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OCI No. 1218/65
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Current Intelligence
30 April 1965
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
Situation in the Dominican Republic
kAS Of 0100)
1. As of 0100 we have received no informa-
tion of a change in the tabtical situation from an
hour ago, when the rebels still held the initiative.
2. The latest report from Santo Domingo states
that "carnage" is continuing within the city, with
many wounded persons walking about. Mobile medical
units have been requested at first light.
3. The OAS meeting is still in progress. At
the outset Venezuela and Chile were reading formal
notes to the Council. The Venezuelan note prom
tested US unilateral action. The text of the
Chilean note is not vet known, but Chilean Presi-
dent Frei
United States should not have acted unilaterally.
He said the US could have invested the OAS with
prestige by acting through it.
4. President Rivera of El Salvador, conc'rned
over the alleged rebel firing on the Salvadoran
Embassy in Santo Domingo has appealed for the
assistance of US forces in evacuating Salvadorans.
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