DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP67B00446R000600260032-3
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2006
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: February 5, 1965
• Content Type: BRIEF

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5 February 1965
DCI BRIEFING
FOR THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
I. President Donald Reid Cabral has taken ener-
getic steps during the past six months to deal
with the economic, military, and political prob-
lems which have plagued the provisional govern-
ment since Bosch was forced out in September
1963.
A. An economic stabilization program has been
progressing well, but sagging world sugar
prices and a lower than expected first-
quarter sugar quota from the higher priced
U.S. market has seriously endangered the
solvency of the Dominican Government.
B. Reid has successfully removed some of the
more incompetent, dishonest, and politi-
cally dangerous senior military and police
officers from command positions. Needed
reforms within the armed forces, however,
have often taken second place. His primary
efforts have been to keep the military di-
vided, but supporting his government.
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C. Reid is expected to be a presidential
candidate in the scheduled September 1965
elections and is attempting to build pop-
ular support, Although his opposition is
weak and disorganized, the clandestine re-
turn to the country of leading pro-Castro
leaders is disquieting,
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