DOMINICAN REPUBLIC COULD BECOME A LATIN AMERICAN LAOS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000400020019-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 26, 1999
• Sequence Number: 19
• Publication Date: September 7, 1965
• Content Type: OPEN

FOIAb3b CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
Sanitized - Approved FJrW8 W9 : R-RDP75-000
going on tinder ? the noses of the OAS . tember 6, 1965, issue of the U.S. News & Rock-bottom estimates of this strength,
'peacekeeping force and the United World Report which discusses this sit- .):counting only trained partisan fighters, are
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zone has been turned into an annex of I between -Cuba and other Latin American These recruits are In addition'to?the htird
Havana with training in subversion, I nations as well as Africa. - oore of Communists already trained to fight,
sabotage, and political indoctrination' Following Is an -article from the. Sep-' as guerrillas or terrorists. ? ?,.i
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC COULD BE. which justifled our intervention In that ?cruiting young men from all ports of the ','
COME A LATIN AMERICAN LAOS country In the first place justify the con- 'republic, and bringing them Into the rebel
tinned presence of U.S. troops in Santo tone for short courses in guerrilla war, Sabo- -.
(Mr. CRAMER (at the request of Mr. Domingo until we are certain that the tege, and terror,
Taxicab drivers do the recruiting. They'.
CLEVELAND) was granted permission to country will not be taken over by the.'~ the country, offering free rides back to ?;j
extend his remarks at this point In the I Communists. 'the rebel zone to anyone who wants to get 'l
REcoRD and to include extraneous mat- All of this points to 'the failure of our guerrilla training.
ter.) I. policy with regards to the real trouble f. Intelligence reports from inside the rebel'
Mr. CRAMER. Mr. Speaker, I ant .spot' in this hemisphere-Communist 'zone indicate many young mep jump at the.
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greatly disturbed by a report in today's I Cuba. I'
chance. An estimated 1,200 to ?I,600 are in'
paper that the United States has offered Castro' continues to be the real cancer training at the center run by the 14th of ;4
Dominican Brig. Gen. Elias Wessin y 'in this hemisphere. He is now spreader . June movement in a park in the rebel gone: night ' W ,ssin $50,000 .to leave the Dominican 4ng his tentacles to Africa. So long as we
doctrlna I. At rine , they go to classes in political ia- ;
tion.
Republic. If this report is true, It is an refuse. to take short-of-war action The group also operates' an ndvapced;.-j
alarming indication of the extent this I against' Cuba; we can expect further I? school in demolition, judo, sabotage and i I
administration will go to obtain support Dominican Republics to" erupt through-' hand-to-hand combat. This school, iii the
for a provisional government in the alt the world. .~ National Conservatory of Music, had 260 men .
Dominican Republic which, in my judg- I I am hopeful the administration will. and Col. 30 Manuel women In Mantes training, in Arache mid-August.
meet, could result in that country be' ' consider a meaningful trade ban, the' iii'o
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' corning a Latin American Laos. [recognition of a non-Communist Cub9n ' of altaculty.ines An forces in expert the frogman, he .also is ent.'..
The Communists have surfaced in the government in exile, and a. stop to the Caamatio govern ment: J ;
smaller guerrilla schools are run by WP
tDominican Republic. The rebel held flow of Communist trainees and arms ?; land the Communist Party.
country from falling into the rebelsi party." osing factions in the Dominican Republic, ., ?
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ere rustrated by the .very), e o name. Sociaust, and came -.intciligence officials, one thing is clear:
'same U.S. troops sent In to prevent that out .openly as the "Dominican. Communist Despite political compromises between on..
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wwwu onus.
f Thus, Berreras' attempts to drive the1' Ou August 11, one of these parties even From all-the data now in the hands of
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1 America, our goal quickly- changed ands Wan a.captivo of his Communist supporters, I - The beat of the Communist guerilla 1i~ht-'y .~. r
1!",I,.+ ..roe f_- ___?__?._-_ . I Two of the Communist vrm.na nnfiHnly r. -1A U- .?,....-.+ -1 _? . _ _.__ ?
and other ultraliberal organizations and, negotiating to end the civil war. There was 1. 'towns, far from the capital, and sot up bgsas
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egan surfacing their, ? . ? Reports of new Communist strategic plans
the President's sending of Marines -into I plane to fight on even as the rebel "Press- .'are seeping out of the rebel zone. ".' ?"
_k, y Conamrniats control all the rebel distrlbu-
dean General Berreras to drive the pro-I Each is hiding arms around the country, ad on points for arms.
Communist rebels out of the Dominican training young men to use them later,. in
gucrriiia war, or terrorism wrrAT REDS ARE PLANNING
Republic. Following repeated attacks on1' The Cr?nmui
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,* u w c ,luuaaaobaaVaVaa as 110w ti4- , coaa,,ma:u au uuwu own 05U401 ?' C sensll9 of the reports from these de--
tempting to buy off what may be one of Domingo, now is threatening to infect thoj 'feelers 13 that the Rods command' at least
the last pro-American leaders In that ' whole of the Dominican Republic, adding 175 percent of the rebel zone's "commando" ,i
lr country, in view of the facts I just. re- Ito the problems that the U.S. faces here.poi -the basso units of the rebel military
i ornovizatiou
1 Cited, is alarming indeed. Active pod powerful in the. rebel zone of
The administration first asked Domill-J this capltel city are three Communist o s addition, the defecting ofbcere say,'
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p ca, guerr a 8C oo a, sabotage-- 1 ?' '
i Republic situation and must bear the 11 all are involved in the Red strategy for nn .F Many of the reports come from Dominican r
blame for what I fear will be an eventual eventual takeover-1 military officers who have been with " the . ? ..
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trot the rebel military organizationpeople .add up to a fornldablq ti
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`that country. As such, they will play a As COMMUNISTS SURFACE IN Ddi~IINIi'AN Armed force- articular) to a country,
key part in the coalition government es- REPUDLrc p y .p
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tablished this week. j (NoT> . Conimuntsts tire out In the open politically divided as the Dominican Repq?. ?1'
lie. And, Increasingly, there are reports that?f
Mr. Speaker, this administration has ow 1n the Dominican Republic, plotting to the power of the Communist croups Is grow-'l.
.!stumbled and bumbled the Doritiriican Ithe fighting on a countrywide basis. ( 1ng within the rebel camps.
Arms sto
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4movementWessin which appeared ,.; ..~.
, the Red Chinese MPD-bo- in the "% Fou th of June Movemdgt--' ore than
hands. Because. Berreras refused the
i rebgl demands voiced by the OAS team,
he was forced out by the withholding of
U.S. funds.
Chicago Trib-
nlzationa to .the 114th of June Movement," CHICAGO, September 8.-The
Today, the Communist-led rebels are made by mostly of tough young men who une said today that Dominican Brig. Gan.' 1 11
stronger than ever, both politically and) grant, to follow the path of Fidel Castro. Ellna Wossin y Wesecn has been offered
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main task": to prepare for further armed determined to fight on for an. eventual Red
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"victory in the next popular Insurrection"
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Having entered the Dominican Repub for continued war Is the Dominican Popular 19651
lie in the first place,- It is inconcelvablej movement, or MPD, which follows the Red -UNITED STATES REPORTEDLY OFFERED Wz;;aiu
that the United States should have, . Chinese line. . ? $60,000 To Qorr
barked down in this manner ' Third and largest of the Communist orga-
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y the United States in an attempt to.-
e on elevated to a I POPULAR FRONT?
,position of dignity dictating much of the get rim to leave the Dominican Republic.
1 eettlement terms and by becoming a The 14th of June movement is saying little In an article from Santo Domingo signed
par in t tn n the terms
government in`now about its long-range goal of violent by Julea~DuBois, the. newspaper said Wcsein t
se
rdvolutton. Instead. It is trying to lure non- lead turned down the alleged offer.
the Dominican Republic. They are cer- I Communist leftists Into a "popular front," DuBois said Wessin told bkm In an inter-,"
tarn to use this position as -a platform I -with softer talk. view that he was visited between midnight
1 from which to launch an intensive cam' But the 14th of -June movement,- like the and 2 a.m.'jedneaday by two men be Identl-
paign to take over the Domi can Re'. -other.. two group., is setting up forces to fled as Lt. Qot. Joe W
>11 go yrlck, an Army attachb,
public and to. bort, he el do 1 on n ling and MW
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.r. ~otfered `the money for his three-bedroom