THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SITUATION REPORT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79T00826A000100010054-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 54
• Publication Date: January 10, 1966
• Content Type: IM

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
10 January 1966
The Dominican Republic Situation Report
(Report as of 3:45 PM EST)
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1. By noon today the general strike appeared
at least partially effective in the capital. Em-
ployees from a number of government ministries have
left their offices and reports indicate that the
garbage throwing and street disorders that usually
accompany politically motivated strikes have begun.
Heavily armed Dominican police and Inter-American
Peace Force troops, however, appear to have down-
town Santo Domingo under control.
2.
Armed Forces leaders vowed
late last week that they would not allow a general
strike to force their departure.
3. To back up the refusal of the armed forces
leaders to leave the country, military bases through-
out the country apparently have been ordered on the
alert.
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5, Israeli Ambassador Aaron said on 9 January
that he believes his government will eventually ap-
prove a visit by the 22 regular Dominican military
personnel slated to go abroad. His government had
previously "suspended" planning for such a visit out
of concern that Israel might be regarded as a "prison"
for foreign military personnel. The Ambassador also
said that he does not believe his government will ob-
ject to thQ,nomination of current Air Force Chief
Juan de los Santos to be air attache in Tel Aviv.
The Israeli government's position remains that only
those officers permitted to return to the Dominican
Republic will be invited,
6. The Secretary General of Bosch's Dominican
Revolutionary Party (PRD), Martinez Francisco, told
US Embassy officials this morning that the PRD is not
backing the strike and is "doing everything possible"
to undermine it. PRD leaders are, however, not yet
prepared to disavow publicaly the walkout. Bosch
is against any public disavowal for fear of alienating
many members of the left. Bosch is said to be also
concerned by a threat this morning from Caamano to
commit suicide if Bosch disavowed the strike, according
to Martinez. He added that the strike's prime movers
are Hector Aristy, Caamano's political adviser, and
the rabid Secretary General of the Revolutionary
Social Christian Party, Caonabo Javier.
8. (Late Item) : As of 12:15 pm ]SST a firefight
was in progress in the San Carlos area of Santo Domingo,
The fight began when a mixed military/police patrol
entered the area to arrest some agitators and was
ambushed when it arrived.
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