it Is possible that intelligence
said. operations, such as those by
A spokesman-for the CIA, the CIA, could be carried on
which along with the Penta- without the knowledge of
gon's Defense Intelligence even top-level government
Agency (DIA), was named as. officials, U. S. or Haitian.
masterminding the invasion St. George said the air or i
attempts, declined comment. sea assaults, or both, took
- A State Dept. official, asked place In 1964, 1965, 1968 and
about possible CIA-DIA-Navy. 1969, with forces ranging
participatlew - -i .lye opera- from small c ommand o
tions, would only, say that groups of a few dozen to
"the U. S. is doing its best hundreds of troops.
to enforce the neutrality . laws ., All were foiled by Duva-
and prevent. the illegal ex- her who appeared to have an
;
here said that 10 attempted have been stopped," he said. Port Of arms." uncanny knowledge before.
invasions of the black Carib. . Currently, U. ?Haitlan re- - A govermnent. sotce ex hand of the aperstl
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bean Island nation had been
launched since 1959. When
protests were lodged with
the UN Security Council in
1968, said one official, "we
did not say they came from
the CIA-we didn't have any
proof."
He added that following
an assault In 1968-Involving,
according to St. Georfe, 80
U.S. trained Haitians, but.
only : 12 to 15 according to
U.S. government officials-
he made a request of the
State Dept. for a U.S. crack-
down on Haitian rebels
trained on American soil.
"I didn't bring any accusa
tions against the U.S. gov-
ernment or its agents," the
official said.. "I asked that
they -(invaders trained on
U.S. soil] be stopped, and,
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