DOMINICAN REPUBLIC RELATIONS AND FOREIGN AID

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000200070004-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 1999
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 15, 1966
• Content Type: OPEN

of a history of the Dominican Republic
and Is familiar with recent events in the
Dominican .Republic,
Mr. Rodman reports his Interview with
key Dominican political figures and ana-
lyzes Joacjtlin Balaguer, a conservative
candidate, defeated the seeming liberal
favorite, Juan Bosch, in the recent elec-
tions. The defeat of Bosch came as a
surprise to many and occasioned rumors
",that the elections had been unfair. Mr.
Rodman makes clear why the Dominican
voters chose Balaguer.
Of particular Interest are Rodman's
conclusions about the future of Domini-
WH'T BALAOUER Wolf-ANATOMY Or A
REVOLUTION THAT' FAILED
Inv Belden Rodman') (NOTE,-Selden Rodman,, poet and art I
! 1rttic, is the author' of Quisqueys, the only -i i. y
In any language. His most recent book, The Road to Pnnnma, was published last month.)
i SANTO DOMINOo.--At 0 p.m. on election .~ ??
night the. scene in the lobby of the Em-
the blackboard, containing returns from a
dozen polling places In the capitgl, had Juan
Bosch leading 0,347 to Joaquinr Balaguer's 1
. 4,031. Jules Dubois, correspondent of the
laughing uproariously. ,, ?: ,
The Embalador, It should be noted, is the' +1
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also the
I AND FOREIGN AID eadquarters of Ambassador-at-Large Ells- t
I /AR.: Corth Bunker, liaison between the OAS oc-.
ANDREwS of North _Dakota) _was granted Motor Garcia Godoy, who took omce Septem-'
traneous matter.) Improvised right-wing regime and Colonel!
b 18 by Selden Rodman, titled "Why Public hick is ope. ational. And line al-,
"'. Balaguer Won, Anatomy of a Revolution mutt svcrything else physic
I d)
In this country, )t was s built lt (and d bugged)
It was not so much the'disparity between
Dubois' cooky statement and the early ro-?
turns that was causing the laughter: It was
rather the product of a certain overcon-
fidence on the part of the liberals, the resi-
due of an emotional attitude dating back to
the week of. revolution and Intervention: (Ail 2430 1005) Bhh;
pr-, :osc sould win. After all, had he not been the first freely,
elected president since the 30 years' terror!
ended? Had he not overwhelmed In the l
December 1002, election the very people who
were now supporting Balaguer. Had not he
;cratic state. Rodman advises that: not the April revolution erupted to bring''
Basic social reforms, heavy taxation of Bosch back? And was not his opponent
civil service, are equally necessary, Reform had opposed the American intervention a
of the educational system,'which was never year ago April almost to a man, were making;
sound and is now In almost complete din' from those facts a shaky deduction. They;
array, Is still more basic to the future, were reasoning that the charisma that blazed
' In absentia around the craggy features and,
With regard to American financial aid, , white thatch of Juan Bosch had survived
Rodman recommends that "the massive Intact from those hot?olo April days right
!flow of American money now supporting through all the events of the 13 months that'
allowance for the following chain of events:
directed In such a way as to emphasize ., When the April revolution broke out span-
self -help and grass roots Initiative. But taneously, people had momentarily forgotten'
most important, Rodman points out an (and perhaps rightly so) that Bosch had
fired to protest his ejection. But in the joy
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foundations, 1n flnancing a series of pilot of April, 1905 attending the fallen Idol's Im-I
protects in the Dominican Republic and minent return, Bosch was suddenly as popu- '; ~?ti.'r
,other Latin nations. tar as he,had ever been.
'single school room for less than $2,000, 1DP ' did. not take command of the street-fighters'
In now building It complete schools, with and disaffected army officers, and that was!.
thatched roofs, for a total cost of $2,000. the'Arst minus-quantity In the unstable
One hundred eighty-Ave village leaders have I equation of the newsmen. As everyone
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