THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SITUATION REPORT

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00826A000100010047-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 3, 2006
• Sequence Number: 47
• Publication Date: January 8, 1966
• Content Type: IM

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OCI No. 2937/66
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
8 January 1966
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
The Dominican Republic Situation Report
(Report as of 1:30 PM EST)
1. The regular Dominican military may be pre-
paring to relinquish control of Radio Santo Domingo,
which they seized during the evening of 6 January.
According to unconfirmed press reports, erstwhile
Armed Forces Secretary Rivera Caminero has said
that the military will evacuate the premises of
the radio station on, the condition that its facili-
ties not be used for political purposes. There is
no indication whether Rivera will surrender the sta-
tion to its normal management, and hence to the Pro-
visional Government, or to representatives of the
Inter-American Peace Force (IAPF).
2. In moving out of the radio station, the
Dominican military could be seeking a way to ease
tension and avoid a showdown with IAPF troops with-
out otherwise relenting in their determination to
force Provisional President Garcia Godoy to with-
draw his decree posting prominent military leaders
abroad. The military chiefs give every appearance
of being prepared to wait out what they evidently
calculate will be a turn-a-bout or resignation by
the Provisional President.
3. There have been no other developments of sig-
nificance since this morning's situation report.
The OAS Council was to convene at noon today in
lashington.
CONFIDENTIAL
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