SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AS OF 1400

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00472A001400010003-0
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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 5, 2002
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: April 29, 1965
• Content Type: IM

Approved For R2002/0 8MCG P79T00472A 10010003-0
OCT No, 1111/65
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
29 April 1965
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
Situation in the Dominican Republic
as of
1. The situation as of 1400 seems to favor the Commu
mist"ied rebels3. Although antirebel forces - are, apparently
again attempting to initiate what they term "mopping-
up" operations commencing with an aerial bombardment
by loyal P-51s, the rebel forces in Santo Domingo re-
main confident of victory in a day or two. They may
be encouraged by some defections from Wessin's troops
and reports of declining loyalist morale. Food sup-
plies are running short on the loyalist side. A
loyalist position was strafed this morning by rebel
planes from Barahona,
2, MPD leaders claim that the three Communist-
controlled parties (the PSPD, the APCJ, and the MPD)
will be able to seize complete control after "the
return of exiled president Juan Bosch," We have no
new word that Bosch is planning to return soon,
3. Reports from the US Marine detachment so
far concern'only the. details of evacuation of US
civilians.
4. Meanwhile in the OAS, the ambassadors of
Colombia, Chile, Venezuela, and Costa Rica claimed
that the OAS charter condemns the unilateral action
of one country in any situation in the hemisphere.
They all called for the application of legal measures
to convert that unilateral action into a collective
action of the organization.
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