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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79S00427A000100020006-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 12
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2008
• Sequence Number: 6
• Content Type: REPORT

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State Dept. review
completed.
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acti : Bloc comment on the Trujillo
ego; has been limited. A Moscow English-language broadcast
uoted the State Department announcement the event
the Trujillo regime as "a fascist dictatorship based
litary force and the assistance extended to the regime by the
*a:' The broadcast added that Trujillo had recently
heightened repression of his opposition and had imprisoned
sands, of persons.
Reaction in Latin America was generally one
etative comment was that of Chilean Forelga moister
tear, who told newsmen that the assassination was a "natur
t awaits all dictators.. ,who make a mockery the rights
and freedoms of man:' In Haiti, the reaction was one
er ament reinforced its border guards and mobilized the
Presidents special militia. In Cuba, comma in the Castro-
+?ntlled press
Dpe that the dictator's death would
mean. the "liberation" of the Dominican people, who now have
Von
State Dept. review completed.
recover their freedom.'
is, where President Betapcourt was the
tessfui assassination attempt mounted by Trujillo
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Chamber of Deputies unanimously passed a resoiu-
American ambassador on 31 May that his govonment, had
solidarity with the Dominican people. Pros
naval forces and is prepared to send troops to the
Dominic
Republic it coordinated hemisphere,
maternal order there.
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T NSMITTAL SLIP
DATE 1 June 1961
TO:
Mr. J. Bromley Smith
ROOM NO.
BUILDING
White House
REMARKS:
Mr. Sheldon suggests that the
attached Briefs be forwarded to the
Presidential party. They have been
selected from those to appear in
tomorrow morning's Central Tntelligence
Bulletin.
FROM:
ROOM NO.
UILDIN
EXTENSION
FORM NO .nA I REPLACES FORM 38-8 GPO: 1957-0-439445 (47)
1 FEB 55 L`I' WHICH MAY BE USED.
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Do rainicaa n Republic: The appearance of unity and stability
Fd by President Balaguer and the diverse elements
that formed the government and the military and political machines
e dictator is probably a mere facade. The rivalries and
jealousies among Trujillo% underlings, which only occasionally
ame to the surface luring his lifetime, are deepseated and almost
certain to weaken the regime in the near future. While members of
the Trujillo family and those high officers most intimately aaso-
elated with the dead dictator now feel they have no recourse but to
tand or fall together, other high officials, military as well as
civilian, recognize the hostility to the Trujillo regime that has been
engendered among important segments of the Dominican population.
These officials may well become convinced that their futures would
served by an alliance with the anti-Trujillo dissident
The 31 years of Trujillo rule, however, has left a
legacy that severely hampers any immediate transition toward
democratic government.
The American Consulate reported on 1 June that the capital city
is being patrolled by heavily armed military and police units and
that the general attitude of the people there is a compound of sup-
pressed excitement, fearful apprehension, and grim satisfaction
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Sino-Soviet Bloc
Moscow and the East European satellites continue to portray
the Vienna meeting as a generally favorable development which
could serve as a point of departure for further negotiations. In
t week, however, a note of caution has been injected
Soviet spokesmen have taken an optimistic line in pub-
lic and are apparently under instructions to treat the meeting as
an opportunity to lay the groundwork for an accommodation of
Soviet and American positions on key East-West Issues. Peiping
initial editorial comment gives minimum endorsement to the
meeting as "new proof of the USSR's sincere desire" for peace,
but maintains its line of harsh denunciation of US policies. While
implying reservations regarding the advisability of such a meet-
ing, the editorial published in People's Dal on 1 June suggests
that Peiping is adhering to the apparent understanding, reached
at the November conference of Communist leaders, to refrain from
penly attacking another top-level meeting between ihrushchev and
the President.
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Undersecretary of the Iranian Foreign Ministry
has expressed to the American Ambassador his serious concern
over the growing neutralist sentiment and pressure for with-
drawal from CENTO among. influential Iranians. Members
Prime Minister Amini's government reportedly want the new
regime to withdraw its public support for CFNTO, but Amini
and the Shah are holding firm.
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International Reaction: Bloc comment on the Trujillo assas-
sination has been limited. A Moscow English language broadcast
an I June quoted the State Department announcement of the event
and described the Trujillo regime as "a fascist dictatorship based
on military force and the assistance extended to the regime
United States:' The broadcast added that Trujillo had recently
tened repression of his opposition and had imprisoned thou-
sands of persons.
Reaction in Latin America was generally one of satisfaction.
A representative comment was that of Chilean Foreign Minister.
Ortuzar, who told newsmen that the assassination was a "natural
end that awaits all dictators. ...who make a mockery of the rights
and freedoms of man." In Haiti, the reaction was one of alarm as
the government reinforced its border guards and mobilized the
President's special militia. In Cuba, comment in the Castro-
controlled press stressed the hope that the dictator' death would
mean the "liberation" of the Dominican people, who now have "a
agn'lficent opportunity to recover their freedo
In Venezuela, where president Betancourt was the target
of an almost successful assassination attempt mounted by Trujillo
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the Chamber of Deputies unanimously passed a resolu-
tion of solidarity with the Dominican people. President Betancourt
told the American ambassador on 31 May that his government. had
ide air and naval forces and is prepared to send troops to the
Dominican Republic If coordinated hemisphere military action
equested to help in maintaining internal order therm
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