TRYING TO BUY OFF THE ANTI-COMMUNIST

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CIA-RDP75-00001R000400020017-4
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February 26, 1999
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17
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September 8, 1965
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SEP 8 1955 CPYRG.HT ... CPYRGHT 'TRYING TO BUY OFF THE ANTI-COMMUNISTS Two anti-communist Dominican Repub- correspondent, Jules Dubois. that Aaieri- can agents tried to bribe them to clear out of the country. There could hardly be better evidence that the United States is aware of the communist character of the rebel holdouts in Santo Domingo and - - unless he departed the country. An -I j ent in 1960. The agent had offered; a i meat under which a provisional govern- 1 gapore Intelligence operative money In[ ment has been established called for urn for access to official secrets. surrender of the arms. fter the state department denial, Lee .1 no money could buy his patriotism. Gen. I; Wessin pointedly asked Dubois: "What is i, e United States, fighting for? Is it fight-J i g for democracy or for communism In is e world?" President. Johnson in late April sent ; 2 ,000 marines and' soldiers into the Do-f. inican Republic with a declaration that was acting to forestall a communist t c up d'etat. But once this force was on t e scene, It took no action against the r bels, who were permitted to hold al, s uare mile of the business and financial strict of Santo Domingo. They are still stalled there, and they are still armed. As is to be expected, American officials en't talking. The embassy in Santo mingo says it knows nothing about ap- oaches to the generals. The state de- p rtment also is officially ignorant. The A won't discuss the attempted bribe or c ncede the existence of an agent named fillips. . The defense department also has intelligence agency. He was offered a trip ? n comment. to all military installations in the United Yet it is established that bribes are part States and also to the Panama Canal ? the CIA's CIA's stock-in-trade. -Last, week the Zone. In addition, the American agents slate epartment first tried to deny the i offered to buy his home and another piece t th of a charge by Prime Minister Lee! of property for $50,000. He was told that an Yew of Singapore that the American the Communists refused to surrender their Igivernment offered him $3,300,000 to hush Red elemcrt . - - - ` -_ ""--- The' officers approached by the cloak- and-dagger crew are Brig. Gen. Elias Wessin y Wessin, known as the army's most resolute foe of the Communists, and Brig. Gen. Juan de Los Santos-Cespedes, chief of staff of the air force. Wessin was paid a visit at midnight Sunday by Lt. Col. Joe Wyrick, army at- tache at the American embassy, ands, David Phillips, an operative of the central; "I was offered the sum of $300,000 and;' Ljveu m laui from Secretary of State. Pid admitted Rusk had sent the apology.) agents made the offer. _ ? .. _ _ o e m- r -Communists to a off monists would not seize power and that attempts to buy them out. Gen. de Los nes go with spying and dirty work. ISantos told the Americans he intended to P11 ere is nothing exceptional about that. t why do we. have to go around bribing I remain In his post to insure that th C Sanitized - Approved For Release: CIA-R P75-b0-001 ROOD4bOQ 0A17 :4'