(SPECIAL SITUATION REPORT #185 ON THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AS OF 4:20 PM EDT)

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
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• Publication Date: May 7, 1965
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OCI No. 1651/65
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
7 May 1965
(Special Situation Report #185 on the
Dominican Republic as of 4:20 pm EDT)
The US Embassy in Santo Domingo reports that this after-
noon the "Council of National Reconstruction" was decided on by
the loyalist forces. The Council is to include Antonio Imbert
and Colonel Benoit, plus the following three civilians:
a. Julio D. POSTIGO Arias is a prominent leader of the
Protestant Community church in Santo Domingo. He is
described as a "quiet and inoffensive" man and was appar-
ently at one time a Bosch supporter, but has subsequently
been critical of Bosch.
b. Carlos Grisolia, a lawyer and newspaperman, who has
been very active in Dominican politics. He was Political
Secretary of the conservative National Civic Union party
and was elected to the Senate in 1962. He was considered
to be a leading intellectual while in the Senate and has
developed a reputation as a politician who is above the
partisan struggle.
c. Alejandro Zeller, who is a young engineer and was a
non-partisan Minister of Water Resources in the cabinet
of deposed President Reid. Zeller was a member of the
democratic faction of the Communist infiltrated associa-
tion of professional engineers, architects and surveyors.
It is planned to swear the Council in at 4:00 pm EDT today
and then to ask immediately for recognition by world powers. The
embassy feels that this Council represents a well-balanced group
which can command national support. Efforts are already under way
to rally support to the Council from other parts of the country.
The embassy also reports that Imbert called to say that he had
just met a delegation consisting of Colonel Caamano's brother and
the rebel liaison officer, Conde, accompanied by the Papal Nuncio.
According to Imbert, all of them accepted the arrangement and have
"gone off to sell it to the Caamano group."
State Dept. review completed
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