THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: (BALAGUER BELLING THE CAT (ONE DISTRIBUTION ONLY)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79R00967A001000030016-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 13, 2006
• Sequence Number: 16
• Publication Date: August 12, 1966
• Content Type: NOTES

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE A G E N C Y
OFFICE OF NATIONAL ESTIMATES
12 August 1966
SUBJECT: The Dominican Republic: Balaguer Balling the Cat
(ONE Distribution Only)
NOTE TO THE BOARD
D
has suggested that the attached would be
useful subject matter for a Board discussion. We deal here
only with the aspect of the Dominican situation which we
regard as most worrisome for the shorteun future. A good
general wrap-up, produced by OCI on 5 August, is available
in the Reading Room.
GRGUP 1
Excluded from automatic
S-E-C-R-E-T downgrading and
declassification
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S-E-C R-E-T
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE A G E N C Y
OFFICE OF NATIONAL ESTIMATES
12 August 1966
STAFF NOTE
SUBJECT: The Dominican Republic: Balaguer Belling the cat
1. The first six weeks of President Bal.ag uer's term of
office have passed calay. The next six weeks will probably
be less calm, and the period after late September -- when the
last of the Inter-American Peace Force (IAPF) is scheduled to
leave -- may become very tense indeed.
2. Balaguer has now made clear by his actions that he
meant what he said about undertaking a transformation of the
military, establishment. In changes aimed at reducing the power
of ultra-conservatives in the officer corps, he has ordered the
transfer into the army of some air force ground combat troops
and has directed that the tank force be shifted from one command
to another. He has replaced the chief of police with a trusted
associate. He has also chosen as his own military aide an am-
bitious officer who is generally considered a Trujill.oist and Is
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regarded with suspicion by the defense minister and the service
chiefs -- all appointees of Provisional President Garcia Godoy.
These moves by Balaguer seem to be only preliminary to more ex-
tensive -- and more delicate -- changes.
3. The Dominican military establi