CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN

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• Publication Date: January 6, 1966
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CENTRAL
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BULLETIN
CURRENT INTELLIGENCE
RELATING TO NATIONAL SECURITY
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3. Nigeria: Violence in Western region threaten-
ing breakdown of law and order. (Page 6)
4. Bolivia: The country is quiet following the
resignation and departure of Barrientos. (Page 7)
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Dominican Republic: Garcia Godoy threatens
resignation if military leaders fail to leave
country. (Page 8)
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Nigeria: Continuing violence in the long-
troubled Western region has increased the danger
of a general breakdown of law and order there.
Defiance of authority has been sustained ever
since 11 October when the highly unpopular regional
government rigged its own re-election. Last week-
end cars driven by Americans and Britishers were
attacked for the first time. The chief of the
Nigerian police has warned that the morale of his
men, nine of whom were massacred last month, is
weakening.
The election winners and losers essentially
represent rival factions of the region2s predominant
Yoruba tribe. Efforts to effect a political com-
promise show no sign of producing results.
The impasse is part of the wider struggle
between progressive non-Muslim southerners and
tradition-bound Muslim northerners who control
the federal government. The northerners support
the hated regime in the Western region, and prob-
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*Bolivia: L~he country is quiet following the appar-
ent forced resignation and departure from the country
of Co-President Barrientos]
[The reasons behind General Barrientos' abrupt
resignation and hasty departure for Switzerland are
still unclear, but evidence is building that the decision
was involuntary, forced on him by heavy pressure from
key military leaders. He may have been under military
custody when escorted to the airport yesterday. Never-
theless, Barrientos reportedly intends to return to
Bolivia on 23 January to begin his campaign Ior the
presidency.]
[Reaction to his resignation and temporary absence
has been surprisingly mild. There is a general feeling
of relief on the part of the armed forces that no crisis
has arisen as a result of the resignation. The concen-
sus of military officers seems to be that the resignation
has elevated the prestige of the armed forces, and prob-
ably that of Barrientos since he chose not to plunge the
country Into chaos by refusing to resign,
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Dominican Republic: In his efforts to get key
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rebel and military leaders to leave We coun xy
Godoy has gone so far as to threaten to resign.
elations between the President and the leaders
of the LDominican armed forces have again become
strained over the refusal of any of the military leaders
to leave the country in return for the departure of the
leading rebel military officers. Garcia Godoy views
their refusal as another example of military disre-
spect for civilian authority. On the other hand Armed
Forces Minister Rivera Caminero and his service
chiefs view the departure of any of them at this time
as a sop to the leftists and damaging to the unity of
the armed forces. Rebel leaders refuse to leave un-
less the armed forces leaders do]
Leftist extremists, outraged that Garcia Godoy
did not directly blame and punish the Dominican mili-
tary for the Santiago incident, have begun attacking
the provisional government and calling for a renewal
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The Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD), be-
lieving that senior regular military officers would be
sent abroad, has taken its most critical stand to date
against Garcia Godoy. PRD leaders, however, are
attempting to maintain the partly's bargaining position
by creating the impression that the PRD is all that
stands in the way of a general strike and widespread
violence. Bosch, during recent months, has warned
against PRD participation in this type of agitation.
The Secretary General of the PRD told the US
Embassy on 4 January that the party would withdraw
from the electoral race if the military situation "were
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not remedied:' The ostensible reason would prob-
ably be that the military, controlled in large part
by prerevolutionary leaders, would not allow a
victorious PRD candidate to assume the presidency.
Such a tactic could be used to avoid a PRD electoral
defeat, should the party conclude that it cannot win
the elections on 3 June.
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