SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (REPORT #152 - SUMMARY OF SITUATION FROM 5:00 AM - 9:00 PM EDT)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 2006
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• Publication Date: May 5, 1965
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OCI No. 1590/65
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
5 May 1965
Situation in the Dominican Republic
(Report - Summary of i u5t o
from 5:00 am - 9:00 pm EDT)
1. The military situation has remained
static during the day with sporadic sniper fire
being directed against US forces. There have
been no US casualties during the day.
2. There has been little progress reported
today toward the formation of a more broadly based
government to replace the present loyalist mili-
tary junta. Loyalist military leaders at San
Isidro have agreed, however, to support General
Antonio Imbert as head of such a government. Navy
Chief of Staff Rivera Caminero returned this after-
noon from Sam Isidro to tell embassy officials that
the officers at San Isidro are now entirely in
line and would support Imbert as well as anyone
else needed to form a more broadly based regime.
The problem, however, will be to find high caliber
civilians who would be willing to accept positions
in a new government.
3. Meanwhile, the rebel government of Colonel
Caamano continues its effort to form an aura of
legitimacy around itself. It issued a list of
cabinet members today, including several respected
personalities and only a few with records of Com-
munist association or with otherwise unsavory repu-
tations. Some of the more respected personalities
named to the rebel cabinet may not have been aware
of their appointments and there is no confirmation
that such persons as Antonio Guzman, Silvestre
State Dept. review completed
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Alba de Moya, or Jose Antonio Brea Pena have ac-
cepted the posts to which they were said to have
been appointed by Caamano. Hector Aristy, who has
a long and unsavory record, is known to be with
the rebel forces as "political advisor" to Caamano.
Jottin Cury, the "foreign minister," was identified
early this month as a member of the Dominican Popular
Socialist Party (PSPD). In general, however, the
rebel regime appears to be trying to create the im-
pression that it is oriented toward the moderate,
non-Communist left. There is some reason to believe that
it has achieved some initial success in this effort
abroad, particularly in Latin American countries
where sympathy for "popular revolutionary movements"
is strong.
3. While the rebel "government" apparently at-
tempts to consolidate itself, there are indications
that the fighting spirit of the rebels is temporarily
4. A US helicopter team visited the-San Francisco
de Macoris area. The initial reception almost
turned into a riot. The townspeople apparently
thought it was an Organization of American States
helicopter and they rushed the helicopter chanting
pro-Bosch slogans. The temper of the crowd was
definitely anti-loyalist and hostile to the US
team. Sources of discontent seem to be food shortages,
the failure of the government to pay salaries to
government workers for some months, and a hatred of
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the police going back to Trujillo days. Two army
officers in the town believe the area to be a
"leftist hotbed" and that the situation will be
difficult.
5. The Council of the Organization of American
States is scheduled to meet again tonight at 9:00 pm
EDT. Ten Latin American nations were last reported
favoring the US resolutions. Seven were opposed
,(Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, Uruguay,
and Colombia). Venezuela's position is unclear
and Colombia this morning submitted its own resolu-
tion on a multilateral force.
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