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COUNCIL 30 April 1965
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CABLE DATED 29 APRIL 1965 FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance with Article 5^- of the United Nations Charter, I have the honour
to transmit to you, for the information of the Security Council, the communication
approved by the Council of the Organization of American States at the meeting held
today, which I am sending to the Papal Nuncio and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in
the Dominican Republic: "Monsignor Emmanuel Clarizio, Papal Nuncio and Dean of
the Diplomatic Corps, Santo Domingo: The Council of the Organization, profoundly
disturbed by the bitter fighting which is ravaging the Dominican Republic, a sister
nation, and desirous of avoiding further bloodshed, has instructed me to convey to
you, as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps at Santo Domingo, and, through you, to the
diplomatic representatives of the American Republics, to the Dominican authorities,
to all political parties of whatever leaning, and to the Dominican people, an
expression of the Council's earnest hope that all armed activities and hostilities
will be suspended. In asking me to transmit this humanitarian message to you, the
Council expresses its confidence that the Dominican people will be able to determine
its national destiny in peace and within the framework of the institutions of the
inter-American system. I should be grateful if you would inform me as soon as
possible, in view of the urgent circumstances, what the situation is in the
Dominican Republic and what prospect there is for an immediate cease fire, so
that I can convey the information to the Council of the Organization, which is
following events closely. Accept, Sir, etc. (Signed) Jose A. Mora, Secretary-
General, Organization of American States." Accept, Sir, etc.
(Signed) Jose A. MORA

Secretary-General,
Organization of American States
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CABLE DATED JO APRIL 1965 FROM THE SECRETARY -GENERAL

OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO
THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance with Article 5^+ of "the United Nations Charter, I have the honour
to transmit to you, for the information of the Security Council, the following
resolutions which were adopted today by the Council of the Organization of American
States:
"The Council of the Organization of American States,
"Considering that on 29 April 1965 the representative of Chile addressed a note
to the Chairman of the Council in which his Government requests 'that a Meeting of
Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs should be called for 1 May 1965 ',
"That the representative of Chile has proposed that the said meeting, which
wculd "be held pursuant to article 39 f "the Charter of the Organization of American
States, should have as its programme the following question: 'Grave situation
created by armed hostilities in the Dominican Republic1,
"That the urgency of the call for a meeting makes it necessary to draw
attention to the provisions of article h2 of the Charter of the OAS, to adopt as
regulations those adopted by the Council at the meeting of 1 March 19515 and to
designate as the site of the meeting the Pan-American Union at Washington, D.C.,
"Resolves:
"(l) To call a Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of
the American Republics for 1 May 19^5, pursuant to the provisions of articles 59
and Uo of the Charter of the Organization of American States;
"(2) To approve the following question as the programme of the meeting:
'Grave situation created by armed hostilities in the Dominican Republic';
"(3) To adopt as the regulations of the meeting those adopted by the Council
of the Organization of American States at its meeting of 1 March 1951;
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To designate the Pan-American Union at Washington, E.G., as the site

of the meeting;
"(5) To request the Secretary-General to communicate this decision, by the
most rapid means available, to the 'Governments of the States members of the OAS,
drawing attention to the provisions of article k2. of the Charter of the Organization
of American States;
"(6) To appoint a committee to undertake a study today of those aspects
of the preparations for the meeting which are most urgent and are not dealt with
by this resolution."
"The Council of the Organization of American States resolves:
"(l) To reiterate the appeal of 29 April calling upon all authorities,
political parties and factions engaged in fighting in the Dominican Republic to
take all possible measures forthwith with a view to bringing about a cease fire
and the suspension of all hostilities and military operations and thus preventing
further harm, loss of life and material damage;
"(2) To appeal urgently to the said authorities, political parties, and
forces representing all factions to permit the immediate establishment of an
international neutral refuge zone comprising the section of the city of Santo
Domingo immediately adjoining the embassies of foreign Governments, the inviolability
of the said zone to be respected by all the hostile factions, and the nationals of
all countries to be guaranteed suitable protection and safety within the zone;
"(3) To communicate the text of this resolution to the United Nations
Security Council in accordance with Article 5^ of the United Nations Charter."*
Accept, Sir, etc.

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In the absence of the Secretary-General and in accordance with Article 5^

of the United Nations Charter, I am transmitting to you herewith, for the
information of the United nations Security Council, the following resolution which
vas adopted today by the tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign
Affairs:
"The tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of
the American Republics
"1, Decides to establish a commission composed of representatives of
the following five Member States: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala
and Panama;
"2 Instructs the commission to proceed forthwith to the city of
Santo Domingo, to do everything possible to bring about the restoration of
peace and normalcy, and to carry out the two following tasks as a matter of
priority:
"(A) To offer its good offices to the Dominican armed groups, political
groups and diplomatic representatives "with a view to bringing about as a
matter of urgency:
"(l) A cease-fire, and
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(ll) She orderly evacuation of the persons who have taken refuge in
embassies and of all foreign nationals who wish to leave the Dominican
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(B) To conduct an inquiry into all aspects of the situation in the
Dominican Republic which have led to the calling of the Meeting;
"3 Requests the commission to submit to the Meeting, as soon as
possible, a report on the progress of its work, including such conclusions
and recommendations as it may consider appropriate;
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"^. Requests the American Governments and the Secretary-General of the

Organization of American States to provide their full co-operation with a
., viev to. facilitating the work of the commission, and
"5. Instructs the Secretary-General of the Organization of American
States to transcit the text of this resolution to the United Nations Security
Council in accordance with Article 5^ of the United nations CLarter."
Accept, Sir, etc.
(Signed) William SAMDERS
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LETTER DATED 12 MAY 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-
OF THE UNITED NATIONS
In the absence of the Secretary General, I have the honour to transmit to you,
pursuant to Article 5k- of the Charter of the United Nations and for the information
of the Security Council, copies in Spanish and English of the First Report of the
Special Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs.
Accept, Sir, etc.
(Signed) William SANDERS

Assistant Secretary General
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O R G A N I Z A T I O N OF A M E R I C A N STATES
TENTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Pan A m e r i c a n Union, W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. 1965
Doc. V7 (English)
8 May 1965
Original: Spanish
FIRST 2EPORT
OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE TENTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION OF
MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE AMi ilCAN STATES
Submitted at the Fourth Plenary Session (closed)

held on May 7 and 8, 1965
Doc. 47 (English)
FIRST REPORT
OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE OF THE TENTH MEETING OF CONSULT'iTION OF
MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE AMERICAN STATES
I, INTRODUCTION
On May 1, 1965 the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign

Affairs of the American Republics adopted a resolution establishing a special
committee, composed of representatives of five member states: Argentina,
Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, and Panama, for the purpose and with the powers
set forth by the resolution in the following terms: ^The Tenth Meeting of
Consultation/
2. Instructs the Committee to go immediately to the city of Santo
Domingo, to do everything possible to obtain the re-establishment
of peace and normal conditions, and to give priority to the following
two functions:
a* To offer its good offices to the Dominican armed groups and
political groups and to diplomatic representatives for the
purpose of obtaining urgently:
i. A cease-fire; and
ii. The orderly evacuation of the persons who have taken
asylum in the embassies and of all foreign citizens
who desire to leave the Dominican Republic; and
b. To carry out an investigation of all aspects of the situation
in the Dominican Republic that led to the convocation of this
Meeting;
3 Requests the Committee to submit a report to the Meeting on the
progress of its work, including the conclusions and recommendations
that it may consider appropriate, in the shortest time possible;
k. Requests the American governments and the Secretary General of the
Organization of American States to extend their full cooperation in
order to facilitate the work of the Committee; .
The Special Committee referred to in the resolution of May 1, 1965,
quoted in part above, was made up as follows:
Members
Ambassador Ricardo M. Colombo, Representative of Argentina
Ambassador Ilmar Penna Marinho, Representative of Brazil
Ambassador Alfredo Vazquez Carrizosa, Representative of Colombia
Ambassador Carlos Garcia Bauer, Representative of Guatemala
Ambassador Frank Morrice, Jr, Representative of Panama
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Civilian Advisers
Doctor Federico Carlos Barttfeld, Argentina
Mr... Regis Novaes de Oliveira, Brazil
Mr. Julio Meridaj Guatemala
Mr. Miguel Corro, Panama
Military Advisers
Colonel Juan Giro Tapper, Argentina
Colonel Lannes de Souza Carainha, Brazil
Major General Cesar A. Cabrera, Colombia
Major Federico vburidio Maldonado, Guatemala
Colonel. Francisco Aued, Panama
Secretariat
Doctor Roberto E. Quiros, Adviser of the
Secretary General of the Organization of
American States
Mr. Miguel Aranguren, Director,
Department of Public Information
Mr. Modesto Lucero, Secretary
Mr Jorge Zamorano, Assistant
Mr. Orlando Garcia, Assistant
In accordance with the aforementioned resolution of the Tenth Meeting

of Consultation, and in view of the urgency of the situation in Santo
Domingo, the Special Committee decided to install itself immediately and
unanimously elected as its Chairman Ambassador Ricardo M. Colombo, Representa-
tive of Argentina.. The Committee also decided to depart for the capital of
the Dominican Republic that same night, in order to lose no time in beginning
its difficult work. It therefore left Washington, D.C. at 5 A.M. on Sunday,
May 2.
II. THE SITUATION IN SANTO DOMINGO
From the moment it arrived in Santo Domingo, the Special Committee was
deeply moved and saddened at the sight of this city on a war footing. The
streets were devoid of traffic; all businesses and stores were closed,
including those selling foods of prime necessity. Also closed were banks
and government offices, and, in general, the city's entire normal activity
had come to a halt. Many refugees and other persons were in asylum in the
embassies of the various American countries, and the chiefs of mission of

these countries personally told us that they were concerned that there were
no guarantees for the premises of their respective missions. Consequently,
there was an evident lack of security and of authorities having effective
control of the situation. Public services were nonexistent, including the
most essential ones of water, electricity, and telephones. The atmosphere
was one of tragedy, mourning, and real human anguish. Humors and other
unverifiable reports were circulated regarding bloody incidents in various
parts of the city.
The Special Committee set up its center of activities and its secretariat
in the Hotel Erabajador, and early Sunday afternoon, Hay 2, it began to make
conctact with the diplomatic corps and the various authorities and military
commands existing in the capital, in order to obtain more precise informa-
tion on what had happened and to achieve a cease-fire.
III. A PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
The Special Committee unanimously decided to lose no time in taking steps

to obtain a cease-fire and to comply with the objectives of its mission set
forth in the resolution of May 1, 1965.
According to telephone conversations between the Secretary General of

the Organization and the Pan American Union, as reported in document
OEA/Ser.G/V/ C-d-1312 (English) of April 30, 1965, the Papal Nuncio, Dean
of the Diplomatic Corps in Santo Dirningo, Monsignor Emmanuel Clarizio, was
in contact with many leaders of all factions. He had spoken to Colonel Benoit
of the Dominican armed forces, headquartered in San Isidrc, and with Colonel
Caamano, chief of the "Comando Militar Constitucionalista"; with other groups
in the New City, with Mr. Jose Rafael Molina Uruena, and with Mr. Juan Bosch,
the latter in Puerto Rico.
The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps acted promptly on the anxious request
of-tha Council of the Organization, contained in its cable of April 29,19^5
</OEA/Ser.G/VI/C/INF-571 (English).?, which read:
To His Excellency Monsignor Emmanuel Clarizio, Pap 1 Nuncio,
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Santo Domingo.
Deeply disturbed by the intense struggle that has desolated
the sister Dominican Republic and desirous of preventing a further
shedding of blood, the Council of the Organization has instructed
me to convoy to you, as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in that capital,
and through you to the diplomatic representatives of the American
republics, to the Dominican authorities, to the political parties
of whatever tendency, and to the Dominican people, its strong desire
that all armed action or hostilities be suspended.
Doc. kj (English)
The Council has requested me to make this humanitarian message

known, in the assurance that it will be possible for the Dominican
people to decide their national destinies in peace and with the
protection of the institutions of the Inter-American System* I
request that, in view of the urgent circumstances, you advise me as
soon as possible regarding the situation in the country and the
prospects for achieving an immediate cease-fire, for the purpose
of informing the Council of the Organization, which remains attentive
to the development of events.
Accept, Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.
Dr, Jose A Moi'a, Secretary General

of the Organization of American States
On April JO* a preliminary cease-fire agreement between the two> conflict-
ing factions was negotiated by the Papal Nuncio, dean of the diplomatic corps,
on the following terms:
1. /That7 assurance is given to save the lives of all persons,regard-

less of their ideology or of the faction they are defending, including
prisoners and asylees.
2. That an Organization of American States commission shall agree to__

serve as arbitrator in the conflict. ÔEA/Ser.G/V/C-d-1312 (English)7
Nevertheless, in spite of this preliminary agreement signed by the two

conflicting factions, the situation on the afternoon of May 2 continued very
serious in the Dominican capital.
This was the judgment of the Special Committee, and it was shared by
the dean of the diplomatic corps and by the Ambassadors and Charges d'Affaires
of the American states in Santo Domingo. No one in that tortured city had
any doubt whatsoever that it was essential to conclude another agreement,
more comprehensive than the earlier cease-fire agreement. The action of
the Special Committee was hopefully anticipated and willingly accepted by
all who had been awaiting our arrival.
The Special Committee thus lost no time in making contact with the two
conflicting factions, the one in the New City and the one headquartered in
San IsidroD This was extremely difficult because of the complete lack of
communications in the city and because the Committee had no guarantee of
safety in its travel through the streets. Consequently, it had to use a
UoS, Marine Corps helicopter to go to San Isidro and then ask the dean of
the diplomatic corps to take the Committee in his car to the New City,
where it met with the command then headed by Colonel Francisco Caamanon
These interviews took place on Monday, May 3> it was physically impossible
to hold them on Sunday night, because in addition to the lack of transporta-
tion, the capital city had no telephone service, and the interviews had to
be conducted by emissaries of each of the factions of the strife-ridden city.
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IV. CONFERENCES WITH BOTH SIDES
On Monday morning, May 3 the members of the Special Committee went

with the dean of the diplomatic corps in his car to the general headquarters
of the forces under the command of Colonel Francisco Caamano in the New City.
All the committee members and the Secretary General of the Organization
of American States attended the conference. Attending for the command were
Colonel Francisco Caarnanc, Doctor Hector Aristy, Lieutenant Colonel R.
Augusto Gimenez Herrera, and other individuals, who, with the ones named,
claimed to represent the "Comando Militar Constitucionalista." The conference
began at 11 A.M. and was held in the place designated by that command. The
meeting was held in a tense atmosphere, and continual firing could be heard
through the windows.
The Special Committee explained its terms of reference as set forth in

the resolution of May 1, 1965, adopted by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation,
and, manifesting intense concern for the Dominican people, it said that it
was absolutely necessary to reaffirm the initial cease-fire, which had been
agreed to but only incompletely carried out.
Doctor Hector Aristy explained the position of the command, making the
following principal points:
a) The command headed by Colonel Francisco Caamano complained that

it had not been consulted regarding the establishment in the city of Santo
Domingo of a zone guarded by the armed forces of the United States.
b) This command believed that the armed forces of the United States
were constantly expanding this zone and penetrating the city further and
further.
c) The command believed, according to Doctor Hector Aristy's own words,
that "General Wessin's troops and those of the C.E.F.A." (Training Center of
the Dominican Armed Forces) "are entering the city close behind the American
troops." j
d) The command attributed the incidents that had occurred in the last
few days to snipers of General Wessin's forces.
e) Above all, the command wanted a clarification and a guaranty regard-

ing the zpne occupied by the armed forces of the United States.
The Special Committee immediately made the following explanation to
Colonel Caamano and to his spokesman:
a) The zone guarded by the armed forces of the United States was the
same as the one referred to in the resolution adopted by the Council of the
Organization on April 30, 1965 03A/Ser.G/V/C-d-1310 (English^?, and had the
purpose defined in paragraph 2 thereof, which reads as follows:
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To make an. urgent appeal to the same authorities, political

groupings, and forces on both sides to permit the immediate establish-
ment of an international neutral zone of refuge, encompassing the
geographic area of the city of Santo Domingo immediately surrounding
the embassies of foreign governments, the inviolability of which will
be respected by all opposing forces and within which nationals of all
countries will be given safehaven
b) The aim of the Special Committee was to come to agree with the
interested partie's on a precise demarcation of the zone, including therein
all the diplomatic missions, in order to prevent incidents due to ignorance
of its boundaries.
As spokesman for Colonel Francisco Caamano and his command, Doctor
Hector Aristy raised the question of the establishment of an access or
communications corridor between the zone and the San Isidro sector, which
cut the command's forces into two parts. Indeed, on the night of May 2,
the armed forces of the United States had felt it necessary to establish a
communications route, using San Juan and Teniente Amado Garcia Streets up to
the right bridgehead of Juan Pablo Duarte bridge, for the purpose, they said,
of transporting food, medicine, and provisions from the base at San Isidro
to the center of the city.
The Special Committee explained to Doctor Hector Aristy the reasons
that, in their understanding, existed for the establishment of that communica-
tions route* Doctor Hector Aristy said that the command he represented
wanted that corridor or communications route, if maintained, to be under the
supervision of a military police guard made up of nen from its own forces
and from United States forces. On behalf of the command, he expressed the
wish that if this proposal were not accepted, then the U.S. armed forces
should place no personnel other than military police there
This request regarding supervision of the corridor or access route was
also transmitted by the. Special Committee to the Ambassador of the United
States.
Finally, during the course of this conference on the morning of May 3?
Doctor HSctor Aristy, as spokesman for the command headed by Colonel Francisco
Caamano, made a specific request: That in no event should the new cease-
fire agreement or any other agreement sponsored by the Special Committee be
signed on behalf of the Military Junta led by Colonel Benoit with headquarters
at San Isidro by any of the following seven generals:
1. General Elias Wesson y Wessin
2. General de los Santos Cespedes
3. General Belisario Peguero Guerrero
4. General Salvador Augusto Montez Guerrero
5. General Atila Luna
6. General Marco Anibal Rivera Cuesta
7. Comodoro Rivera Caminero
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The command headed by Colonel Francisco Caamano emphatically and

specifically excluded General Wessin y Wessin from any understanding
whatsoever.
In the course of the interview Colonel Francisco Caamano and his

companions furnished additional information. The forces'of this command
had taken 500 prisoners of the combat forces of General Uessin y Wessin.
These prisoners were mainly soldiers and police agents, some of whom,
according to Colonel Caamano, wanted to fight in his own units. He had
opposed this in order that it might not be said that it was on his orders,
adding that if the Organization of American States wished to take charge
of those prisoners he would acceed to that. He also reported that the
same units had captured 21 tanks during the course of the fighting in the
city of Santo Domingo that occurred on the preceding days.
Three additional questions were cleared up during this interviex^ with

Colonel Caamano; the acceptance by that command of complete protection to
the embassies, with enlargement of the safety zone sufficiently to include
the premises of the diplomatic missions in the city of Santo Domingo;
similar acceptance of the departure of the asylees or refugees in the
various embassies of that city who wished to leave by their own decision,
and of the facilities of every kind that should be agreed upon for the
Special Committee and the International Red Cross for the distribution of
food, and medicine and the installation of hospital equipment, for the
Dominican people without distinction of any kind.
The Special Committee v/as witness during that interview with the so-
called "Constitutional Military Command" to one detail that could not pass
unnoticed. This was the presence of a uniformed person carrying arms, who
said he v/as part of the command and i,-/ho spoke Spanish with a pronounced
foreign accent., The Secretary General of the Organization of American
States interrogated him in a loud voice before everyone, asking him: "Who
are you? What are you doing here? The person replied: "I am Andre Riviere,
my nationality is French, I fought in the French army in Indochina, and I
am working in Santo Domingo. I have joined this command." While he took
no part in the conversations, Riviere was in the discussion room during the
time of the interview, and the authority with which he gave orders to the
guards posted at the windows and the door where we v/ere was quite obvious.
Some information obtained later regarding this soldier was to the effect
that he was an instructor of frogmen who had arrived in Santo Domingo during
the Trujillo regime,,
The interview ended with the promise by Colonel Francisco Caamano and
his companions to accept the mediation of the Special Committee of the
Tenth Meeting of Consultation, and by the Committee that it would maintain
the contacts to reach a specific cease-fire agreement after learning the
conditions and reasons of the Military Junta of Colonel Benoit.
Meanwhile the situation in the capital was becoming more acute and
threatening as the afternoon wore on. From both parties reports reached
the Committee regarding incidents that each attributed to its adversary,
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and the Chiefs of Mission of the 'Embassies accredited in Santo Domingo

were becoming anxious for prompt ratification of the cease-fire. All of
this gave a decisive characcer to these conversations.
The Special Committee, for physical reasons of communication with the

San Isidro base, was unable to get as far as the headquarters of the Military
Junta headed by Colonel Pedro Bartolqme Benoit until the night of Monday,
Hay 3 That night the Special Committee and the Military Junta held a
conference attended, on the part of the Junta, by its members: Colonel Pedro
Bartolome Benoit, President of the Junta, Colonel Enrique A. Casado Saladin,
and Navy Captain Olgo M. Santana Carrasco. During the last part of the
interview, General Wessin y Wessin was present, at the request of the Committee.
The Special Committee, in the presence of the dean of the diplomatic

corps and of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States,
opened the interview in the same way and in the same terms as those used
with the command of Colonel Caamano, that is, by reference to the resolution
of May 1, 1965, of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation and to the concern
caused to it by the state of the strife in Santo Domingo.
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The Military Junta directed by Colonel Benoit is installed at the base
of San Isidro, where at the time of our interview a considerable part of the
United States military force also was located.
Throughout the interview its President, Colonel Benoit, spoke on behalf

of the Military Junta, while his two companions remained silent. Wo other
officer or person except the members of the Junta was present.
Colonel Benoit spoke at length of the happenings that befell the Junta
of Government presided over by Mr, Donald Reid Cabral, and told how the
insurrection of April 2k had been suddenly shifted from its initial objectives
to degenerate into the most complete anarchy. The initial authors of the
military coup against Mr. .Reid Cabral lost control of the movement and were
without authority and without power of any kind. Therefore, Colonel Benoit
statedj the movement that was aimed at restoring former President Bosch or,
failing this, Dr. Rafael Molina Urena to power had failed, but that what
remained was a situation fraught with danger and that demanded a prompt solu-
tion.
Colonel Benoit likewise said he had not wished to order an attack on

the city of Santo Domingo, where the forces commanded by Colonel Caamano
were located, out of respect for the lives of innumerable persons, but that
he had enough forces to.do so. In the, same manner, he stated that the jun-
ta he headed accepted the security zone,with expansion of it so as to include
all the-diplomatic missions; the measures essential for the protection of
those missions in Santo Doming'o with the extension of that zone; and, like-
wise, cooperation in the distribution of food and medicine and the establish-
ment of health teams.
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The Special Committee endeavored to ascertain whether it was true that

the action of United States military forces in Dominican territory had been
requested* To this end, during the interview held on the night of Monday,
May 3 it requested any information on the matter that Colonel Eenoit or
the members of the Junta that he headed could supply.
Colonel Benoit explained that the deterioration of public order in the
city of Santo Domingo, which started on the day that the movement against
Mr. Reid Cabral began, and the conditions of anarchy and complete disorder
that prevailed in the capital of the country had led him to request the aid
of United States armed forces in order to give protection to the diplomatic
missions and foreign persons and entities in general. Colonel Benoit added
that he had received an urgent request from the diplomatic missions for
protection that he was not able to provide
Colonel Benoit also stated that the request had been made to the United
States in a note, a copy of which was transmitted later to the Special
Committee, which read literally and in full, as follows:
Seal of the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic
Dominican Air Force
Office of the Chief of Staff
Base Aerea "19 de Novierfbre"
San Isidro, Distrito Nacional
April 28, 1965
The Ambassador of the United States

United States Embassy
Santo Domingo
Dear Mr. Ambassador:
Regarding my earlier request I wish to add that American lives

are in danger and conditions of public disorder make it impossible
to provide adequate protection, I therefore ask you for temporary
intervention and assistance in restoring order in this country.
Truly yours,
PEDRO BARTOLOME BENOIT

Colonel
Presidente de la Junta Militar del
Gobierno de la Republica Dominicana
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The result of this interview was a promise made by the Military Junta,
composed of Colonel Benoit, Colonel Casado Saladin and Navy Captain Santana
Carrasco, to accept the authority of the Special Committee, primarily for
the essential and undelayable purpose of obtaining a cease-fire.
The Special Committee informed Colonel Benoit and the persons accompany-
ing him of the decision of the other side, that is, Colonel Caamano's command,
not to enter into any agreement in which the seven generals mentioned earlier
in this report participated in any manner whatsoever.
V. RATIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF THE CEASE-FIRE
In accordance with the resolution adopted on May 1, 1965S by the Tenth

Meeting of Consultation, and on the basis of conversations held with the two
factions involved in the conflict, the Special Committee made a. careful study
of the conditions under which a new agreement supplementary to that of April
3, might be reached, for ratifying and expanding the cease-fire.
To this end, it convoked the authorized representatives of the two

conflicting factions for the purpose of informing them of a draft agreement
prepared by the Committee, whose principal points were as follows:
a) Acceptance of an Act that would expressly ratify the cease-fire

agreement signed on April 30,-1965.
b) Acceptance of a safety zone marked off within the limits that would
be indicated in a map officially agreed to by both parties and appended to
that Act.
c) Respect for the safety zone and a guaranty of adequate protection
for any persons within that zone.
d) Facilities needed by the International Red Cross, or the international
agency designated by the Organisation of American States, for the distribution
of food, medicine; and medical and hospital equipment for the Dominican
people*
e) Guaranties for the evacuation of asylees in the foreign embassies

or diplomatic missions in Santo Domingo.
f) Respect for the diplomatic missions, their staffs, and for any
persons who have taken refuge or asylum in those missions.
g) Full and explicit recognition of the competence of the Special

Committee appointed by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs.
In order to prepare the fulfilment of the agreementas soon as the

conflicting parties consented theretothe Special Committee, through the
dean of the diplomatic corps, convoked the chiefs of missions for the
purpose of asking them which of them were interested in obtaining, the
evacuation of asylees or refugees. This meeting took place in the Papal
Nunciature on Tuesday, May 4} around noon. The Special Committee received
an oral report from the chiefs of missions on this matter. The Committee
informed the members of the diplomatic corps of the conversations held
with the two parties on this matter, and of the mandate it had received from
the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and requested
them to provide a list of their asylees and refugees in order to help solve
the problem of the evacuees. As a result of the action of the Special
Committee, several embassies began to make arrangements for the departure
of refugees and asylees who wished to leave under the guaranty of the
Organization of American States. At the same time, the Special Committee
was informed of the imminent arrival of hospital teams, medicine, and food
svqrjp3j.es that had been requested, as an aircraft had arrived from Colombia
on May 5. We understand that many asylees and refugees who were at the
Colombian Embassy in Santo Domingo left for that country on the same air-
craft.
Moreover, the Special Committee requested the military advisers of

each of its members to make a reconnaissance visit to the safety zone and
to arrange with the military authorities of the United States in Santo
Domingo the details of the expansion of that zone to include all the embassies.
This task was completed and the military advisers immediately began to prepare
and draw up an official map.
Likewise, in order to prepare all the measures for the application of

the cease-fire, the Special Committee informed the President of the Tenth
Meeting of Consultation of the urgent need for obtaining a shipment of food,
medicine, and medical personnel immediately. The following cable was sent
for the same purpose: /
Santo Domingo, May 3, 1965
Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
President of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation
Washington, D.C.
Number One
The Committee appointed by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation wishes

to extend emphatically, through you, to the Tenth Meeting and to each
of the member states, a most urgent appeal that cognizance be taken
of the dramatic situation existing in this country because of the
armed strife, and to emphasize the urgent necessity for them, within
the spirit of fraternity and solidarity with the Dominican people,
immediately to send foodstuffs, medicine, and medical personnels,
- 12 - Doc. ^7 (English)
The Committee is convinced that this is the most urgent of the

serious problems being faced, in order to prevent the possibility
of epidemics and other calamities that could make the situation of
the Dominican people even more difficult.
Ambassador Colombo. Chairman of the Committee
We have learned that the Meeting of Consultation approved a resolution
on this matter, based on the humanitarian gesture of the Special Committee.
VI. REPORTS TO THE TENTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION
On May *+, 1965, the Special Committee reported to the rresident of

the Tenth Meeting of Consultation concerning the status of negotiations for
agreeing upon the cease-fire and replied to a telephone message from the
General Secretariat in Washington concerning various aspects of its labors.
The cablegram from the Special Committee to the President of the Tenth
Meeting of Consultation mentioned above reads:
Santo Domingo, k May 1965

Washington, D.C.
Number Two
telephone communications received today, I wish to report the

following:
Firsts All contacts have been made with groups represented by the
following persons: Constitutional Military Command: Colonel
Francisco Caamano, Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Monies Arache, Major
Hector E. Lachapelle Diaz, Mr. Hector Aristy, Major Fabio C.
Restano, Lieutenant Colonel Augusto Jimenez, and Lieutenant Colonel
Pedro Alvarez Olguin. Members, of the Military Junta: Colonel Pedro
Bartolome Benoit, President; Colonel Enrique A. Casado; Navy Captain
Olgo Manuel Santana Carrasco, and General Elias M. Wessin y V/essin,
Director of the Armed Forces Training Center. Likewisev with
members of the diplomatic corps, especially all those of Latin
America, the Papal Nuncio, and the Ambassador of the United States,
Second: Committee, in addition to interviews mentioned above, has

been in constant touch with the aforesaid groups, and at present,
the Committee is awaiting the formalization of the points that
have already been accepted by both parties, which are: Confirma-
tion cease-fire,, demarcation and enlargement of security zone to
include all embassies, evacuation of asylees and refugees, and
distribution of food, medicine, and medical equipment to all sectors
of the population without regard to parties. We have thus far
encountered a good attitude on the part of both parties.
Third: Committee will return as soon as it obtains the results of

the negotiations it is conducting. Possibly tomorrow.
Fourth: Both parties have accepted the enlargement of the security

zone to include all Latin American embassies and we are working to
fix a boundary for it. United States forces established an access
corridor between San Isidro and the security zone.
Fifth: We consider that it would be useful, in order to aid in

bringing a return of the Dominican situation to normality, for the
member states that are in a position to do so to establish a
combined inter-American military force under the Organization of
American States to achieve the objectives that are set by the
Meeting of Consultation,
Sixth: With reference to the question by the Ambassador of Colombia,

the only airport capable of receiving planes is the one at the San
Isidro air base, which is under the authority of the Military Junta
presided over by Colonel Benoit.
Ambassador Colombo
Chairman of the Committee
vn. ACT OF S^NTO DOMINGO

As a result of the conversations held by the Committee with the parties
an agreement was finally reached referring to the points covered in this
report.
The text of the document known as the "Act of Santo Domingo," signed
on May 5, 1965, is as follows:
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ACT OF SANTO DOMINGO
The Parties signing below who declare that they represent, in the
capacities mentioned, respectively! the Military Junta of Government and
the "Constitutional Government" hereby place on record, that they have
reached the following agreement as a result of the discussions held with
the two Parties by the Special Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consulta-
tion of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, whose members also sign the present
Act as a guaranty of its compliance and execution, functions that both
Parties agree the Committee may carry outc
lo The Parties who sign the present Act ratify the cease-fire agree-
ment signed on April 30 last,
2. The Parties accept the establishment of a safety zone in the city
of Santo Dcmingos demarcated within the boundaries indicated oa
the map attached to this document and signed by the same Parties
who sign the present Act.
3c The Parties bind themselves especially to respect this safety
zone, within which there is guaranteed, in the manner that the
Organization of American States may deem appropriate, adequate
protection and safety for all persons found within that sons of
refuge,
k. The Parties undertake to give all necessary facilities to ths
International Red Cross or to the international agency that the
Organization of American States may designate to carry out in any
part of the city of Santo Domingo or of the Dominican Republic
the distribution of food, medicine, and medical and hospital
equipment that are being sent as a result of the appeal made by
the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairso
They also undertake to provide all facilities required by the
Organisation of American States so that medical and sanitary
personnel sent by the governments can be transported to any point
in the city of Santo Domingo or Dominican territory} to perform
their services.
5 The Parties undertake to provide all necessary safety measures
for the evacuation of asylees in foreign embassies or diplomatic
missions who so request of them.
6, The Parties undertake to respect the diplomatic missions and to
offer all cooperation necessary to guarantee the safety of all
personnel of those missions and of asylees or refugees therein,
7. The Parties declare that they accept and recognize the full com-
petence of the Special Committee appointed by the Tenth Meeting
of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Af-fairs, for purposes of
the faithful observance of what is agreed to in this Agreement,
Doc
_ 15 - ^? (English)
IN WITNESS WK3RHOF the present document, which shall be known as the

Act of Santo Domingo, is signed in-four original copies, of which one shall
be deposited in the General Secretariat of the Organization of American
States, one shall be for each of the Parties, and one shall be for the
files of the Committee.
The Secretary -General of the Organization of American States shall
transmit certified copies to each of the member states.
Hay 5, 1965
For the Military Junta of Government:

Colonel Pedro Bartolome Benoit
Dominican Armed Forces
Colonel Enrique A, Casado Saladin

National Army
Captain Olgo IT. Santana Carrasco

Navy
For the Constitutional Government:
Colonel Francisco Caamano Deno

Constitutional President
Lieutenant Colonel Dr. 32. Augusto Jimenez Herrera
Colonel Ramon Manuel Montes
Major Hector Achapell
Dr. Hector Aristy

Minister of the Presidency
For the Special Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation
of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American States:
Ambassador Ricardo Colombo

Representative of Argentina
Ambassador Ilmar Penna Marinho

Representative of Brazil
Ambassador Alfredo Vazquez Carrizosa
Representative of Colombia
Ambassador Carlos Garcia Bauer
Representative of Guatemala
Ambassador Frank Morrice, Jr.

Representative of Panama
VIII. EXCHANGE 0? NOTES WITH THE -UNITED STATES
Before reaching an agreement with the conflicting parties concerning

the ratification and expansion of the cease-fire, the Special Committee
studied the question relating to the cooperation of the armed forces of
the United States in the Dominican Republic with the Committee v/ithin the
objectives indicated by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation in the resolution
of May 1, 1965.
On the night of May 3 the Special Committee had an interview with the
Honorable W. Tapley Bennett, Ambassador of the United States to the Dominican
Republic. The results of this interview and the precise opinion of the
Special Committee were set forth in a memorandum delivered personally to
that diplomatic representative, which read as follows:
MEMORANDUM
As. a result of the meeting that was held on the night of Hay 3,
the Special Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American republics, has the honor
to state the following to the Ambassador of the United States to the
Dominican Republic:
1. The Committee has had the steadfast purpose of attaining the

the confirmation and effectiveness of the cease-fire agree-
ment already agreed upon.
2. To achieve this end, the Committee has today held long con-
versations with the commanders of the Command headed by
Colonel Caamano and of the Military Junta headed by Colonel
Benoit. Both, have given their consent to participate jointly
with the Committee in formal negotiations, for the purpose of
arriving at a supplementary and amplifying agreement on the
cease-fire, which the Committee believes indispensable and
which should include among its principal clauses, in addition
to others:
a. The demarcation and enlargement of the safety zone to

include the embassies that are at present outside this
zone
b. The .cooperation of both parties with a Committee of the

Organization of American States for supervising and
applying the cease-fire.
c. Cooperation for humanitarian aid.
d. Departure from the country of Dominican refugees or

asylees in the embassies who wish to leave*
- 17 - Ec. k7 (English)
3 The Committee would like to know whether, in the event that

a supplementary and amplifying agreement of this nature can
be signed by both parties, the United States military forces
in the Dominican Republic could receive precise instructions
for cooperating in carrying out the agreement.
^ The Committee feels that without the essential cooperation of
the United States, the aforementioned agreement could not be
carried out,
5 The Committee believes that the foregoing corresponds to the
terms of its instructions contained in the resolution of
May 1, 19>5 f the Meeting of Consultation, especially with
what is stated in paragraph 2.a, concerning the cease-fire,
and the content of paragraph k, which states:
/The Tenth Meeting of Consultation:/

"requests the American governments, and the Secretary General
of the Organization of American States to extend their full
cooperation in order to facilitate the vrork of the Committee"
After the Act of Santo Domingo was signed, by which the cease-fire of
April 30 1965 was ratified and amplified, the Special Committee sent to
the Ambassador of the United States in the Dominican Republic a note in
which it expressly requested the cooperation of the government of that
country in applying the stipulations of that document. The note from the
Special Committee and the reply from the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Rusk,
are transcribed below:
Santo Domingo, May 5,
Sir:
I have the honor to transmit to you, Sir, under instructions of the

pecial Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs of the American States, a certified copy of the Act of
Santo Domingo signed today by the parties who entitle themselves, respec-
tively, "Military Junta of Government" and "Constitutional Government."
As item *f of the Resolution of May 1, 1965, of the Tenth Meeting of
Consultation "requests the American governments to extend their full
cooperation in order to facilitate the work of the Committee," this
Committee hopes that your government will cooperate with it in observing
the stipulations of the Act of Santo Domingo.
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Accept, Sir, fie renewed assurances of my highest consideration.
Ricardo M. Colombo
The Honorable
W* Tapley Bennett
Ambassador of the United States
of America to the Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo de Guzman,
Dominican Republic
The Secretary of State
Washington
May 7, 1965
Excellency:
I have been advised by the United States Ambassador to the Dominican
Republic of Your Excellency's communication to him of May 5> transmitting
a certified copy of the "Act of Santo Domingo" and expressing the hope that
the United States Government will cooperate in its observance. Since the
Commission has now returned to Washington, I am taking the liberty of
replying directly to you.
i
I have <the honor to express my government's gratitude for and support
of the work of the Commission in Santo Domingo. The United Statee will
cooperate fully in the observance of the provisions of the Act of Santo
Domingo. I do not have before me the map attached to the Act of Santo
Domingo, but I assume that the boundaries of the International Safety Zone
coincide with those thai now exist and that the line of communication
crossing the Duarte Bridge as it now exists is shown on the map.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration.
Dean Rusk
His Excellency
Dr. Ricardo M. Colombo,
Representative of Argentina on
The Council of the Organization
of American States*
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IX. CONCLUSIONS AND RXOi-MMDATIONS
In presenting this report to the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Special Committee has desired only to
give an account of its activities from May 1 to 5 1965s that is, during
the visit to the city of Santo Domingo.
The Special Committee achieved, under truly dramatic circumstances,

the main objectives set forth in the previously mentioned resolution with
respect to cease-fire? the orderly evacuation of persons who have taken
asylum or refuge, and humanitarian assistance to the Dominican people
without any distinction as to parties or conflicting factions. The Special
Committee also achieved the demarcation of a safety zone in the city of
Santo Domingo in accordance with the map officially drawn up by its
military advisors. This map was transmitted to both parties, and the
original is at the disposal of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation*
As the representatives will note, the Act of Santo Domingo and the
results thus far obtained by the Special Committee constitute the first
stage of a process of restoring peace and normality in the Dominican
Republic, which requires the Inter-American System to take several steps
toward consolidation.
Among the measures we believe could be adopted at once by the Tenth

Meeting of Consultation, we suggest the following:
1. Designation of a permanent technical military group in the city
of Santo Domingo to supervise the cease-fire and other measures agreed
upon by the parties in the Act of Santo Domingo.
20 Designation of another qualified group to organize humanitarian
aid to the Dominican people and evaluation of the most urgent needs with
regard to food, medicine, and hospital equipment,,
3 Study and planning of the Inter-American Force created by the

Resolution of May 6, 1965 of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation, in order
to assure it the best conditions of operation and efficiency.
ka To empov/er the Special Commission to establish coordination

among all these elements and activities in the Dominican Republic in
order to attain the goals set forth in the resolutions approved by the
Tenth Meeting of Consultation.
Washington, D.C0, May 7 1965
Ricardo M. Colombo
Ambassador of Argentina
Chairman
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Ilmar Penna Marinho

Ambassador of Brazil
Alfredo Vaaquea Carrizosa
Ambassador of Colombia
Carlos Garcia Bauer
Ambassador of Guatemala
Humberto Calamari G
Ambassador of Panama
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SECURITY 8/636^
18 May 1965
COUNCIL ENGLISH
LETTER DATED 12 MAY 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF

GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
In the absence of the Secretary General, I have the honour to transmit to you,
pursuant to Article 5^- of the Charter of the United Nations and for the information
of the Security Council, copies in Spanish and English of the First Report of the
Special. Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of the Ministers of Foreign
Affairs.
Accept, Sir, etc.

65-11688
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
Pan A m e r i c a n Union, W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. 1965
Doc. kl (English)
8 May 1965
Original: Spanish
FIRST REPORT
MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE AMi -lICnN oTATES
Submitted at the Fourth Plenary Session (closed)

held on May 7 and 8, 1965
Doc. 47 (English)
FIRST REPORT
MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE AMERICAN STATES
I. INTRODUCTION
On May 1, 1965, the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign
Affairs of the American Republics adopted a resolution establishing a special
committee, composed of representatives of five member states: Argentina,
Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, and Panama, for the purpose and with the powers
set forth by the resolution in the following terms: ffiie Tenth Meeting of
Consultation/
2, Instructs the Committee to go immediately to the city of Santo
Domingo, to do everything possible to obtain the re-establishment
of peace and normal conditions, and to give priority to the following
two functions:
a, To offer its good offices to the Dominican armed groups and
political groups and to diplomatic representatives for the
purpose of obtaining urgently:
i. A cease-fire; and
ii The orderly evacuation of the persons who have taken
asylum in the embassies and of all foreign citizens
who desire to leave the Dominican Republic; and
b. To carry out an investigation of all aspects of the situation
in the Dominican Republic that led to the convocation of this
Meeting;
3$ Requests the Committee to submit a report to the Meeting on the
progress of its work, including the conclusions and recommendations
that it may consider appropriate, in the shortest time possible;
^ Requests the American governments and the Secretary General of the
Organization of American States to extend their full cooperation in
order to facilitate the work of the Committee; *
The Special Committee referred to in the resolution of May 1, 1965
quoted in part above, was made up as follows!
Members
Ambassador Ricardo M. Colombo, Representative of Argentina
Ambassador Ilmar Penna Marinho, Representative of Brazil
Ambassador Alfredo Vazquez Carrizosa, Representative of Colombia
Ambassador Carlos Garcia Bauer, Representative of Guatemala
Ambassador Frank Morrice, Jr., Representative of Panama
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Civilian Advisers
Doctor Federico Carlos Barttfeld, Argentina
Mr,. Regis Novaes de Oliveira, Brazil
Mr. Julio Merida, Guatemala
Mr. Miguel Corro, Panama
Military Advisers
Colonel Juan Giro Tapper, Argentina
Colonel Lannes de Souza Caminha, Brazil
Major General Csar A, Cabrera, Colombia
Major Federico .buhdio Maldonado, Guatemala
Colonel. Francisco Aued, Panama
Secretariat
Doctor Roberto E. Quiros, Adviser of the
American States
Mr. Miguel Aranguren, Director,
Department of Public Information
Mr. Modesto Lucero, Secretary
Mr. Jorge Zamoraiio, Assistant
Mr. Orlando Garcia, Assistant
In accordance with the aforementioned resolution of the Tenth Meeting

of Consultation, and in view of the urgency of the situation in Santo
Domingo, the Special Committee decided to install itself immediately and
unanimously elected as its Chairman Ambassador Ricardo M. Colombo, Representa-
tive of Argentina.. The Committee also decided to depart for the capital of
the Dominican Republic that same night, in order to lose no time in beginning
its difficult work It therefore left Washington, D.C. at 5 A.M. on Sunday,
May 2,
II. THE SITUATION IN SANTO DOMINGO
From the moment it arrived in Santo Domingo, the Special Committee was
deeply moved and saddened at the sight of this city on a war footing* The
streets were devoid of traffic; all businesses and stores were closed,
including those selling foods of prime necessity. Also closed were banks
and government offices, and, in general, the city's entire normal activity
had come to a halt. Many refugees and other persons were in asylum in the
embassies of the various American countriest and the chiefs of mission of

these countries personally told us that they were concerned that there were
no guarantees for the premises of their respective missions. Consequently,
there was an evident lack of security and of authorities having effective
control of the situation. Public services were nonexistent, including the
most essential ones of water, electricity, and telephones. The atmosphere
was one of tragedy, mourning, and real human anguish. Rumors and other
unverifiable reports were circulated regarding bloody incidents in various
parts of the city0
The Special Committee set up its center of activities and its secretariat
in the Hotel Embajador, and early Sunday afternoon, Hay 2, it began to make
conctact with the diplomatic corps and the various authorities and military
commands existing in the capital, in order to obtain more precise informa-
tion on what had happened and to achieve a cease-fire.
III. A PRIMARY OBJECTIVE
The Special Committee unanimously decided to lose no time in taking steps
to obtain a cease-fire and to comply with the objectives of its mission set
forth in the resolution of May 1, 19&5
According to telephone conversations between the Secretary General of
the Organization and the Pan American Union, as reported in document
OEA/Ser.G/V/ C-d-1312 (English) of April 30, 1965, the Papal Nuncio, Dean
of the Diplomatic Corps in Santo Dimingo, Monsignor Emmanuel Clarizio, was
in contact with many leaders of all factions. He had spoken to Colonel Benoit
of the Dominican armed forces, headquartered in San Isidrc, and with Colonel
Caamaiio, chief of the "Comando Militar Constitucionalista"; with other groups
in the New City, with Mr. Jose Rafael Molina Uruena, and with Mr. Juan Bosch,
the latter in Puerto Rico.
The Dean of the Diplomatic Corps acted promptly on the anxious request
of_the Council of the Organization, contained in its cable of April 29,1965
ÔEA/3er.G/VI/C/INF-571 (English)/, which read:
To His Excellency Monsignor Emmanuel Clarizio, Pap 1 Nuncio,
Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, Santo Domingo.
Deeply disturbed by the intense struggle that has desolated
the sister Dominican Republic and desirous of preventing a further
shedding of blood, the Council of the Organization has instructed
me to convey to you, as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in that capital,
and through you to the diplomatic representatives of the American
republics, to the Dominican authorities, to the political parties
of whatever tendency, and to the Dominican people, its strong desire
that all armed action or hostilities be suspended.
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The Council has requested me to make this humanitarian message

known, in the assurance that it will be possible for the Dominican
people to decide their national destinies in peace and with the
protection of the institutions of the Inter-American System. I
request that, in view of the urgent circumstances, you advise me as
soon as possible regarding the situation in the country and the
prospects for achieving an immediate cease-fire, for the purpose
of informing the Council of the Organization, which remains attentive
to the development of events.
Accept, Excellency, the assurance of my highest consideration.
Dr Jose A, Mora, Secretary General

On April 30, a preliminary cease-fire agreement between the two- conflict-
ing factions was negotiated by the Papal Nuncio, dean of the diplomatic corps,
on the following terms:
\
1. /That/' assurance is given to save the lives of all persons,regard-

less of their ideology or of the faction they are defending, including
prisoners and asylees.
2. That an Organization of American States commission shall agree to_
serve as arbitrator in the conflict. ÔEA/Ser.G/V/C-d-1312 (English)/
Nevertheless, in spite of this preliminary agreement signed by the two
conflicting factions, the situation on the afternoon of May 2 continued very
serious in the Dominican capital.
This was the judgment of the Special Committee, and it was shared by
the dean of the diplomatic corps and by the Ambassadors and Charges d!Affaires
of the American states in Santo DomingOo No one in that tortured city had
any doubt whatsoever that it was essential to conclude another agreement,
more comprehensive than the earlier cease-fire agreement. The action of
the Special Committee was hopefully anticipated and willingly accepted by
all who had been awaiting our arrival*
The Special Committee thus lost no time in making contact with the two
conflicting factions, the one in the New City and the one headquartered in
San Isidro0 This was extremely difficult because of the complete lack of
communications in the city and because the Committee had no guarantee of
safety in its travel through the streets. Consequently, it had to use a
UoS, Marine Corps helicopter to go to San Isidro and then ask the dean of
the diplomatic corps to take the Committee in his car to the New City,
where-it met with the command then headed by Colonel Francisco Caamano,
These interviews took place on Monday, May 3i it was physically impossible
to hold them on Sunday night, because in addition to the lack of transporta-
tion, the capital city had no telephone service, and the interviews had to
be conducted by emissaries of each of the factions of the strife-ridden city,
IV. CONFERENCES WITH BOTH SIDES
On Monday morning, May 3, the members of the Special Committee went

with the dean of the diplomatic corps in his car to the general headquarters
of the forces under the command of Colonel Francisco Caamano in the New City.
All the committee members and the Secretary General of the Organization
of American States attended the conference. Attending for the command were
Colonel Francisco Caamanc, Doctor Hector Aristy, Lieutenant Colonel R.
Augusto Gimenez Herrera, and other individuals, who, with the ones named,
claimed to represent the "Comando Militar Constitucionalista." The conference
began at 11 A.M. and was held in the place designated by that command. The
meeting was held in a tense atmosphere, and continual firing could be heard
through the windows.
The Special Committee explained its terms of reference as set forth in

the resolution of May 1, 1965 adopted by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation,
and, manifesting intense concern for the Dominican people, it said that it
was absolutely necessary to reaffirm the initial cease-fire, which had been
agreed to but only incompletely carried out.
Doctor Hector Aristy explained the position of the command, making the
following principal points:
a) The command headed by Colonel Francisco Caamano complained that

it had not been consulted regarding the establishment in the city of Santo
Domingo of a zone guarded by the armed forces of the United States.
b) This command believed that the armed forces of the United States
were constantly expanding this zone and penetrating the city further and
further.
c) The command believed, according to Doctor Hector Aristy's own words,

that "General Wessin's troops and those of the C.E.F.A." (Training Center of
the Dominican Armed Forces) "are entering the city close behind the American
troops."
d) The command attributed the incidents that had occurred in the last
few days to snipers of General Wessin's forces.
e) Above all, the command wanted a clarification and a guaranty regard-

ing the zone occupied by the armed forces of the United States.
The Special Committee immediately made the following explanation to

Colonel Caamano and to his spokesman:
a) The zone guarded by the armed forces of the United States was the
same as the one referred to in the resolution adopted by the Council of the
Organization on April 30, 1965 /S3A/Ser.G/V/C-d-1310 (English)/, and had the
purpose defined in paragraph 2 thereof, which reads as follows:
To make an. urgent appeal to the same authorities, political

countries will be given safehaven*
b) The aim of the Special Committee was to come to agree with the
interested parties on a precise demarcation of the zone, including therein
all the diplomatic missions, in order to prevent incidents due to ignorance
of its boundaries.
As spokesman for Colonel Francisco Caamano and his command, Doctor

Hector Aristy raised the question of the establishment of an access or
communications corridor between the zone and the San Isidro sector, which
cut the command's forces into two parts. Indeed, on the night of May 2,
the armed forces of the United States had felt it necessary to establish a
communications route, using San Juan and Teniente Amado Garcia Streets up to
the right bridgehead of Juan Pablo Duarte bridge, for the purpose, they said,
of transporting food, medicine, and provisions from the base at San Isidro
to the center of the city.
The Special Committee explained to Doctor Hector Aristy the reasons
that, in their understanding, existed for the establishment of that communica-
tions route. Doctor Hector Aristy sold that the command he represented
wanted that corridor or communications route,, if maintained, to be under the
supervision of a military police guard made up of men from its own forces
and from United States forces. On behalf of the command, he expressed the
wish that if this proposal were not accepted, then the U.3e armed forces
should place no personnel other than military police there
This request regarding supervision of the corridor or access route was

also transmitted by the Special Committee to the Ambassador of the United
States.
Finally, during the course of this conference on the morning of May 3,

Doctor HSctor Aristy, as spokesman for the command headed by Colonel Francisco
Caamano, made a specific request: That in no event should the new cease-
fire agreement or any other agreement sponsored by the Special Committee be
signed on behalf of the Military Junta led by Colonel Benoit with headquarters
at 3an Isidro by any of the following seven generals:
1. General Elias Wessin y Wessin

2. General de los Santos Cespedes
J>. General Belisario Peguero Guerrero
k. General Salvador Augusto Montez Guerrero
5. General Atila Luna
6 General Marco Anibal Rivera Cuesta
?. Comodoro Rivera Caminero
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The command headed by Colonel Francisco Caamano emphatically and

specifically excluded General '.Vessin y Wessin from any understanding
whatsoever.
In the course of the interview Colonel Francisco Caamano and his
companions furnished additional information. The forces of this command
had taken 500 prisoners of the combat forces of General Wessin, y Wessin.
These prisoners were mainly soldiers and police agents, some of whom,
according to Colonel Caamano, wanted to fight in his own units. He had
opposed this in order that it might not be said that it was on his orders,
adding that if the Organization of American States wished to take charge
of those prisoners he would acceed to that. He also reported that the
same units had captured 21 tanks during the course of the fighting in the
city of Santo Domingo that occurred on the preceding days.
Three additional questions were cleared up during this interview with

Colonel Caamano: the acceptance by that command of complete protection to
the embassies, with enlargement of the safety zone sufficiently to include
the premises of the diplomatic missions in the city of Santo Domingo;
similar acceptance of the departure of the asylees or refugees in the
various embassies of that city who wished to leave by their own decision,
and of the facilities of every kind that should be agreed upon for the
Special Committee and the International Red Cross for the distribution of
food, and medicine and the installation of hospital equipment, for the
Dominican people without distinction of any kind.
The Special Committee v/as witness during that interview with the so-
called "Constitutional Military Command0 to one detail that could not pass
unnoticed. This was the presence of a uniformed person carrying arms, who
said he was part of the command and who spoke Spanish with a pronounced
foreign accent., The Secretary General of the Organization of American
States interrogated him in a loud voice before everyone, asking him: "Who
are you? What are you doing here? The person replied: "I am Andre Riviere,
my nationality is French, I fought in the French army in Indochina, and I
am working in Santo Domingo. I have joined this command." While he took
no part in the conversations, Riviere was in the discussion room during the
time of the interview, and the authority with which he gave orders to the
guards posted at the windows and the door where we were was quite obvious.
Some information obtained later regarding this soldier was to the effect
that he was an instructor of frogmen who had arrived in Santo Domingo during
the Trujillo regime.
The interview ended with the promise by Colonel Francisco Caamano and
his companions to accept the mediation of the Special Committee of the
Tenth Meeting of Consultation, and by the Committee that it would maintain
the contacts to reach a specific cease-fire agreement after learning the
conditions and reasons of the Military Junta of Colonel Benoit.
Meanwhile the situation in the capital was becoming more acute and
threatening as the afternoon wore on. From both parties reports reached
the Committee regarding incidents that each attributed to its adversary,
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and the Chiefs of Mission of the Embassies accredited in Santo Domingo

were becoming anxious for prompt ratification of the cease-fire* All of
this gave a decisive character to these conversations*
The Special Committee, for physical reasons of communication with the

San Isidro base, was unable to get as far as the headquarters of the Military
Junta headed by Colonel Pedro Bartolome Benoit until the night of Monday,
May 3 That night the Special Committee and the Military Junta held a
conference attended, on the part of the Junta, by its members: Colonel Pedro
Bartolome Benoit, President of the Junta, Colonel Enrique A. Casado Saladin,
and Navy Captain Olgo M. Santana Carrasco. During the last part of the
interview, General Wessin y Wessin was present, at the request of the Committee.
The Special Committee, in the presence of the dean of the diplomatic

corps and of the Secretary General of the Organization of American States,
opened the interview in the same way and in the same terms as those used
with the command of Colonel Caamano, that is, by reference to the resolution
of May 1, 1965, of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation and to the concern
caused to it by the state of the strife in Santo Domingo.
The Military Junta directed by Colonel Benoit is installed at the base

of San Isidro, where at the time of our interview a considerable part of the
United States military force also was located.
Throughout the interview its President, Colonel Benoit, spoke on behalf

of the Military Junta, while his two companions remained silent. Wo other
officer or person except the' members of the Junta was present.
Colonel Benoit spoke at length of the happenings that befell the Junta
of Government presided over by Mr, Donald P&id Cabral, and told how the
insurrection of April 2k had been suddenly shifted from its initial objectives
to degenerate into the most complete anarchy. The initial authors of the
military coup against Mr. Aed Cabral lost control of the movement and were
without authority and without power of any kind. Therefore, Colonel Benoit
stated^ the movement that was aimed at restoring former President Bosch or,
failing this, Dr. Rafael Molina Urena to power had failed, but that what
remained was a situation fraught with danger and that demanded a prompt solu-
tion.
Colonel Benoit likewise said he had not wished to order an attack on

the city of Santo Domingo, where the forces commanded by Colonel Caamano
were located, out of respect for the lives of innumerable persons, but that
he had enough forces to do so. In the same manner, he stated that the jun-
ta he headed accepted the security zone,with expansion of it so as to include
all the, diplomatic missions; -the .measures essential for the protection of
those missions in Santo Domingo with the extension of that zone; and, like-
wise, cooperation in the distribution of food and medicine and the establish-
ment of health teams.
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The Special Committee endeavored to ascertain whether it was true that

the action of United States military forces in Dominican territory had been
requested* To this end, during the interview held on the night of Monday,
May 3, it requested any in-formation on the matter that Colonel Eenoit or
the members of the Junta that he headed could supply.
Colonel Benoit explained that the deterioration of public order in the
city of Santo Domingo, which started on the day that the movement against
Mr. Reid Cabral began, and the conditions of anarchy and complete disorder
that prevailed in the capital of the country had led him to request the aid
of United States armed forces in order to give protection to the diplomatic
missions and foreign persons and entities in general* Colonel Benoit added
that he had received an urgent request from the diplomatic missions for
protection that he was not able to provide.
Colonel Benoit also stated that the request had been made to the United
States in a note, a copy of which was transmitted later to the Special
Committee, which read literally and in full, as follows:
Seal of the Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic
Dominican Air Force
Office of the Chief of Staff
Base Aerea "19 de Noviensbre"
San Isidro, Distrito Nacional
April 28, 1965
The Ambassador of the United States

United States Embassy
Santo Domingo
Dear Mr. AmbassadorJ

Regarding my earlier request I wish to add that American lives
are in danger and conditions of public disorder make it impossible
to provide adequate protection, I therefore ask you for temporary
intervention and assistance in restoring order in this country.
Truly yours,
PEDRO BARTOLOME BENOIT

Colonel
Presidente de la Junta Militar del
Gobierno de la Republica Dominicana
The result of this interview was a promise made by the Military Junta,
composed of Colonel Benoit, Colonel Casado Saladin and Navy Captain Santana
Carrasco, to accept the authority of the Special Committee, primarily for
the essential and undelayable purpose of obtaining a cease-fire.
The Special Committee informed Colonel Benoit and the persons accompany-
ing him of the decision of the other side, that is, Colonel Caamano's command,
not to enter into any agreement in which the seven generals mentioned earlier
in this report participated in any manner whatsoever.
Vo RATIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF THE CEASE-FIRE
In accordance with the resolution adopted on May 1, 1965S by the Tenth

Meeting of Consultation, and on the basis of conversations held with the two
factions involved in the conflict, the Special Committee made a careful study
of the conditions under which a new agreement supplementary to that of April
3 might be reached, for ratifying and expanding the cease-fire.
To this end, it convoked the authorized representatives of the two

conflicting factions for the purpose of informing them of a draft agreement
prepared by the Committee, whose principal points were as follows:
a) Acceptance of an Act that irould expressly ratify the cease-fire

agreement signed on April j50,'1965.
b) Acceptance of a safety zone marked off within the limits that would
be indicated in a map officially agreed to by both parties and appended to
that Act.
c) Respect for the safety zone and a guaranty of adequate protection
for any persons within that zone.
d) Facilities needed by the International Red Cross, or the international
agency designated by the Organisation of American States, for the distribution
of food, medicine, and medical and hospital equipment for the Dominican
people.
e) Guaranties for the evacuation of asylees in the foreign embassies

or diplomatic missions in Santo Domingo.
f) Respect for the diplomatic missions, their staffs, and for any
persons who have taken refuge or asylum in those missions.
g) Full and explicit recognition of the competence of the Special

Committee appointed by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs.
In order to prepare the fulfilment of the agreementas soon as the

conflicting parties consented theretothe Specie! Committee,, through the
dean of the diplomatic corps, convoked the chiefs of missions for the
purpose of asking them which of them were interested in obtaining, the
evacuation of asylees or refugees. This meeting took place in the Papal
Nunciature on Tuesday, Kay A-, around noon The Special Committee received
an oral report from the chiefs of missions on this matter. The Committee
informed the members of the diplomatic corps of the conversations held
with the two parties on this matter, and of the mandate it had received from
the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, and requested
them to provide a list of their asylees and refugees in order to help solve
the problem of the evacuees. As a result of the action of the Special
Committee, several embassies began to make arrangements for the departure
of refugees and asylees who wished to leave under the guaranty of the
Organization of American States, At the same time, the Special Committee
was informed of the imminent arrival of hospital teams, medicine, and food
supplies that had been requested, as an aircr 'ft had arrived from Colombia
on May 5 We understand that many asylees and refugees who were at the
Colombian Embassy in Santo Domingo left for that country on the same air-
craft.
Moreover, the Special Committee requested the military advisers of
each of its members to make a reconnaissance visit to the safety zone and
to arrange with the military authorities of the United States in Saiito
Domingo the details of the expansion of thab zone to include all the embassies.
This task was completed and the military advisers immediately began to prepare
and draw up an official map.
Likewise,' in order to prepare all the measures for the application of
the cease-fire, the Special Committee informed the President of the Tenth
Meeting of Consultation of the urgent need for obtaining a shipment of food,
medicine, and medical personnel immediately. The following cable was sent
for the same purpose:
Santo Domingo, May J, 19^5

Washington, D.C.
Number One
The Committee appointed by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation wishes
to extend emphatically, through you, to the Tenth Meeting and to each
of the member states, a most urgent appeal that cognizance be taken
of the dramatic situation existing in this country because of the
armed strife, and to emphasize the urgent necessity for thems within
the spirit of fraternity and solidarity with the Dominican people,
immediately to send foodstuffs, medicine, and medical personnel-,
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The Committee is convinced that this is the most urgent of the

serious problems being faced, in order to prevent the possibility
of epidemics and other calamities that could make the situation of
the Dominican people even more difficult.
Ambassador Colombo. Chairman of the Committee
We have learned that the Meeting of Consultation approved a resolution

on this matter, based on the humanitarian gesture of the Special Committee.
VI. REPORTS TO THE TENTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION
On May *t, 19&5, the Special Committee reported to the rresident of

the Tenth Meeting of Consultation concerning the status of negotiations for
agreeing upon the cease-fire and replied to a telephone message from the
General Secretariat in Washington concerning various aspects of its labors.
The cablegram from the Special Committee to the President of the Tenth
Meeting of Consultation mentioned above reads:
Santo Domingo, k May 1965

Washington, D.C.
Number Two
Replying telephone communications received today, I wish to report the

following:
Firsts All contacts have been made with groups represented by the
following persons: Constitutional Military Command: Colonel
Francisco Caamano, Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Montes Arache, Major
Hector E. Lachapelle Diaz, Mr. Hector Aristy, Major Fabio C.
Restano, Lieutenant Colonel Augusto Jimenez, and Lieutenant Colonel
Pedro Alvarez Olguin. Members of the Military Junta: Colonel Pedro
Bartolome Benoit, President; Colonel Enrique A. Casado; Navy Captain
Olgo Manuel Santana Carrasco, and General Ellas M. Wessin y Wessin,
Director of the Armed Forces Training Center. Likewise^ with
members of the diplomatic corps, especially all those of Latin
America, the Papal Nuncio, and the Ambassador of the United States
Second: Committee, in addition to interviews mentioned above, has

been in constant touch with the aforesaid groups, and at present,
the Committee is awaiting the formalization of the points that
have already been accepted by both parties, which are: Confirma-
tion cease-fire, demarcation and enlargement of security zone to
include all embassies, evacuation of asylees and refugees, and
distribution of food, medicine, and medical equipment to all sectors
of the population without regard to parties. We have thus far
encountered a good attitude on the part of both parties.
Third: Committee will return as soon as it obtains the results of

the negotiations it is conducting. Possibly tomorrow.
Fourth: Both parties have accepted the enlargement of the security

zone to include all Latin American embassies and we are working to
fix a boundary for it. United States forces established an access
corridor between San Isidro and the security zone.
Fifth: We consider that it would be useful, in order to aid in

bringing a return of the Dominican situation to normality, for the
member states that are in a position to do so to establish a
combined inter-American military force under the Organization of
American States to achieve the objectives that are set by the
Meeting of Consultation,
Sixth: With reference to the question by the Ambassador of Colombia,

the only airport capable of receiving planes is the one at the San
Isidro air base, which is under the authority of the Military Junta
presided over by Colonel Benoit.
Ambassador Colombo
VII. ACT OF SANTO DOMINGO
As a result of the conversations held by the Committee with the parties

an agreement was finally reached referring to the points covered in this
report.
The text of the document known as the "Act of Santo Domingo," signed
on May 5> 1965, is as follows:
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ACT OF SANTO DOMINGO
The Parties signing below who declare that they represent, in the
capacities mentionedi respectively, the Military Junta of Government and
the "Constitutional Government" hereby place on record, that they have
reached the following agreement as a result of the discussions held with
the two Parties by the Special Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consulta-
tion of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, whose members also sign the present
Act as a guaranty of its compliance and execution, functions that both
Parties agree the Committee may carry outc
10 The Parties who sign the present Act ratify the cease-fire agree-
ment signed on April 30 last,
2, The Parties accept the establishment of a safety zone in the city
of Santo Domingo^ demarcated within the boundaries indicated on
the map attached to this document and signed by the came Parties
who sign the present Act,
3e The Parties bind themselves especially to respect this safety
zone, within which there is guaranteed, in the manner that the
Organization of American States may deem appropriate, adequate
protection and safety for all persons found within that zone of
refuge,
k. The Parties undertake to give all necessary facilities to ths
International Red Cross or to the international agency that the
Organization of American States may designate to carry out in any
part of the city of Santo Domingo or of the Dominican Republic
the distribution of food, medicine, and medical and hospital
equipment that are being sent as a result of the appeal made by
the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs0
They also undertake to provide all facilities requjjred by the
Organisation of American States so that medical and sanitary
personnel sent by the governments can be transported to any point
in the city of Santo Domingo or Dominican territory, to perform
their services.
5* The Parties undertake to provide all necessary safety measures
for the evacuation of asylees in foreign embassies or diplomatic
missions who so request of them.
6, The Parties undertake to respect the diplomatic missions and to
offer all cooperation necessary to guarantee the safety of all
personnel of those missions and of asylees or refugees therein,
7, The Parties declare that they accept and recognize the full com-
petence of the Special Committee appointed by the Tenth Meeting
of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, for purposes of
the faithful observance of what is agreed to in this Agreement.
Doc
_ 15 - ^? (English)
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the present document, which shall be known as the

Act of Santo Domingo, is signed in-four original copies, of which one shall
be deposited in the General Secretariat of the Organization of American
States, one shall be for each of the Parties, and one shall be for the
files of the Committee,
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States shall

transmit certified copies to each of the member states.
Hay 5, 1965
For the Military Junta of Government:

Colonel Pedro Bartolome Benoit
Dominican Armed Forces
Colonel Enrique A, Casado Saladin
National Army
Captain Olgo N. Santana Carrasco

Navy
For the Constitutional Government:

Constitutional President
Lieutenant Colonel Dr. R. Augusto Jime'nez Herrera
Colonel Ramon Manuel Montes

Major Hector Achapell
Dr. Hector Aristy

For the Special Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation

of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American States:
Ambassador Ricardo Colombo


Representative of Brazil
Ambassador Alfredo Vazquez Carriaosa

Representative of Colombia
Ambassador Carlos Garcia Bauer
Representative of Guatemala
Ambassador Frank Morrice, Jr.
Representative of Panama
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VIII. EXCHANGE 0? NOTES WITH THE UNITED STATES

i
Before reaching an agreement with the conflicting parties concerning
the ratification and expansion of the cease-fire the Special Committee
studied the question relating to the cooperation of the armed forces of
the United States in the Dominican Republic with the Committee within the
objectives indicated by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation in the resolution
of May 1, 1965*
On the night of May 3 the Special Committee had an interview with the
Honorable W. Tapley Bennett, Ambassador of the United States to the Dominican
Republic. The results of this interview and the precise opinion of the
Special Committee were set forth in a memorandum delivered personally to
that diplomatic representative* which read as follows:
MEMORANDUM
As.a result of the meeting that was held on the night of Hay 3,
j the Special Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the American republics, has the honor
to state the following to the Ambassador of the United States to the
Dominican Republic:
1. .The Committee has had the steadfast purpose of attaining the

the confirmation and effectiveness of the cease-fire agree-
ment already agreed upon,
2. To achieve this end, the Committee has today held long con-
versations with the commanders of the Command headed by
Colonel Caamano and of the Military Junta headed by Colonel
Eenoit. Both have given their consent to participate jointly
with the Committee in formal negotiations, for the purpose of
arriving at a supplementary and amplifying agreement on the
cease-fire, which the Committee believes indispensable and
which should include among its principal clauses, in addition
to others:
a. The demarcation and enlargement of the safety zone to
include the embassies that are at present outside this
zone0
b. The cooperation of both parties with a Committee of the
Organization of American States for supervising and
applying the cease-fire.
i
c. Cooperation for humanitarian aid.
d Departure from the country of Dominican refugees or

asylees in the embassies who wish to leave.
D
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3. The Committee would like to know whether, in the event that

a supplementary and amplifyin3 agreement of this nature can
be signed by both parties, the United States military forces
in the Dominican Republic could receive precise instructions
for cooperating in carrying out the agreement.
k. The Committee feels that without the essential cooperation of

the United States, the aforementioned agreement could not be
carried out.
5 The Committee believes that the foregoing corresponds to the
terms of its instructions contained in the resolution of
May 1, 19&5 of the Meeting of Consultation, especially with
what is stated in paragraph 2.a, concerning the cease-fire,
and the content of paragraph ^f, which states:
/Phe Tenth Meeting of Consultation:/
"requests the American governments, and the Secretary General
of the Organization of American States to extend their full
cooperation in order to facilitate the \rork of the Committee,,"
After the Act of Santo Domingo was signed, by which -the cease-fire of
April 30, 1965 was ratified and amplified, the Special Committee sent to
the Ambassador of the United States in the Dominican Republic a note in
which it expressly requested the cooperation of the government of that
country in applying the stipulations of that document. The note from the
Special Committee and the reply from the Secretary of State, Mr. Dean Rusk,
are transcribed below:
Santo Domingo, May 5> 1965
Sir:
I have the honor to transmit to you, Sir, under instructions of the

pecial Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs of the American States, a certified copy of the Act of
Santo Domingo signed today by the parties who entitle themselves, respec-
tively, "Military Junta of Government" and "Constitutional Government."
As item *f of the Resolution of May 1, 1965, of the Tenth Meeting of

Consultation "requests the American governments to extend their full
cooperation in order to facilitate the work of the Committee," this
Committee hopes that your government will cooperate with it in observing
the stipulations of the Act of Santo Domingo,
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Accept, Sir, t'ie renewed assurances of my highest consideration.
Ricardo M. Colombo
Chairman pf the Committee
The Honorable
W. Tapley Bennett
Ambassador of the United States
of America to the Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo de Guzman,
Dominican Republic
The Secretary of State

Washington
May 7, 1965
Excellency:
I have been advised by the United States Ambassador to the Dominican
Republic of Tour Excellency's communication to him of Hay 5, transmitting
a certified copy of the."Act of Santo Domingo" and expressing the hope that
the United States Government will cooperate in its observance. Since the
Commission has now returned to Washington, I am taking the liberty of
replying directly to you.
I have -the honor to express my government's gratitude for and support
of the work of the Commission in Santo Domingo.- The United States will
cooperate fully in the observance of the provisions of the Act of Santo
Domingo. I do not have before me the map attached to the Act of Santo
Domingo, but I assume that the boundaries of the International Safety Zone
coincide with those that now exist and that the line of communication
crossing the Duarte Bridge as it now exists is shown'on the map.
Accept, Excellency, the renewed assurance of my highest consideration.
Dean Rusk
His Excellency
Dr. Ricardo M. Colombo,
Representative of Argentina on
The Council of the Organization
of American States*
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IX. CONCLUSIONS AND
In presenting this report to the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of

Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Special Committee has desired only to
give an account of its activities from May 1 to 5? 19&5i that is, during
the visit to the city of Santo Domingo.
The Special Committee achieved, under truly dramatic circumstances,

the main objectives set forth in the previously mentioned resolution with
respect to cease-fire, the orderly evacuation of persons who have taken
asylum or refuge, and humanitarian assistance to the Dominican people
without any distinction as to parties or conflicting factions. The Special
Committee also achieved the demarcation of a safety zone in the city of
Santo Domingo in accordance with the map officially drawn up by its
military advisors. This map was transmitted to both parties, and the
original is at the disposal of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation.,
As the representatives will note, the Act of Santo Domingo and the
results thus far obtained by the Special Committee constitute the first
stage of a process of restoring peace and normality in the Dominican
Republic, which requires the Inter-American System to take several steps
toward consolidation.
Among the measures we believe could be adopted at once by the Tenth

Meeting of Consultation, we suggest the following:
1 Designation of a permanent technical military group in the city

of Santo Domingo to supervise the cease-fire and other measures agreed
upon by the parties in the Act of Santo Domingo.
20 Designation of another qualified group to orgEOiize humanitarian

aid to the Dominican people and evaluation of the most urgent needs with
regard to food, medicine, and hospital equipment,,
J)t Study and planning of the Inter-American Force created by the

Resolution of May 6, 1965 of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation, in order
to assure it the best conditions of operation and efficienpy.
k0 To empower the Special Commission to establish coordination

among all these elements and activities in the Dominican Republic in
order to attain the goals set forth in the resolutions approved by the
Washington, D.C,, May 7, 1965
Ricardo M. Colombo
Ambassador of Argentina
Chairman
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Ilraar Penna Marinho

Ambassador of Brazil
Alfredo Vasquez Carrizosa
Ambassador of Colombia
Carlos Garcia Bauer
Ambassador of Guatemala
Humberto Calamari G.
Ambassador of Panama
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Minority Report of the_ representative of Panama
'The representative of Panama on' the Special Committee, established in

accordance with the 'Resolution adopted on 1 May 1965 by the Tenth Meeting of
Consultation. of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, 'has the honour to inform this Tenth
Meeting that it does nb't ' entirely agree with the text of the second report of the
Special Committee, subscribed 'to by the majority of its members.
The representative of Panama agrees with the part of the report regarding the
efforts of the Committee and those of His Excellency, the Papal Nuncio, to obtain
and -gain compliance with the cease-fire agreement, signed by the conflicting parties
in the Dominican Republic, which was later incorporated 'into the Act of Santo
Domingo. Unquestionably, "the Committee worked 'laudably and tirelessly to preserve
the cessation of hostilities 'between the two factions, and it also undertook
activities "of a humanitarian nature that have helped to alleviate the grievous
situation of the Dominican people resulting from the' 'battle still in progress I
Notwithstanding, the 'representative of Panama signs that report with a
reservation, for the reasons given below:
1. This representative does not consider that the primary objective assigned
to the Special Committee in the resolution of 1 May has yet been accomplished, which,
according to the text of this, is "to obtain re-establishment of peace and normal
conditions" in the Dominican 'Republic. So long as conditions of civil war prevail
in that brother country, with its attending death and devastation, the aim that was
the basis for establishing this group cannot be thought of as completed. Whatever
the difficulties encountered, and it must be recognized that these have been many
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and constant, and notwithstanding future ones - which aay foe even worse - this
Committee cannot consider that it has realized its objective, since this would
imply a disregard of its duties.
2. The representative of Panama is unable to agree with several concepts
appearing on pages 10, 11 and 12 of the majority report of the Committee. These
concepts contain certain interpretations of the principle of non-intervention that
seem to make it contrary to the principle of collective action, which is included
in the juridical instruments of the Organization of American States. Individual
intervention has "been justly condemned in inter-American agreements which are very
close to the hearts of the peoples of the continent. But collective action has
been legally established in order to prevent or alleviate situations that might
endanger the peace and security of the nations of the continent.
3- The representative of Panama agrees with the part of the report referring
to the right of the regional organization to take steps pertinent to the solution
of the very serious problem facing the people of the Dominican Republic. But, for
that very reason, it does not find it acceptable to give up the exercise of that
right, since, as is well-stated on page 14 of the majority report, any other organ
of the United Nations should refrain from acting on this problem so long as the
regional procedure has not been exhausted, in accordance with the provisions of
Article 52, paragraph 2, of the United Nations Charter..
k. The representative of Panama believes, in conclusion, that dissolution
of the Committee would seriously discredit the OAS, because it would imply an
admission of lack of strength and of capacity to solve a problem of a brother
Republic which at this moment is being bled by a civil war which has hindered the
functioning of its democratic institutions. The OAS is called on to solve precisely
this kind of problem satisfactorily.
(Signed) Frank MORRICE, Jr.

Special Delegate of Panama to the Tenth Meeting
of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
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CABLE DATED 20 MAY 19^5 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETAEY-
GEHERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance Article 5^ Charter United Nations I have the honour to transmit

to you for information Security Council following resolution adopted today by
Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs:
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WHEREAS:
The Special Committee established pursuant to the resolution of May 1,
1965, considers that it has completed its mandate;
The Meeting considers that it should continue to be represented on a
permanent basis in the Dominican Republic, in an effort to restore peace
and the normal conditions that will make it possible to establish the bases
for the functioning of democratic institutions in that country; and
The Secretary General of the Organization is now in the Dominican
Republic fulfilling a mission entrusted to him by the Meeting of Consultation
and is in a position to further the objectives set forth in the preceding
paragraph,
!BE TENTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
RESOLVES;
1, To reiterate the gratitude of the Meeting of the Special Committee
for the outstanding service it has rendered.
2. To entrust the Secretary General of the Organization of American
States with carrying out the following activities in the Dominican Republic,
on behalf of the Meeting of Consultation:
(a) To negotiate a strict cease-fire in accordance with the
Act of Santo Domingo;
(b) To provide his good offices to the Parties, with a view to
the establishment of a climate of peace and reconciliation that will
permit the functioning of democratic institutions in the Dominican
Republic;
* The corrected English text of the resolution was transmitted by the

Organization of American States,
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(c) To co-ordinate, in so far as relevant, action leading to the

attainment of the objectives set forth in this resolution, with that
vhich the-Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations
is undertaking;
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(d) To keep the Meeting duly informed of the negotiations he
carries on, and on the results thereof."
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GABLE DATED 22 MAI 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

OF THE ORGANIZATION OP AMERICAS STATES ADDRESSED TO THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL 0? THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance with Article jk of the Charter of the United Nations, I have

the honour to transmit to you for the information of the Security Council the
following resolution adopted at the thirteenth plenary session held on 22 May 1965*
"The Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs resolves:
1. That the Secretary General of the Organization of American States

shall assume the functions referred to in paragraph 3 of the resolution
adopted by this Meeting of Consultation on 6 May 19&5;
2. That this Meeting shall indicate the mission and objectives of the
Inter-American Armed Force in accordance with the sole purpose set forth in
paragraph 2 of the resolution of 6 May;
3. To request the Government of Brazil to designate the Commander of
the Inter-American Armed Force and the Government of the United States to
designate the Deputy Commander of that Force;
4. To appoint a committee composed of those members designated by
the President of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation to study the functioning
and maintenance of the Inter-American Armed Force and to present a report to
the present Meeting of Consultation. I/"
I/ At this same session, the President appointed as members of the committee
the delegations of Brazil, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua,
and the United States of America, as well as those of other member States
that contribute contingents to the Inter-American Armed Force.
Accept, etc.
(Signed) William SANDERS,
Assistant Secretary General,
* This document replaces those previously issued under the symbols S/6377 and
S/6379.
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CABLE DATED 2k MAY 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF

GEHERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance Article $k Charter United Nations I have the honour to transmit

to you for information Security Council following text Constituent Act Inter-
American Armed Force signed at Santo Domingo on 23 May:
"Considering:
"That the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs

of the American Republics, through its resolution of 6 May 196~5> requested
the Governments of those member States which were in a position to do so to
make available to the Organization of American States contingents of land,
naval, air or police forces with which to form an Inter-American Force that
would operate under the authority of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation;
"That, in accordance with the said resolution of 6 May and in a spirit

of democratic impartiality, this Force shall have as its sole purpose that
of co-operating in the restoration of normal conditions in the Dominican
Republic, in maintaining the security of its inhabitants and the inviolability
of human rights, and in the establishment of an atmosphere of peace and
conciliation in which democratic institutions will be able to function;
"That the Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, by

its resolution of 22 May 196~5j requested the Governments of Brazil and the
United States to designate, respectively, the Commander and the Deputy
Commander of the Inter-American Force;
"That in accordance with the request made in the resolution of

6 May 1965., the commanders of the military contingents making up the Inter-
American Force have taken, by direct arrangement among themselves and with
the representative of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, the following necessary technical
measures to establish a Unified Command of OAS for co-ordinated and effective
action by the Inter-American Force:
"1. The Inter-American Force is established as a Force of the

Organization of American States.
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"2. The Inter-American Force shall consist of the Unified Command and
the national contingents of the member States which are assigned to it.
"3. The Unified Command shall consist of the Commander of the Inter-
American Force, the Deputy Commander and the staff.
"k. The Commander of the Inter-American Force shall exercise tactical

control of all the elements of the Force, shall ensure that the Force performs
the functions assigned to it by the Organization of American States, and shall
take responsibility for the deployment and assignment of the units making up
the Force.
"5. The members of the Force shall continue to belong to the military
and police forces of their respective countries. Nevertheless, during the
period of their assignment to the Force, they shall serve under the authority
of the Organization of American States and shall be subject to the orders of
the Commander and his subordinate officers.
"With the exception of tactical control, the commanders of the national

contingents shall retain command of their respective units.
"l. The Commander of the Inter-American Force shall keep the Meeting
of Consultation informed concerning the activities of the Force.
"2. The Meeting of Consultation shall transmit political directives to

the Inter-American Force through its Commander.
"3. The Commander shall prescribe the regulations of the Force, which
must be observed by all the members of the Force.
"k. The Commander shall establish the basic organization and shall
appoint the members of the Force's officer cadre.
"5. The staff of the Unified .Command shall include representatives of

the member States which furnish national contingents. The Commander shall,
in filling staff posts, give adequate representation to the national units
making up the Force, The Commander shall appoint as liaison officer a member
of the staff, who shall devote all his time to liaison work with the authorized
representative of the Meeting of Consultation.
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"1. In accordance with the resolution of 22 May, the Government of the

United States of Brazil has appointed (name not yet available) as
Commander of the Inter-American Force. I/
"2. In accordance with the resolution of 22 May, the Government of

the United States of America has appointed Lieutenant General Bruce Palmer, Jr.
as Deputy Commander of the Inter-American Force.
"Signed and entered into force at Santo Domingo, the twenty-third day
of May 1965, "by the authorized representative of the Meeting of Consultation
and the commanders of all the national contingents which have been made
available to the Organization of American States in the Dominican Republic,
in accordance with the resolution adopted on 6 May by the Tenth Meeting of
Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
JOSE A. MORA
American States -
Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers
of Foreign Affairs of the American
Republics
Colcnel CARLOS DE MEIRA MATTOS

The Government of the United States
of Brazil '"
Lieutenant Colonel ALVARO ARIAS

The Government of Costa Rica
Lieutenant General BRUCE PALMER, JR.

The Government of the United States
of America
Major POLICARPO PAZ GARCIA

The Government of Honduras
Captain MIGUEL BLESSING W.

The Government of Nicaragua"
After the signature of the document, Dr. Jose A. Mora, the Secretary General
of the OAS, made the following statement:
"The signature of this Act establishing the Inter-American Force is

really an historic occasion. For the first time, an Inter-American peace
force has been established by the Organization of American States and. is
_!/ -The Government of Brazil has appointed General Hugo Panasco Alvim as-Commander
of the .Inter-American Force. . . . r-": - .
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going to serve under its direction. The objectives of this Force were
clearly established in paragraph 2 of the resolution of the Tenth Meeting
of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, dated 6 May., which states:
" 'That this Force shall have as its sole purpose, in a spirit of
democratic impartiality, that of co-operating in the restoration of normal
conditions in the Dominican Republic, in maintaining the security of its
inhabitants and the inviolability of human rights, and in the establishment
of an atmosphere of peace and conciliation in which democratic institutions
will be able to function in the said Republic.'
"As may be seen from those objectives, the purpose of the Inter-American
Force is clearly not intervention, but rather the granting of assistance to
the people of a sister nation.
"The establishment, of the Force demonstrates, once again, the ability

.of the Organization of American States to adapt to new conditions and to
solve new problems - problems having features which may not have been
foreseen when the Charter and the Treaty of Rio were signed. Nevertheless,
the objectives for which the Inter-American Force was established clearly
come within the broad provisions of the Charter concerning matters affecting
the peace and security of the continent.
"Peace, prosperity and justice are indivisible and interdependent.

That they do not.exist, in one nation must be a matter of concern for all.
The activities'of .1 the Organization of American States in the Dominican
Republic 'are directed towards the promotion, of peace and tranquillity under
conditions which will permit the Dominican -people to establish a civil
democratic Government of its own choosing,.to bind up the wounds and dispel
the bitterness of the civil struggle, and to start the task of aid and
reconstruction.
"l sign this Act with full confidence that the Inter-American Force will
be an effective contribution towards those goals and in the hope'that the
other member States of the Organization of American States will also make
contingents available to the Force so that it may better fulfil its lofty
objectives."
Accept, etc. . - William'SAUDERS
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CABLE DATED 2 JUNE 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE
ORGANIZATION OP AMERICAN STATES, ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
In accordance Article 5^ United Nations Charter, I have honour to transmit

to you, for information of Security Council, following text of resolution on
title of Inter-American Peace Force, adopted today "by Tenth Meeting of
Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs:
"Resolution adopted at the fourteenth plenary meeting, held

on 2 June 1965.
"The Tenth Meeting, of Consultation of Ministers, of. Foreign

Affairs
"decides that the force established by resolution of this

Meeting of Consultation, dated 6 May 1965, shall be called the
'Inter-American Peace Force'."
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SAKDERS
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CABLE DATED 2 JUNE 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, ADDRESSED TO THE
SECRETARI-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance with Article 5*4 United Nations Charter, I have honour to transmit
to you, for information Security Council, following resolution, adopted today by
Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs:
"Resolution adopted at the fourteenth plenary meeting, held on 2 June 1965

"The Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
"Considering that the situation prevailing in the Dominican Republic

continues to constitute a threat to peace,
"Considering that the Organization of American States must continue to

strive arjfl. take the necessary action for the promyt restoration of democratic
order in the said Republic so that the Dominican people can freely determine
its own destiny,
"Decides;
"1. To reaffirm its confidence in the Secretary General of the

Organization of American States and its gratitude for the way in which he has
continued to discharge the responsibilities assigned to him by the Council of
the Organization of American States and the Tenth Meeting of Consultation;
"2. To appoint an Ad Hoc Commission consisting of Brazil, El Salvador

and the United States of America to act on behalf of the Tenth Meeting of
Consultation for the following purposes:
"(a) To proceed with the work, begun by the Special Commission and now
being continued by the Secretary General, of making its good offices available
to all the parties with a view to creating an atmosphere of peace and
conciliation which will enable the democratic institutions in the Dominican
Republic to operate and make possible its economic and social recovery;
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"(b) To transmit to the Inter-American Force, through its commander

and on behalf of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation, under -whose authority
he acts, the instructions necessary for the effective accomplishment of the
sole purpose of the said Force, as defined in paragraph 2 of the resolution
adopted by this Meeting on 6 May 19655
"(c) To keep the Tenth Meeting of Consultation duly informed of its
activities and the results thereof."
The result of the final vote was as follows: in favour 15: against 2
(Uruguay, Mexico); abstaining 3 (Chile, Venezuela, Argentina); total 20.
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Accept, Sir, etc.
. William SANDERS
UNITED NATIONS
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CABLE DATED 3 JU33E 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

0? THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, ADDRESSED TO THE
SECRETARy-GEFEPAL OF TH3 UTJITSD NATIONS
With reference my cable of 2 June and in accordance with Article 5^-

United Nations Charter, I have honour to transmit to you, for infornation of
Security Council, text of following aessage of todayTs date from the Secretary
General of the Organization of American States to the Chairman of Tenth Meeting
of Consultation: "Chairman of CoEmission on Human Rights, Mr. Manuel Eianchi,
has begun investigating complaint and will visit interior of country."
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS
65-13282
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CABLE DATED 6 JUKE 19&5 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

OF THE ORGANIZATION! OF AMERICAN STATES, ADDRESSED TO THE
SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance Article 5^ United Nations Charter, I have honour to transmit,

for information of Security Council, following text of cable sent on 5 June by
Mr, Jos A. Mora, Secretary General, Organization American States:
"With regard to the complaint made by Mr, Jottin Cury to United Nations
Security Council I wish to inform you that General Hugo Panasco Alvim,
Commander, Unified Command, has assured me that no armed troops belonging
to Inter-American Peace Force, other than observation units, have been
stationed on east bank of River Ozama during past two days.
"General Panasco Alvim has, also assured me that said force did not reply
to any fire yesterday at 930 a.m. and that in any event they do not use
8l mm mortars.
"I also wish to add the following details on the incident forming the
subject of the complaint. Yesterday afternoon an official of the United
Nations informed me that Colonel Cavalcanti, observer of that Organization,
had been invited by Colonel Caamano to spend the night at Caamano's headquarters
in order to witness the violations of the cease-fire. At 9^ p.m.
Colonel Noguera of the Caamano command telephoned General Vargas, my military
advisor, to inform him that mortar fire directed at a number of places had
just been verified, that eight shells had been discharged, and at the same
time that Colonel Cavalcanti was present witnessing the fact, I immediately
proceeded to Colonel Caamano's headquarters, accompanied by General Vargas
and other officials, and spoke with Colonel Caamano himself, Mr. Cury,
Colonel Loraa Colonel Lachapelle and other members of the command, and with
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Colonel Cavalcanti, who was there together with Mr. Cfirdovez, a United Nations
staff member. I an at present preparing a detailed official report, tjfaich
I shall send by. separate cable, I consider it expedient to send this advance
report for the information of the Secretary-General of the United Nations,
pending my later report.
Jose A. Mora, Secretary General"
accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS
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CABLE DATED 6 JUNE 1965 FRCM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES, ADDRESSED TO THE SECKETARY-
In accordance with Article 5^ United Nations Charter, I have the honour to

transmit, for information of Security Council, following text of cable sent on
6 June by Mr. Jose A. Mora, Secretary General of the Organization of American
States:
"Supplement to the message from Mr. Jose A. Mora, addressed to you
this morning,
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At approximately 9 p.m. on Friday, \ June 19^5> General Telmo Vargas,
my military adviser, received a telephone call from Colonel Noguera, of
Colonel Caamano's command, complaining that, on that night, mortar shells
had again hit several places in the city, and that on this occasion nine
shots had been fired which had landed at the following points: on Calle 19
de Junio at Calle Juan Isidrq Perez, Argentine school> on Calle Jose Reyes at
Calle Juan Isidro Perez - Dr. Dinzey's clinic hit; and stating that
Colonel Cavalcanti and Mr. Diego C6rdovez, both of the United Nations, who
had proceeded there to spend the night, were at the headquarters, as reported
in my previous cable.
"in his telephone call, General Vargas asked to speak personally to

Colonel Cavalcanti, who told him that, at approximately 7.^-5 p.m., he had
heard eight shots, apparently mortar fire, but that it was impossible to tell
their origin, although they seemed to have come from the other side of the
River Ozama. Colonel Cavalcanti added that he was going to report this fact
imnediately to the United Nations and that he would proceed forthwith to the
hospital to ascertain how many had been killed and wounded. This report,
after the site of the incident had been identified on the city map, was
transmitted by General Vargas.
"In view of the complaint, I considered it necessary and urgent for me
to proceed to Colonel Caamano's headquarters in order to investigate the
complaint. Prior to my departure from the hotel I reported this incident
to the Ad Hoc Commission and to General Panasco Alvim, who were at the Hotel
Embajador at this time.
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"I left the hotel at 10 p.m. in the company of General Vargas,

Mr. Morales Carrion and Mr. Modesto Lucero, after first informing
Colonel Caamano's headquarters that we were going to that zone.
"At the Unified Command of the Inter-American Peace Force (IPF), which
is on the transit route, Colonel Rank of the army of El Salvador joined the
Commission. He facilitated our entry at the control points of the security
zone until we entered Colonel Caamano's zone, where we were met and
accompanied by an officer who remained at our disposal to facilitate transit
at all the control points of that zone. At approximately 11.20 p.m. we reached
Colonel Caamano's headquarters and were immediately invited to proceed to
the room where Colonel Cavalcanti and Mr. C6rdovez of the United Nations
and officers of Colonel Casmano's command were.present, including
Colonel Lachapelle, Colonel Lora and Colonel Noguera. Other officers were
also there.
"A few minutes later Colonel Caamano appeared, accompanied by Mr. Cury.
Colonel Caamano protested against what he called continuous hostile activity
"by the forces which he assumed were in the Campamento 27 de febrero, on the
"bank of the River Ozama, where, I presumed, forces of General Imbert were
stationed. He added that he would lodge a protest in that connexion with
the United Nations. The officers under Colonel Caamano's command stated that
the samples of shell fragments and a fuse, marked 2^/51EJfG-MIE 19l8-l> were
in the possession of Colonel Cavalcanti, to whom they had been handed over. .
These items had been' shown to all present.
"Following the conclusion of the interview at 11.45 p.m., we proceeded
to the Padre Billini Hospital, where we were received by Dr. Ramo'n Baez.
The doctor conducted us to the morgue, where we viewed the bodies of a
young woman and a boy who were reported to have been killed by a shell, burst.
We were told that three other wounded children were asleep at the time, and
we decided not to disturb them. e returned from Colonel Caamano's zone under
the same arrangements as for entry, arriving at the Hotel Embajador at
approximately 1 a.m. on 5 June.
"General Panasco Alvim, in charge of the IPF, was given the details of
the' inspection carried out during the night of 4 June, so that the Unified
Command could conduct the necessary investigations and appropriate action
could be taken. General Panasco Alvim ordered an investigation of the incident
and gave me the following preliminary report, which is supplementary to
the information contained in my cable of this morning:
"1. All the investigations made lead to the conclusion that the shots
were not fired by troops of the IPF. General York made a personal
investigation and reported, at about midnight of yesterday, that no soldier
belonging to the United States forces had fired a shot either from the
corridor or from the east side of the River Ozama. In fact, the last
violation of the cease-fire by Colonel Caamano's forces, which drew answering
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fire from the United States forces, occurred at 9^ a.m. on 4 June. The
counter-fire consisted merely of four shots from an M-l rifle.
"2. Prom the technical standpoint, the mortar shells could have come
from any direction,
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3 Preliminary examination of the shell fragments indicates that old
ammunition was used and that a technical investigation will "be necessary to
determine its origin.
"4. Colonel Cavalcanti has the items of evidence in his possession.
"5- It was not passible to determine the origin of the shots on the
"basis of the reports prepared by General York, OAS coinnissionfl and the IFF
itself.
(Signed) Jose A. MOM

Secretary General of the OAS"
Accept, Sir, etc.
(Signed) William SAKDEES

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CABLE DATED 6 JUNE 1965 PROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO THE
Pursuant to Article 5^ of the Charter of the United Nations, I have the

honour to transmit, for the information of the Security Council, the following
cable sent oh 6 June by Dr. Jose A. Mora, Secretary General of the Organization
of American States:
"With reference to my cable dated 3 June I have the honour to transmit
the following information concerning the activities of the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights which is at present in this country:
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is continuing its
activities in Dominican territory, in pursuance of its noble task of
promoting respect for and observance of the rights of the individual.
In the course of Saturday, 5 June, the Commission travelled through
part of the El Cibao area, stopping at the town of San Francisco de Macoris
where it visited the fortress prison, accompanied by the Governor of the
Province, and interviewed the prisoners held there. It also made contact
with certain elements of the population, who submitted requests and complaints
to the Commission.
The Commission also visited the town of La Vega and had an opportunity
to talk with private individuals who came to present charges of violation
of the rights of individuals. A visit was also made by the Commission to
the town prison where it interviewed the prisoners held there in order to
hear their statements. Both in San Francisco de Macoris and in La Yega the
Commission was given every facility by the local authorities.
On the morning of Sundayf 6 June, the Commission visited La Victoria
Prison in Santo Domingo (National Reconstruction Government zone) in order to
interview the prisoners held there. The prison authorities gave every
facility to the Commission which was accompanied by an OAS photographer who
took pictures of the interviews that took place. In the afternoon of the
same day the Commission visited the prison set up in the Salome de Urena
girls' school on Padre Billini street in Santo Domingo (Constitutional
Government zone).
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It was able to talk with the prisoners held there and was given every
facility for its work.
The Chairman of the Commission, Professor Manuel Bianchi, was
accompanied, at these interviews, by two officials of the Secretariat,
I am pleased also to inform you that the International Red Cross,
through its representative_, and other private religious bodies,, are also
working effectively to defend human, rights.
Jose A. Mora
Secretary General of OAS"
Accept, Sir, etc.
(Signed) William SA&DEKS

Organization of American
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THE UNITED NATIONS BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE
In accordance with Article $k United Nations Charter, I have honour to transmit

to you, for information of Security Council, cable messages Nos. 106 and 108 from
the Secretary General of the Organization of American States addressed to the
President of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs:
"Message No. 106
"With reference to messages Nos. 99 an& 103 concerning the complaint

about 3. violation of the cease-fire made by Mr. Jottin Cury to the United
Nations on 5 June, I transmit "to you the following information supplied by
the Unified Command, Inter-American Peace Force:
'1. At approximately 1700 hours 5 June 1965, the undersigned was

notified by Lt. Colonel Hay-ward that permission had been obtained for
myself and Lt. Wade, 86Vbh Ed. Det., to inspect the shell fragments.
This was accomplished along with two officers from the OEA who went
to room 2^4-7, Ambassador Hotel, at approximately 1900 hours 5 June 1965.
We were received by two Brazilian Colonels and allowed to inspect the
fragments from approximately six 8lmm mortar rounds.
2. The ammunition was spread out on a small table with fuses,

body, fragments and tail fins separated. Inspection disclosed the
following information:
(a) Fuse: 2" in length. Bottle-neck lead plunger. Brass body

in 2 parts, bottom part is brass but red in colour, screwed
into body of round, also v punch staked.
(b) Body: Machined 5 gas check bands. Body prior to gas check
bands is yellow, rest of body is black.
(c) Tail fin assembly: 6 fins - flash holes.
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(d) Markings on fuse: 2^.31 ryg mle 1918-!
Markings on forward of bourlette: 952 128 5z del

Markings on tail fin assembly: at top of assembly letters
abg-1932 stamped 52-53-56-57-59
Markings on cartridge: counterclockwise 8lmm mle
1930 c.f. :
3- Follow-up action on the part of the undersigned and Lt. ade
from.86^- Ed. Det. reveal the following facts:
(a) The ammunition is from no known United States manufacturer.
(b) Yellow markings indicate French in origin., however this

is not conclusive, no index of French ammunition is available.
(c) Red band indicates instantaneous detonation on impact.
(d) The ammunition cannot be definitely established as to

country of origin without further technical research.'
Jose A. Mora"
"Message No. 108
"I have honour to transmit report made by General Hugo Panasco Alvim,
Commander of the Unified Command of the Inter-American Peace Force, on the
complaint made to the United Rations on 6 June by Jottin Cury, which was
transmitted to the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign
Affairs.
'I acknowledge receipt of your communication of today's date and

of the communication enclosing a copy of the cable sent by
Mr. Jottin Cury to the Tenth Meeting of Foreign Ministers in connexion
with the alleged advance of United States troops into the Constitutional
Government zone.
In this connexion, I must inform you that it is not certain that no

military equipment or barbed wire has been placed at the spot indicated .
in the report.
Indeed, at one block in the security zone lights were being

installed for ordinary lighting and the position of other lights was
being changed.
The complaint was received at this Command and an inspection team
was sent immediately, everything having been organized in the best
manner.
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At no time did Colonel Carlos Meira Mattos enter the Constitutional

Government zone.
The matter was of little significance, since actually an attempt

was "being made to change the angle of the lights to stop the snipers
shooting at the security zone.
This Command is surprised that the Constitutional Government is

continuing its pointless threats.
It should also be noted that the cease-fire was agreed "between "both
factions and that we have a neutral status and are trying to do
everything possible to help solve the Dominican problem.
Since 7 May, 803 shots have been counted which constitute breaches
of the cease-fire by the' Caamano forces.
No count was kept before that date.
The Command of the Inter-American Peace Force, protecting the

safety of its forces, reserves the right to establish in future, if
necessary, such lighting systems as may be necessary to protect the
lives of its soldiers and, indeed, of the Dominican people.
Hugo Panasco Alvim'
Jose A. Mora, Secretary General of the OAS"
Accept, Sir, etc.
WILLIAM SANDERS
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THE UNITED MTIONS BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GEEERAL OF THE
Corrigendum
On page 2, in "Message Mb. 108"., amend the third paragraph to read:

"In this connexion^ I must inform you that it is not true that any
military equipment or barbed wire has been placed at the spot indicated
in the report."
On page 3, amend the fifth .paragraph to read:
"Since 7 May, 803 incidents have been counted which constitute
breaches of the cease-fire by the Caamano forces."
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In accordance with Article 5^ United Nations Charter, I have honour to

transmit to you, for information of Security Council, cable message No. 126 from
the Secretary General of the Organisation of American States addressed to the
President of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs:
rt
Santo Domingo
9 June 1965
No. 126
To Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa,, President of the Tenth Meeting

of Consultation
The Commission on Human Rights is continuing intense activity in

connexion with serious charge of crimes committed in Arroyo Hondo area under
control National Reconstruction Government. Shall report result of
investigation soon. Talks with authorities of both sides continued yesterday
with visit to San Isidro base.
Jose A. Mora"
William SANDERS
Assistant Secretary-General
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CABLE DATED 10 JTME 19^5 FROM THE SECRETARY CEBERAL OF

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO TEE
SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED HATIOSTS
In view of grave events discovered, which point to serious violations of

human rights, I have arranged urgent arrival technical mission expert
criminologists. We are trying to recruit as its members Dr. Daniel Schweitzer
of Chile and another two specialists to investigate these events and others
reported from various sources. Dr. Schwsitser acted very efficiently in a
previous case as representative of the Organization of American States.
Jose A. MORA
Secretary General
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CABLE DATED It JUNE 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL CF THE
ORGANIZATItN OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL tF
THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance -with Article ^h United Nations Charter., I have the honour to

transmit, for information Security Council, folloving text of cabled message
No. 127 from the Secretary General Organization American States to the Chairman
of Tenth Meeting of Consultation'of Ministers of Foreign Affairs:
"OAS, Santo Domingo
"9 June 1965
"Message No. 127
"Message from the Secretary General, addressed to Ambassador Guillermo
Seville Sacasa, Chairman of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation.
"I have the honour to transmit to you the texts of two statements signed
by the Government of National Reconstruction and the Constitutionalist
Government., undertaking to respect human rights proclaimed in American
Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man and guaranteeing all the
facilities required by the Commission on Human Rights for the accomplishment
of its mission. Government of National Reconstruction text is as follows:
'The Government of National Reconstruction reaffirms the following
to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights:
'That, faithful to its intention to comply with all the laws of
the Republic, especially those concerning human rights, and with all the
international commitments assumed by the Dominican Republic, it has
respected, will respect and will ensure respect for the human rights
embodied in the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man,
adopted at the Ninth International Conference of American States held
at Bogota, Colombia, in 19^8;
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'That the Government of National Reconstruction will therefore

continue to provide the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, as
it has done so far^ with all the facilities necessary for the effective
accomplishment of its mission.
(Signed) Horacio VICIOSO SOTO

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs'
"The text of the Constitutionalist Government's statement reads as follows:

'The Constitutionalist Government deems it its duty to affirm the
following to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights;
'1. That it has respected and will continue to respect the human
rights embodied .in the American Declaration of the Rights and luties
of Man,, proclaimed at the Ninth International Conference of American
States, held at Bogota in 19^8;
'2. That it has respected and will continue to respect, as
fundamental principles., the right to life, the right to be tried by
competent courts, the right to protection against arbitrary detention
and the right of every individual to humane treatment during the time
he is in custody;
'3- That it will make available to the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights or to the representative thereof whatever facilities
are necessary for the effective accomplishment of its mission.
'Santo Domingo, lominican Republic,, 8 June 1965.
'For the Constitutional Government (Signed) Dr. Jottin CURY
Minister for Foreign Affairs
'For the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

(Signed) Manuel BIATTCHI
Chairman of the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights'

Secretary-General"
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS
Assistant Secretary-General
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CABLE DATED 11 JUKE 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETABY GENERAL OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF
THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance with Article 54 United Nations Charter, I have the honour, to

transmit to you, for information of the Security Council,, cable messages Nos.
and 139 addressed to the President of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs "by the Special Committee of the Tenth Meeting of
Consultation and by the Secretary General of the Organization 'of American States
respectively:
"Santo Domingo
"10 June 1965
''Message No. 13^
"To Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, President of the Tenth Meeting of

Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
"We have the honour to inform you that on Tuesday, 8 June, at 9- a.m.,
the entire Committee together with the Secretary General, advisers and
secretariat personnel, went to the city of Santiago in order to acquaint
themselves personally with the situation existing in this city in the interior
of the Republic, where they had interviews with groups representing different
sectors of the citizenship, such as merchants, industrialists, professional
workers, students, workmen, etc., and with ecclesiastical and civilian
authorities. The Committee concluded these interviews, which were
uninterrupted, at about 10.30 p.m. Yesterday morning, Wednesday, 9 June, we
had interviews with General Irribert and members of his Government, with whom
we are continuing to discuss matters relating to the tenuous situation in the
country. In the afternoon and evening the same day we spoke with important
political leaders. Today we hope to have an interview with Colonel Caamano
and other members of his Government.
"Accept, Sir, etc.
Ambassador Ilmar Penna Marinho, representative of Brazil
Ambassador Ramon de Clairmont Duenas, representative of El Salvador
Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker, representative of the United States."
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"Santo Domingo
"10 June 1965
"Message No_. 139
."To Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, President of the Tenth Meeting of

Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs
"I have the honour to transmit to you a press communique" issued today,,
10 June 1965, "by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
'1. The Chairman of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,
Professor Manuel Bianchi sent a note to the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs of the National Reconstruction Government} in connexion
with the serious charges received by the Commission about the events
which occurred in the vicinity of the "Las haras" estate.
'2. Today the Chairman, accompanied by the Executive Secretary and

another official of the Commission, visited the city of Barahona, where
they were given every facility to acquaint themselves with the position
of the political prisoners in the city prison and of human rights in
general. It was ascertained that there are sixty-four political
prisoners, some of whom spoke with the visitors. The local authorities
stated that some prisoners had already been released and that those
still in prison will'be brought before the judicial authorities.,
starting next Monday.
1
3 Information was also received about serious violations of the
right to life committed on 6 and 7 May in the zone occupied by the
Constititutional Government. The Commission was given the names of
Haitian students executed1 by Haitian commandos in the service of the
Constitutional Government.
'4. The Inter-American Peace Force brought before the Chairman of
the.Commission two members of the Dominican armed forces who were
imprisoned in the fortress of Ozama and who managed to escape during the
night of Wednesday, 9 June. They said that they were going to be
executed in the fortress itself and that one of their companions was
killed while trying to escape.'
'The note from the Chairman of the Commission and the reply from
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the National Reconstruction
Government are attached.
'Santo Domingo, 10 June 1965.
'Sir,
'The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has received new
substantial charges about the serious events which occurred in the past
weeks in the vicinity of the "Las haras" estate, which I reported to you
orally the day before yesterday and yesterday.
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'You informed me that the National Reconstruction Government had

ordered searching investigations in order to verify the truth of the
charges made to the Commission.
'I should he grateful if you would transmit to me as soon as

possible any information obtained on this matter and particularly on
whether it has ."been possible to identify the persons guilty of the
violations of human rights which have been reported.
'Accept, Sir, etc.
Manuel Bianchi
Chairman of the Inter-American
Commission on Human Rights
'Dr. Horacio Vicioso Soto

'Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
'National Reconstruction Government'
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Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs
'Santo Domingo, 10 June 1965
1
Sir,
'I have the honour to refer to your note of today's date concerning
events which supposedly occurred in the past weeks in the vicinity of the
"Las haras" estate and to enclose herewith documentation from the
Secretariat of State for the Armed Forces and National Police which
shows, as a result of the first investigations made, that the events
reported were possibly the work'of a small group of armed civilians who,
under cover of darkness and in violation of the law, are continuing to
thrash defenceless citizens living in zones bordering on the capital
where they took refuge after escaping from the policing carried out by
the armed forces to restore order in the sector north of Santo Domingo.
'In the interest of obtaining an exhaustive clarification of these

events, the National Reconstruction Government has ordered an additional
investigation by the Office of the Procurator General of the Republic
and I shall be glad to inform you of the results, since the Government
intends to prevent a repetition of acts similar to those reported, as is
shown by the instructions given by the Secretariat of State for the
Armed Forces to its military posts to intensify their watchfulness in the
zone to the north of the city where the events reported supposedly
occurred.
'Accept, Sir, etc.
Horacio Vicioso Soto

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
'Dr. Manuel Bianchi,

'Chairman of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,
'Santo Domingo.'
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(end of the quotation from the press communique and continuation of the
message frcm the Secretary General)
"The Command of the Inter-American Peace Force dispatched an armed
troop patrol this afternoon, 10 June, to watch over the evidence of the
violations of human rights committed at the "Las haras" estate and also to
make the appropriate investigations pending the arrival of the commission of
expert criminologists which the Secretary General of the OAS "by cable this
afternoon arranged to have sent to Santo Domingo.
Jose A. Mora"
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SAWDERS
, GENERAL
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CABLE DATED 16 JUNE 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

In accordance with Article 54 United Nations Charter., I have the honour to

transmit to you, for information of the Security Council, cable message No, 166
from the Chairman of the Inter-American Ccmmission on' Human Rights addressed to
the President of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs:
"Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa

"I have the honour to transmit to you; and through you, Sir, to the
Tenth Meeting of Consultation, the following summary of activities of the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights:
'Summary of activities of the Inter-American

Commission on Human Rights
Professor Manuel Bianchi.
The Chairman of the Inter-American Ccmmission on Human Rights,

acting on "behalf of that inter-American-"body, has conducted a broad
programme of activities in the Dominican Republic with a view to
promoting and facilitating respect for the individual rights of the
Dominican people.
With the advice and assistance of a number of secretariat officials,

the Commission has visited the capital of the country and extensive inland
areas.
In two weeks of activity it has "been able to observe closely the

situation with respect to human rights in the Republic and to assess in
detail the climate that prevails in the country in that regard.
The Commission established immediate contact with the Constitutional

Government and the National Reconstruction Government, securing frcm "both
the signing of a document under which they solemnly undertook to respect
fundamental human rights, to recognize the moral authority of the
Commission and to extend to it every facility necessary for the complete
discharge of its mission.
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In. a spirit of impartiality and loyalty to the principles laid down

in the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, the
Commission "believes that it has served the legitimate interests of the
Dominican people in defence of the most sacred individual rights.
In keeping with this attitude, it has visited prisons and detention

centres in the capital and inland, interviewed large numbers of
political prisoners, received hundreds of complaints and claims in
connexion with alleged violations of human rights, and dealt with
these claims so that in many cases the desired ends were achieved.
During this fortnight the Commission conversed with the civilian

and military authorities of both tendencies, brought urgent problems
to their attention and interceded on behalf of many persons imprisoned
or persecuted for political reasons.
The Commission gained admission to prison cells and detention

chambers, accompanied by photographers, in order to ascertain the
situation of the detained and gather information for the effective
performance of its task. Thus it was able to verify the physical
conditions of many prisoners and to obtain first-hand knowledge of
their problems and needs. As a result, a set of graphic documents
exists describing the Commission's work at Santo Domingo and inland.
The Commission was also able to facilitate the departure from the
country of a number of citizens, secure adequate protection for the
lives of others and keep the relatives of prisoners and the public at
large regularly informed of the activities in which it was engaged, by
means of press communiques and personal contact with the persons
concerned.
To date the Commission has visited the prisons of the national

police and la Victoria, San Isidro and. Haina in the zone of the
National Reconstruction Government, and the prisons of the Ozama
fortress, the Palace of Justice and the Salome Urena School for Girls
in the zone occupied by the Constitutional Government. It also visited
the prisons and fortresses of San Francisco de Macoris, la Vega,
Barahona, Santiago de los Caballeros and Puerto Plata, inland.
The Commission was provided throughout with extensive facilities

for the discharge of its responsibilities and in many cases it
proceeded in the company of foreign reporters and photographers who
reported freely on the Commission's work.
Apart from the complaints and claims connected with human rights
violations in the strict sense, the Commission received claims for
material loss and damage to property from many citizens affected by the
present situation. In these cases the Commission was able to advise the
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claimants in order to facilitate the settlement of their problems. In

this connexion it conducted an inspection tour of the urban area
surrounding the Palacio Nacional, where major damage was suffered by
residents.
Moreover, many public employees appeared before the Commission to

request payment of their salaries. The same was so of members of the
Dominican armed forces who,, having been taken prisoner for political
reasons, were prevented from obtaining the pay due them. In all cases
the Commission is doing its utmost to see that these persons receive
appropriate payment.
The United Nations mission at Santo Dcmingo transmitted to the

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights a large number of files
containing complaints of human rights Violations, which it will be
primarily the Commission's responsibility to consider.
In the particular case of the "Haras" estate near Villa Mella,

where it is alleged that a large number of persons were executed, the
Commission proceeded to the spot to carry out a direct inspection
immediately upon learning of the matter. It also succeeded in making
arrangements for an inter-American force to guard the area pending
the arrival of the commission of criminologists which is to ascertain
the exact nature of the events.
This commission, appointed "by Dr. Jose A.-Mora, the Secretary
General of the OAS, is composed of three criminologists:
Dr. Daniel Schweitzer, former Ambassador of Chile to the United Nations,
Dr. Alfonso Quiros of Mexico and Dr. Jorge Avendano of Peru.
The commission will arrive at Santo Domingo on Thursday or Friday

of this week.
During the first fortnight of activity I received and examined

more than 700 individual complaints of human rights violations.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, represented in the

Dominican Republic by its Chairman, Professor Manuel Bianchi, will
continue to defend the rights of the human person and to seek faithfully
their observance and respect in the Dominican Republic in accordance
with the mandate conferred upon it by all the American States on its
establishment in I960.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will submit during the

coming week a preliminary report on the human rights situation in the
Dominican Republic, to be brought to the knowledge of the Tenth Meeting
of Consultation and subsequently circulated, Santo Domingo,
15 June 1965.'"
Accept, Sir, etc.

William SANDERS
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TELEGRAM DATED l6 JUNE 1965 STROM THE SECRETARY GENERAL

In accordance Article 54 United Nations Charter I have honour -to transmit to

you, .for information of Security Council, following text of cable No. l68 received
from
ad hoc Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers -of Foreign
Affairs:
"Cable Ho. l68
The representative of the United Nations Secretary-General in the
Dominican Republic has been in close touch with the situation and is fully
aware of the unfortunate events of today.
His military advisers and other members of his staff have been in close
contact with representatives of the parties involved in today's fighting. He
obtained from the parties the expression of their willingness for a cessation
of hostilities. In close co-operation with the Inter-American Force and its
Commander, General Alvim , and with the concurrence of Colonel Caamano, the
Secretary-General's representative has received assurances that fighting should
cease in Santo Domingo as of 2030 hours tonight.
The United Nations representative is endeavouring to implement this
agreement . "
Following is text statement issued by ad hoc Committee morning 16 June:
"With respect to the attacks yesterday on the IAPF by the forces of
Colonel Caamano, their cessation last evening and the statement made in connexion
therewith by a United Nations spokesman, the ad hoc Committee wishes to make the
following statement.
Both the committee and General Alvim, Commander of the IAPF, welcomed the
supplementary appeals of the representatives of the United Nations Secretary-
General to Colonel Caamano to cease his firing on the IAPF and we are confident
that these efforts contributed appreciably toward convincing Colonel Caamano
to do so, as he advised General Alvim headquarters direct early last evening.
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!Tha sole -uurpose of the IAPF is as set forth in the resolution of

6 May 1935 of t3ae Tenth Meeting, 'in a spirit of democratic impartiality that
of co-operating in the restoration of normal condition in the Dominican Republic,
in maintaining the security of its inhabitants and the inviolability of human
rights, and in the establishment of an atmosphere of peace and conciliation
that will permit the functioning of democratic institutions'.
Abiding strictly by the terms of this mandate, the IAPF has consistently
maintained a peaceful posture, even in the face of more than 900 unprovoked
violations of the cease fire by the forces of Colonel Caamano, costing a number
of lives and" a large number of wounded among IAPF personnel. The IAPF has taken
military action only when fired upon or attacked and then has responded only to
the extent necessary to protect the lives of its personnel. This principle
will continue to govern its behaviour. If'the IAPF is not fired upon or
attacked, there will be no shooting.
There is, therefore, no special agreement governing the behaviour of the
IAPF, nor in view of the mandate by which it is governed is there need of one.
Ad Hoc Committee
.Ilmar Penna Marinho
Special Delegate of Brazil
Ramon de Clairmont. Duenas
Special Delegate of El Salvador
Ellsworth Bunker
Special Delegate of the United States"
Accept, Excellency, ete.
Jose A. MORA
Secretary General
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Corrigendum
The following should "be inserted after the words "Cable No. 168":
"Following is text of statement issued to press by United Nations press
adviser ORTIZ:"
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In accordance Article 5^ United Nations Charter I have honour to transmit to

you, for information of Security Council, following text of a message of l6 June
received from the ad hoc Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers
of Foreign Affairs:
"Information Bulletin No. 56
Statement ty General H.P. Alvim on cease-fire negotiations
'Regarding a statement by e United States spokesman about cease-fire

negotiations during the attack on the IAPF (Inter-American Peace Forces)
by Caamano forces on 15 June I declare that I have not authorized any
member of the United Nations to negotiate in my name with the Caamano
forces.
Yesterday afternoon two United Nations observers came to IAPF

headquarters while I was conferring with members of the Organization of
American States ad hoc Committee. In the presence of the OAS Ambassadors
I told United Nations observers that any negotiations undertaken in the
Dominican Republic would be by the OAS committee and not by the commander
of the IAPF.
The two United Nations observers asked that I agree to a cease fire
at 2030 hours. I informed them that my forces would cease returning fire
the moment that they ceased receiving it.
I repeat that I have not authorized anyone from the United Nations to
negotiate in my name with the Caamano forces.'
Aft Hoc Committee
Itmar Penna Marinho
Ramon de Clairmont Duenas
Ellsworth Bunker
Special Delegate of the United States"
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Accept, Excellency, etc,
Jose A.
Secretary General
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Corrigendum
In the first line of the first paragraph under "Statement by General H-P. Alvim
on cease-fire negotiations", the words "a United States spokesman" should read:
"a United Nations spokesman".
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In accordance Article 5^ of the United Nations Charter I have the honour to

transmit to you,, for information of Security Council., the following additional
report on the shooting on June fifteenth received from the Ad Hoc Committee of
the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
"No- 169
Following additional report on shooting on June 15, submitted by

General Alvim:
'1. I refer to my preliminary report on the shooting by Caairano Forces

against position of the IAPF on June 15, 19^5- There follows a further report on
yesterday's events, based on more complete information than was available when I
prepared my report to you yesterday:
The first fire from Caamafio Forces was initiated at 0730 against elements of
the IAPF screening the east bank of the Ozama River. Over 1,000 rounds of small arms,
including a few mortar rounds, were received before the IAPF troops returned the
fire. Firing along the river continued all morning.
2. At 0730 the Caamano Forces opened fire on checkpoint 2 from positions to

the south of the Loc and east of Avenida Duarte, the fire coming primarily from
buildings as well as a park in the area. After three attacks by Caanano Forces and
the wounding of two U.S. soldiers, the IAPF Forces returned the fire. Between
0830 and 0900 IAPF positions on the Loc west of Avenida Duarte came under fire, as
well as IAPF positions in the vicinity of the power plant and Duarte Bridge. In the
initial firing at the Duarte Bridge, a civilian woman was killed in the Loc by fire
from Caaitanos Forces. Heavy firing began at approximately 0915 all along the center
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of the Loc and continued until about 1130. In the meantime, I approved a plan of
manoeuvre to eliminate the source of fire by Caamano Forces. This plan was
initiated by IAPF Forces at 1100, and consisted of moving -west and south from its
positions around the power plant. By 1330 the IAPF Forces had secured a line
running southeast from the Loc along Calle Licey to the junction -with Calle Caracas,
then to the southwest to Calle Saltetopa, then along the street to Avenida Mella,
continuing southeast to Calle Gral. Cabral and esst to the river. In this fight,
the Caaicano Forces used small arms, .30 and -50 calibre machine guns, 3-5 rocket
launchers, mortars, 20 mm guns and 37 nun tank guns. In this advance, the IAPF
Forces suffered 23 casualties, sixteen of which occurred at one time when a platoon
was caught in the open on the top of a large .building by .50 calibre machine-gun
fire. This advance was necessary for two reasons: (l) to neutralize the main
source of fire by Caarrano Forces east of Avenida Duarte which has been a constant
source of provocation by Caamano Forces even during last week, the quietest on
record - and (2) to provide a buffer zone around the power plant, a key facility,
whose security has been inadequate.
The power plant has been a special target of the Caamano Forces from the very
beginning. With the new line, the IAPF now holds defensible high ground with quite
adequate observation.
3- The Caamano Forces subsequently withdrew from the area immediately south
of checkpoint 2, and the block between Barahona and Caracas became an abandoned
no-man's land. In order to straighten the southern boundary of the Loc and
neutralize the area which had been the source of constant provocation, I authorized
the moving of the boundary approximately two blocks south so that the line now
extends from the junction of Calle Montecristi and Calle Pimentel along Montecristi-
Caracas to its junction with Calle Saltetopa. This new line was secured with
practically no resistance at l6l5-
h. The operation described above cost the IAPF Forces 2 KIA (killed in
action), 28 WIA (wounded in action), one of whom is serious.
5. In the meantime, beginning at 1225, the Caamano Forces attacked the IAPF
positions at checkpoint 5 on Avenida Bolivar and the IAPF positions around the
palace. The IAPF Forces returned the fire. As you will recall, you were
with me in the vicinity when this incident occurred. You happened to be in
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the vicinity at a"bout 1815 when checkpoint 6 on Avenida Independencia came under
attack. Periodic firing broke out after darkness in this vicinity and continued
into the early evening hours. One IAPF Brazilian officer was wounded in this
action at the palace.
Hugo Panasco Alvim_, General of the army commanding'
Supplementing the report of General Alvim, ad hoc Committee wishes to state

the following:
1. The defensive measures mentioned in paragraph 3 of General Alvim's report,
concerning the moving of the "boundary were discussed with and approved "by the
ad hoc Committee before action was taken. As of this moment the IAPF continues
to hold the new positions established yesterday pending satisfactory assurances
from Colonel Caamano that this type of violation of the ceasefire, resulting
in death and injury to civilians and military personnel, will not occur again.
2. Contrary to reports which gained circulation yesterday, the forces of
the GNR were in no way Involved in the action. Specifically with reference to
the presence of CUE naval units standing off the harbour of Santo Eomingo, we can
report that at no time did they fire into the Caamano Zone. General Imbert
called the ad hoc Committee to his office at 3-30 p.m. yesterday to express
regret over the senseless action initiated by Caamano Forces and to renew his
pledge that the GHR Forces would strictly observe the ceasefire.
3. With reference to Mr. Cury's inference in his telegram to the United Nations
of June 15 that the ad hoc Committee had deliberately failed to keep its
appointment with Colonel Caamano, we wish to point out that due to the shooting
taking place in the area it was not advisable for us to enter the Caamaao Zone.
Mr. Antonio Guzman, who was to accompany us to Colonel Caamano's headquarters,
counselled against our making the trip. e received the same advice from
General Rikhye, who was obliged to leave the Zone because of the firing, just
before the time of our appointment.
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k. The meeting between Colonel Caamano and representatives of the constitutional

government and. the Committee took place this morning at 10.30 at their headquarters.
The Committee declined to accept the charges by Colonel Caamano alleging the
responsibility of the IAPF for yesterday's events. The Committee expressed
that its sole object is to seek the establishment of a climate of peace and
conciliation and to assist the Dominican people in the establishment of a
government acceptable to them. The question of the continued holding of new
position by the IAPF was not raised by Colonel Caamano.
AD HOC COMMITTEE
Eamon de Clairmont Duemas, Ambassador, Representative of El Salvador
Ilmar Penna Marinho, Ambassador, Representative of Brazil
Ellsworth Bunker, Ambassador, Representative of the United States"
Accept; etc.
Jose A.- Mora

Secretary General
UNITED HATIONS Distr.
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SECURITY S/6455
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COUNCIL ORIGINAL: ENGLISH
TELEGRAM DATED 17 JUNE 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO THE- SECRETARY-
In accordance with Article 5^ of "the United Nations Charter I have the

honour to transmit to you, for information of Security Council, the following
text of cable number 171 received from the Ad Hoc Committee of the Tenth Meeting
of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
"Following is text of 3rd Report from General Alvim to Committee re today's

incidents:
"1. At 1515 hours this afternoon Caamano forces attacked IAPF position
in the vicinity of the power plant killing or>2 US sold.ier and wounding
several others. This attack was completely unprovoked and the resulting
casualties were completely without reason.
"2. I have just reiterated my orders to the forces of the IAPF that only
that force absolutely necessary be used to answer these unprovoked
attacks.
"3. In the attacks perpetrated yesterday "by Caamano, IAPF forces withheld
fire altogether in several instances.
"4. My reiteration of orders is not necessary to my forces but rather to

illustrate my determination to establish the ambience necessary for
peaceful conclusion to the Dominican situation.
"5. The above is my determination.
"6. Furthermore at 1900 hours a Brazilian soldier was wounded, by sniper

fire and at 2000 hours IAPF forces were again attacked by violently
(sic). We returned Caamano's fire. The action was brief.
Signed Hugu Panasco Alvim

General of the Army,
Commanding."
Accept, Excellency, etc.

UNITED NATIONS
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ORIGINAL: SPANISH
CABLE DATED 18 JUKE 1965 FRCM THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF

THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO THE
H.E. U Thant,
Secretary-General of the United Nations,
New York
In accordance with Article 5^- United Nations Charter I have honour to transmit
to you, for information of Security Council, the following cables dispatched "by
the Ad Hoc Committee this day from Santo Domingo concerning a "Proposal of the
Ad Hoc Committee for the solution of the Dominican crisis" and "Declaration to
the Dominican people1'.
"Cable dated 18 June from the Ad Hoc Committee to the President of the
Tenth Meeting.
"H.E. Mr. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa,

President of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
Washington
"Proposal of the Ad Hoc Committee for the solution of the Dominican crisis
In pursuance of the mandate entrusted to it, the Ad Hoc Committee,,

composed of representatives of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers
of Foreign Affairs of the American Republics, has, since its arrival in the
Dominican Republic on 5 June 1965, undertaken extensive exploratory
conversations with the contending sides and with a large number of individuals
and groups from various sectors of the population and various sections of the
country. Despite existing divergencies, the Committee has been able to
observe a general reaction against possible resumption of fighting and a
deep yearning for the restoration of a climate of peace and conciliation
enabling the country to return to democratic institutional life so that the
Dominican people may freely express their will and shape their own destiny.
The Organization of American States is sincerely committed to helping the
Dominican people in the attainment of this vital objective. As a result of
its conversations and study of the present situation, the Committee is
convinced that the best way of achieving this objective is through free and
democratic elections. To this end, the Committee presents herewith for the
consideration of the parties and of the Dominican people as a whole the
following plan of action:
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1. Elections
General elections for the President and Vice-President of the Republic,

members of the Rational Congress and municipal authorities will be held
throughout the country. In order to allow sufficient time for the restoration
of a climate of peace and tranquillity necessary for carrying out the electoral
process, the date set for these elections -will "be no earlier than six months
"but no later than nine months frcm the present date, so that the period will
"be as short as possible and have a known and fixed termination date.
In these elections all political parties and their candidates who register
with the electoral "beard will "be able to participate, and will enjoy full
freedom of speech and assembly.
2. ' Preparation for the electoral process and OAS assistance
In order that such elections may be free and reflect the will of the
Dominican people, the Organization of American States, through its competent
organs,, will co-operate fully in the preparation and holding of the elections
and will provide the assistance which may be requested of it.
An OAS technical advisory electoral commission composed of jurists and

experts frcm the member States of the Organization, will be established
immediately. In its work the commission may draw upon the experience of the,
OAS electoral commission which co-operated with the Dominican people in the
preparation and holding of the elections of December 1962. The commission will
co-operate in all aspects of the technical preparations that may be required.
The commission will observe the entire electoral process, including the
elections themselves, and the verification of the results of voting. The
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which will be provided with the
necessary staff, will maintain a headquarters at Santo Domingo throughout
the pre-electoral period and will be available to all Dominicans in order to
receive and investigate any complaints of violations of the fundamental human
and political rights of the people. The relevant provisions of the American
Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, which both parties have already
pledged themselves to observe, will be accepted by all military and civilian
authorities and by all political parties and their candidates participating in
the elections.
During the entire electoral process the Inter-American Peace Force,

reduced to numbers strictly necessary to carry out its mission, will supplement
the efforts of the Dominican authorities in the maintenance of peace.
J. General amnesty and restoration of peace
In a spirit of reconciliation, a full amnesty will be granted to all who

have participated in the civil strife, provided that they will surrender their
arms and declare their readiness to live in peace and harmony with their
fellow citizens. The Organization of American States will give assistance to
any who wish to leave the country and will take the necessary steps to obtain
safe conducts for them.
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The Dominican armed forces will return to their quarters and will remain
subject to the authority of the provisional government which will "be
established. They will refrain from any political activity.
The Organization of American States and all responsible authorities will

call upon the irregular forces on "both sides to surrender their arms and
return to their homes and normal pursuits. The Organization of American
States will receive custody of these arms and will establish arms collection
stations.
4. Provisional government
In order to "bring the country to elections it is necessary to establish,
as soon as possible, a provisional government which will exercise authority
over the entire Dominican territory until the elected government has been
installed, and which will:
(a) assume immediate responsibility for the maintenance of law and
order and ensure respect for human rights;
(b) restore the normal functioning of public administration;
(c) institute urgent and necessary programmes for the rehabilitation

and development of the economic and social life of the country;
(d) represent the Dominican nation in the international community.
In order for the provisional government to carry out its caretaker

functions and ensure an impartial atmosphere during the entire electoral
process, it should represent all sectors of the country. The Committee
will hold conversations with political groups and community leaders in
order to contribute to the formation of the provisional government.
5. OAS assistance for the provisional government
Once the provisional government has been established, the Ad Hoc

Committee will recommend to the Tenth Meeting of Consultation that the
Governments of all member States of the Organization of American States
should grant it immediate recognition. The provisional government will then
be in a position to receive, through the Organization, extensive technical
and economic assistance for the initiation Of its national rehabilitation
programmes.
6. Institutional act
Without prejudice to the constitutional instrument under which the

Dominican people decide to be governed following the elections, the provisional
government can best be provided with the basis for exercising its political
and administrative authority through the temporary application of an
institutional act, drawn from the relevant provisions of the 1963 Constitution,
which are essentially those of the 1962 Constitution in these respects.
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A group of distinguished Dominican jurists could "be entrusted with the

immediate preparation of a draft of the institutional act.
7. Constituent assembly
It is the conviction of the Committee that it rests with the Dominican

people to decide the constitutional issue. In accordance with this principle
a constituent assembly will he convened within six months following the
installation of the elected government in order to take a decision on the
constitutional issue.
The Congress, once elected, will determine the method "by which the
constituent assembly will he formed.
The Committee hopes that, in a spirit of patriotism and democracy, this

plan will receive the support of the leaders of the contending parties and of
all the Dominican people.
Santo Domingo, 18 June 1965.
Ilmar Penna Marinho

Ad Hoc Committee

Ellsworth Bunker
Special Delegate of the
United States of America"
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"Cable dated 18 June frcm the Ad Hoc Committee

to the President of the Tenth Meeting
"Santo Domingo, 18 June 1965
"H.E. Mr. Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa,

President of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs,
Washington, B.C.
"Declaration to the Dominican people
"The representatives of the Organization of American States in the Dominican

Republic, speaking on "behalf of the regional community, address the following
declaration and appeal to the Dominican people:
The American Republics comprise a family of nations and are bound together
by close spiritual and material ties. What affects one member of the family
necessarily affects all the other members.
The American community has been deeply disturbed by the fratricidal strife
in the Dominican Republic. We are here because of this concern. We have not come
to take sides in the struggle. The re-establishment of peace is what we seek.
Cur mission is not intervention^ but rather conciliation.
The Organization of American States is no stranger to the Dominican people.

It has shared in the struggle for freedom which you have sustained for so many
years. 'In cities and hamlets throughout the land the Organization of American
States stands for impartiality, respect for human rights, assistance to the needy
and defence of the democratic process. We come in the same spirit to help the
Dominican people in this moment of crisis.
In an effort to understand the current situation we have spoken to Dominicans
from all walks of life and of all persuasions. Vie recognize the patriotism and
valour that have gone into the struggle. We understand the causes and objectives
which have brought Dominicans to take up arms. We know the price that has been
paid in human lives. We appreciate the fact that those who live do not want to
break faith with those who have died. We realize that convictions are passionately
held and that divisions run deep.
But we also sense the longings of countless numbers of Dominicans not actively
engaged in the struggle. They do not want a solution imposed by force of arms.
Their desire is for a peaceful solution emanating from the will of the people. At
this moment they ask for peace to resume their normal lives, assurances of respect
for individual rights, and guarantees for democratic institutions to function
again. We interpret these to be the aspirations of the great majority of the
Dominican people. We are confident that these aspirations have the support of
all the peoples of the hemisphere.
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We''have examined different possibilities in an effort to find a "basis, for
understanding between the contending sides. We have also held extensive
conversations with the leaders of the two groups in an effort to determine the
possibility of reaching a formula satisfactory to both. We regret to say that
we have not found agreement on the fundamental issues.
We are confident, however? that there is a solution that all democratic men
and women of goodwill can support. This is to let the Dominican people decide the
crucial issues for themselves through early general elections. The Organization
of American States is ready and willing to play a major role in this undertaking,
as it did in 1962.
We therefore propose to the Dominican people the following:
1. The holding of general elections with Organization of American States

supervision in a period of six to nine months, the minimum time required to make
the necessary arrangements.
2. The opportunity for all leaders of democratic parties abroad to return

to the country under safeguards of the Organisation of American States in order
that they may participate in the political lift of the nation, including the
elections.
J. The immediate termination of the armed struggle, with the return of all
members of the regular armed forces to their barracks and irregular forces to
their homes, under the supervision of the Organization of American States.
h. The surrender to the Organization of American States of all arms in the

hands of the civil population. For this purpose there will be established arms
collection stations of the Organization of American States.
5- The reopening of all commercial and industrial establishments throughout

the country and the return of all employees to their customary places of work.
6. The formation of a provisional government which will convoke general

elections and prepare an institutional act which will serve as a provisional
charter until the people decide the constitutional issue through a constituent
assembly which will meet following the elections.
The Organization of American States for its part assures the Dominican people
that it stands ready to carry out the programme described below in establishing
a climate propitious for the holding of free elections and thereby helping the
country to return to political normalcy and to initiate economic recovery:
1. The creation of an OAS electoral commission to work closely with the OAS
electoral control board and supervision of the electoral process.
2. The continuation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in

the Dominican Republic to assure respect for political rights throughout the
electoral period.
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3- The immediate establishment of an expanded programme of economic

and technical assistance to promote the recovery of the nation and to help
it to solve its most urgent economic and social problems.
In making the foregoing proposals we do not ask the Dominican people to

cease the struggle for their freedom. What we ask is that the solution should
not be imposed by force of arms, by hatred;, by imprisonment, by persecution
or by death. We want no one to surrender his ideals under the threat of force.
We desire, instead, that the political struggle should continue, but that it
be decided by ballots, not bullets. Let the will of the people freely
expressed determine the destiny of the nation. In this way the decision of
the majority will prevail and the rights of the minority will be respected.
Violence will give way to reason.
In making this proposal we appeal to all Dominicans to help save their

country from further suffering and bloodshed:
We ask those who fight to lay down their arms and return to their barracks
or to their homes, public employees to return to their post to re-establish
all public services, labour and management to restore the economic life of
the nation, political leaders to rally their followers to the cause of peace
through free elections, teachers to instil in their students Dominican
brotherhood, the clergy to heal the spiritual wounds caused by civil strife.
In conclusion, we address a sincere, urgent appeal to all patriotic

Dominicans of democratic conviction and goodwill to take this path to national
reconciliation. The Dominican people long for peace and freedom. This is
the hour of decision.
Santo Domingo, 18 June
Ilmar Penna Marinho

Ad Hoc Committee
Ramon de Clairmont Euenas

Ellsworth Bunker
Special Delegate of the
United States of America"
Accept, Sir, etc,

Secretary General
UNITED NATIONS
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COUNCIL
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CABLE DATED 22. JUNE 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
OF THE UNITED MTIONS
In accordance with Article 5^ United Nations Charter, I have the honour to

transmit to you, for information of Security Council, the following text of a
message received today by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of
Foreign Affairs;
"His Excellency Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, Chairman of the
"We are continuing our interviews with prominent Dominican citizens
and leaders not connected with the parties, and various aspects of the
proposal have been considered. The prevailing trend is one of calm
and there have been no further breaches of the cease-fire. Attempts are
being made to solve the frequent problems arising from the prevailing
situation and orders are given to the unified command as necessary. Tomorrow
we hope to receive from the Constitutionalist Government a reply to the
proposal made by the Ad Hoc Committee. As regards the activities of the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the latter visited Headquarters
Inter-American Peace Force this afternoon to deal with some problems arising
in security zone connected with safeguarding fundamental human rights. Later
Commission was received by Secretary for Foreign Affairs National
Reconstruction Government and ideas were exchanged on various aspects
Commission's work and on specific cases of complaints received by Commission.
Commission on Human Rights continued its activities and took measures to
ensure respect fundamental human rights. The Commission received during
the day ninety-four persons with complaints and petitions relating to human
rights.
Jose A. Mora
Secretary General of the Organization
of American States."
Accept, Sir,, etc.
William SANDERS
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23 June 1965
COUNCIL ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH
LETTER DATED 17 JUNE 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

In accordance with Article 5^- of the Charter of the United Nations, and as
agreed at the Fifteenth Plenary Session of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, held yesterday, I have the honour to send you
herewith, for the information of the members of the Security Council, the
statement made at the aforementioned session by Dr. Jose A. Mora, the Secretary
General of this Organization.
Accept, Sir, etc.,

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STATEMENT BY DR. JOSE A. MORA, SECRETARY GENERAL OF OAS,

AT THE FIFTEENTH PLENARY SESSION OF THE MEETING OF
CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HELD ON
, 16 JUNE 1965
Mr. Chairman, I wish first of all to thank the Tenth Meeting of Consultation,
and especially its Chairman, for the demonstrations of support and confidence which
have enabled me to perform the task entrusted to mej and I express at this point
my deep gratitude to all those Ambassadors who, at one time or another, have spoken
in support of my work. Secondly, I wish to state that I propose to return to the
Dominican Republic next Saturday in order to continue to discharge my
responsibility towards the Special Committee which is working there, and in order
to fulfil all the various obligations which the Organization of American States
has assumed through the General Secretariat, with its staff at Santo Domingo.
With regard to yesterday's events I can obviously add nothing to the reports which
have been received and which are very comprehensive. I was leaving Santo Domingo
en route for the airport at the time the firing started. The reports which have
just been read amply testify to the manner in which both- the Unified Command and
the Special Committee have taken all details into account in order to inform this
Meeting.
It has been said that a somewhat more specific explanation is needed regarding
the objectives pursued in the work done so far, both by the Committees appointed
by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation and by the Secretary General. Those objectives
are defined in the resolutions of the Meeting of Consultation itself, and it is in
obedience to those directives that work was begun and is continuing. The first
aim was, of course, to bring about a cease-fire, to save human lives, to provide
all-round protection for all property, for men, women and children and for
Embassies, and to render humanitarian aid to the people of the Dominican Republic.
All this has been done, initially by the first Committee to go there, then through
the Secretary General and now through the Special Committee as well. The cease-
fire is fundamental and has been the main preoccupation of all the representatives
who have been to the spot. There can be no thought of a return to normal while
firing continues. The cease-fire, which was first secured in a very provisional
form by the Nuncio - initially with my help - and which was then ratified in the
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Act of Santo Domingo together with other fundamental principles embodied therein
(such as the evacuation of asylees, which was amply achieved; respect for the
Safety Zone; the designation of the Safety Zonej and a series of obligations with
which the parties undertook to comply), marked the first step in establishing an
atmosphere approaching normality, in which it was possible to begin negotiations
for a political formula. The cease-fire was maintained in the precarious conditions
which are natural in such situations, and it had come to be more firmly maintained
in recent weeks. As General Alvim's report well states, the last week was one of
those with fewest reports of violations of this kind.
At the same time an effort has been made in defence of human rights. Many
reports of violations had been coming in> and we found it necessary to request the
presence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the person of
Dr. Manuel Bianchi, its Chairman, accompanied by Secretariat officials. The
Inter-American Commission on Human Eights has worked hard and very effectively.
It has visited prisons] it has saved people; it has travelled through the country;
it has been to the places where the acts were reported to have taken place; it has
found that serious acts have been committed, to the point where it took immediate
action to request the dispatch of a criminological mission. I think
Dr. Alfonso Quiros, the Mexican member, will have reached Santo Domingo today
and that the mission will be brought up to strength by Friday with the arrival
of Dr. Daniel Schweitzer of Chile and Dr. Avendano of Peru. We wish to carry out
in this way thorough investigations into some incidents which have been noted and
which show that extremely serious cases have occurred. Moreover the reports have
come from various sources and I think we must broaden these investigations in
order to find out everything that has happened there.
Meanwhile, as I was saying, the institution of a cease-fire made it possible
to establish contact with the parties and to hold consulations with all sectors of
opinion. The Committee at present in Santo Domingo is performing a highly exacting
task in this connexion. It has had an opportunity to receive groups representing
all sectors of opinion and political leaders; it has also kept in touch with both
parties, and may thus be said to have gained an exhaustive knowledge of the factors
underlying the difficulties and the differences between the contending sides.
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With regard to vilations of the cease-fire and of human rights and to reports
of other violations of a similar nature, I wish to state that, in accordance with
the instructions given to me., I have endeavoured at all times to co-ordinate my
work with Dr. Jose Antonio Mayobre, the United Nations representative, who is there
accompanied by General Rikhye, of Indian nationality, and now also by
Colonel Castro of Ecuador, who has replaced Colonel Cavalcanti of Brazil, as well
as by Secretariat officials. He is there solely as an observer and has been active
on behalf of the cease-fire, which was also within his terms of reference. I have
tried from the first moment on to co-operate and to establish close contact with
him. In addition I have frequently been in direct touch with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations, both by cable and by telephone, in order to keep him informed
of all the work the Organization of American States is doing in these fields.
With regard to the fundamental political problem, which will require the
crowning effort of all those who have the honour to serve this Tenth Meeting of
Consultation in the Dominican Republic, the Committee now working there has, as
already stated, been engaged so far in a thorough exploration of all the
possibilities. The difficulties, the intransigent positions maintained in this
matter by both the Government of National Reconstruction and the Constitutionalist
Government, have been made known. Colonel Caamano, in a statement delivered a few
days ago, reiterated his position and presented the five points which he regards as
essential. He mentioned as essential points, firstly, the restoration of the
19^3 Constitution; secondly^ the retention of the Constitutionalist military leaders
in the Armed Forces; thirdly, the maintenance of the Congress - i.e., the Senate
and the Chamber - in accordance with the 19^3 Constitution; fourthly, the
organization of the Government through democratic men or democratic personalities;
and fifthly, the withdrawal of foreign forces The Constitutionalist Government
has stated these five points repeatedly and has maintained them inflexibly. The
position stated on various occasions by the "Government of National Reconstruction",
for its part, has been made known here: for example, that it is willing for
elections to be held on a date and in a form to be determined by the Organization
of American States; that the political leaders of all parties recognized by
Dominican electoral law should be permitted to take part in the electoral campaign;
and that no member of the Government headed by General Imbert would be able to
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stand for any political office in any Government formed as a result of the elections.
Then the consultations held with other groups of opinion have also opened up various
possibilities with a view to fulfilling the fundamental intention of the Tenth
Meeting of Consultation, which is to support or propose a formula for peace and
conciliation through the establishment of a democratic Government with wide popular
support. I hope that the Ad Hoc Committee's efforts will enable it to arrive at
specific conclusions in the near future. I am not authorized at the present time
to put forward any opinion as to the formulae, which the Committee has not yet
presented and which, I am sure., it will put to the Meeting in due course. It must
of course be borne in mind that the Committee is a long way from Washington; that
communication is very difficult; that there is no easy or continuous way to keep
in touch all the time, especially on political formulae which change from one
moment to the next and which would make negotiation even more difficult if it was
conducted in some sort of constant consultation between the Meeting and the
negotiators I am sure that the Committee which is working there will make its
ideas known to this Meeting in good time. The constitutional problem - i.e., the
requirement that the 19o3 Constitution should be brought into force immediately - is
one of those presenting the greatest difficulties because, on the one hand, it is
very vigorously supported by the Constitutionalist defenders and, on the other, it
meets with very strong objections from the other parties. This makes it
difficult to establish any specific basis of assurance that the formula will win
broad general support. In addition, of course, a study is being made of the
Constitution in order to ascertain on which of its provisions there is wide
divergence of opinion or on which there will be great difficulty in reaching
agreement; to find ways of considering-those provisions; to see what sections could
be eliminated, or to find out how to settle this dispute.
Within this general context, it must be acknowledged that the movement known
as the "Constitutionalist" movement continually makes it clear that its aspiration
is for the Constitution in question to allow of social reforms, programmes of
structural change long demanded by the Dominican community. This aspiration has
gathered great momentum, and its adherents believe that the 19^3 Constitution is the
way to bring about those structural changes which - I must admit - are also demanded
in other quarters, by other sectors of opinion; though the latter believe that they
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can "be reached by different routes. What we have dubbed the "Constitutionalist
mystique" is certainly a factor to be reckoned with; for the situation shows a
clear necessity to carry out social reforms, structural reforms, economic reforms,
many of which are embodied in the Alliance for Progress. There could be no better
course than to make the effort which OAS wants made to ensure that all this comes
to pass in the future, so that, instead of resting content with mere principles,
we may encourage such changes; I am sure they will take place in the Dominican
Republic some day if, as we all desire, peace and normality are restored.
I am not disheartened, nor do I believe that we should take a pessimistic view
concerning the final results for which the Organization of American States is
striving. We must make every effort to find this formula and not only to restore
everyday living conditions to normal for the Dominican people but also to open the
way to the planning of the great economic, social and institutional reforms which
we all want to see carried out in that country. I believe that, through a
democratic process and the restoration of calm, with the co-operation of the great
political strength which exists and the general opinion which prevails in the
Dominican Republic, and with the co-operation of all men of goodwill who want to
work and live in peace, this great aspiration can be fulfilled. In this connexion
I am sure the Ad Hoc Committee which is working there is very conscious of these
efforts, and that whatever formulae it ultimately proposes as a basis for
understanding among the Dominican people will be consonant with the objectives
pursued by OAS. This is all I can offer at the moment, in the conviction that the
Committee will make known in good time such results as it is able to achieve.
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23 June 1965
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In accordance with Article 5^ of the Charter of the United Nations, and as

agreed at the Fifteenth Plenary Session of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, held yesterday, I have the honour to send you
herewith, for the information of the members of the Security Council, the
statement made at the aforementioned session by Dr. Jose.A. Mora, the Secretary
General of this Organization.
Accept, Sir, etc.,
(Signed) William SAWDERS

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STATEMENT BY DR. JOSE A. MOM, SECRETARY GENERAL OF OAS,

AT THE FIFTEENTH PLENARY SESSION OF THE MEETING OF
CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, HELD ON
16 JUNE 1965
Mr. Chairman, I wish first of all to thank the Tenth Meeting of Consultation,
and. especially its Chairman, for the demonstrations of. support and confidence which
have enabled me to perform the task entrusted to me; and I express at this point
ray deep gratitude to all those Ambassadors who, at one time or another, have spoken
in support of my work. Secondly, I wish to state that I propose to return to the
Dominican Republic next Saturday in order to continue to discharge my
responsibility towards the Special Committee which is working there, and in order
to fulfil all the various obligations which the Organization of American States
has assumed through the General Secretariat, with its staff at Santo Domingo.
With regard to yesterday's events I can obviously add nothing to the reports which
have been received and which are very comprehensive. I was leaving Santo Domingo
en route for the airport at the time the firing started. The reports which have
just been read amply testify to the manner in which both the Unified Command and
the Special Committee have taken all details into account in order to inform this
Meeting.
It has been said that a somewhat more specific explanation is needed regarding
the objectives pursued in the work done so far, both by the Committees appointed
by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation and by the Secretary General. Those objectives
are defined in the resolutions of the Meeting of Consultation itself, and it is in
obedience to those directives that work was begun and is continuing. The first
aim'was, of course, to bring about a cease-fire, to save human lives, to provide
all-round protection for all property, for men, women and children and for
Embassies, and to render humanitarian aid to the people of the Dominican Republic.
All this has been done, initially by the first Committee to go there, then through
the Secretary General and now through the Special Committee as well. The cease-
fire is fundamental and has been the main preoccupation of all the representatives
who have been to the spot. There can be no thought of a return to normal while
firing continues. The cease-fire, which was first secured in a very provisional
form by the Nuncio - initially with my help - and which was then ratified in the
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Act of Santo Domingo together with other fundamental principles embodied therein
(such as the evacuation of asylees, which was amply achieved; respect for the
Safety Zone; the designation of the Safety Zone; and a series of obligations with
which the parties undertook to comply), marked the first step in establishing an
atmosphere approaching normality, in which it was possible to begin negotiations
for a political formula. The cease-fire was maintained in the precarious conditions
which are natural in such situations, and it had come to be more firmly maintained
in recent weeks. As General Alvim's report well states} the last week was one of
those with fewest reports of violations of this kind.
At the same time an effort has been made in defence of human rights, Many
reports of violations had been coming in, and we found it necessary to request the
presence of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in the person of
Dr. Manuel Bianchi, its Chairman, accompanied by Secretariat officials. The
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has worked hard and very effectively.
It has visited prisonsj it has saved people; it has travelled through the country;
it has been to the places where the acts were reported to have taken place; it has
found that serious acts have been committed, to the point where it took immediate
action to request the dispatch of a criminological mission. I think
Dr. Alfonso Quires, the Mexican member, will have reached Santo Domingo today
and that the mission will be brought up to strength by Friday with the arrival
of Dr. Daniel Schweitzer of Chile and Dr. Avendano of Peru. We wish to carry out
in this way thorough investigations into some incidents which have been noted and
which show that extremely serious cases have occurred. Moreover the reports have
come from various sources and I think we must broaden these investigations in
order to find out everything that has happened there.
Meanwhile, as I was saying, the institution of a cease-fire made it possible
to establish contact with the parties and to hold consulations with all sectors of
opinion. The Committee at present in Santo Domingo is performing a highly exacting
task in this connexion. It has had an opportunity to receive groups representing
all sectors of opinion and political leaders; it has also kept in touch with both
parties, and may thus be said to have gained an exhaustive knowledge of the factors
underlying the difficulties and the differences between the contending sides.
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With regard to vilations of the cease-fire and of human rights and to reports
of other violations of a similar nature, I wish to state that, in accordance with
the instructions given to me, I have endeavoured at all times to co-ordinate my
work with Dr. Jose Antonio Mayobre, the United Nations representative, who is there
accompanied by General Rikhye, of Indian nationality., and now also by
Colonel Castro of Ecuador, who has replaced Colonel Cavalcanti of Brazil, as well
as by Secretariat officials. He is there solely as an observer and has been active
on behalf of the cease-fire, which was also within his terms of reference. I have
tried from the first moment on to co-operate and to establish close contact with
him. In addition I have frequently been in direct touch with the Secretary-General
of the United Nations, both by cable and by telephone, in order to keep him informed
of all the work the Organization of American States is doing in these fields.
With regard to the fundamental political problem, which will require the
crowning effort of all those who have the honour to serve this Tenth Meeting of
Consultation in the Dominican Republic, the Committee now working there has, as
already stated, been engaged so far in a thorough exploration of all the
possibilities. The difficulties, the intransigent positions maintained in this
matter by both the Government of National Reconstruction and the Constitutionalist
Government, have been made known. Colonel Gaamano, in a statement delivered a few
days ago, reiterated his position and presented the five points which he regards as
essential. He mentioned as essential points, firstly, the restoration of the
1963 Constitution; secondly, the retention of the Constitutionalist military leaders
in the Armed Forcesj thirdly, the maintenance of the Congress - i.e., the Senate
and the Chamber - in accordance with the 19^3 Constitution] fourthly, the
organization of the Government through democratic men or democratic personalities;
and fifthly, the withdrawal of foreign forces. The Constitutionalist Government
has stated these five points repeatedly and has maintained them inflexibly. The
position stated on various occasions by the "Government of National Reconstruction",
for its part, has been made known here: for example, that it is willing for
elections to be held on a date and in a form to be determined by the Organization
of American States; that the political leaders of all parties recognized by
Dominican electoral law should be permitted to take part in the electoral campaign;
and that no member of the Government headed by General Imbert would be able to
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stand for any political office in any Government formed as a result of the elections,
Then the consultations held with other groups of opinion have also opened up various
possibilities with a view to fulfilling the fundamental intention of the Tenth
Meeting of Consultation, which is to support or propose a formula for peace and
conciliation through the establishment of a democratic Government with wide popular
support, I hope that the Ad Hoc Committee's efforts will enable it to arrive at
specific conclusions in the near future. I am not authorized at the present time
to put forward any opinion as to the formulae, which the Committee has not yet
presented and which, I am sure, it will put to the Meeting in due course. It must
of course be borne in mind that the Committee is a long way from Washington; that
communication is very difficult; that there is no easy or continuous way to keep
in touch all the time, especially on political formulae which change from one
moment to the next and which would make negotiation even more difficult if it was
conducted in some sort of constant consultation between the Meeting and the
negotiators. I am sure that the Committee which is working there will make its
ideas known to this Meeting in good time. The constitutional problem - i.e., the
requirement that the 1963 Constitution should be brought into force immediately - is
one of those presenting the greatest difficulties because, on the one hand, it is
very vigorously supported by the Constitutionalist defenders and, on the other, it
meets with very strong objections from the other parties. This makes it
difficult to establish any specific basis of assurance that the formula will win
broad general support. In addition, of course, a study is being made of the
Constitution in order to ascertain on which of its provisions there is wide
divergence of opinion or on which there will be great difficulty in reaching
agreement; to find ways of considering those provisions; to see what sections could
be eliminated, or to find out how to settle this dispute.
Within this general context, it must be acknowledged that the movement known
as the "Constitutionalist" movement continually makes it clear that its aspiration
Is for the Constitution in question to allow of social reforms, programmes of
structural change long demanded by the Dominican community. This aspiration has
gathered great momentum, and its adherents believe that the 19&3 Constitution is the
way to bring about those structural changes which - I must admit - are also demanded
in other quarters, by other sectors of opinion; though the latter believe that they
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can "be reached, by different routes. What we have dubbed the "Constitutionalist
mystique" is certainly a factor to be reckoned with; for the situation shows a
clear necessity to carry out social reforms, structural reforms., economic reforms,
many of which are embodied in the- Alliance for Progress. There could be no better
course than to make the effort which OAS wants made to ensure that all this comes
to pass in the future^ so that, instead of resting content with mere principles,
we may encourage such changes; I am sure they will take place in the Dominican
Republic some day if> as we all desire, peace and normality are restored.
I am not disheartened, nor do I believe that we should take a pessimistic view
concerning the final results for which the Organization of American States is
striving. We must make every effort to find this formula and not only to restore
everyday living conditions to normal for the Dominican people but also to open the
way to the planning of the great economic, social and institutional reforms which
we all want to see carried out in that country, I believe that, through a
democratic process and the restoration of calm, with the co-operation of the great
political strength which exists and the general opinion which prevails in the
Dominican Hepublic, and with the co-operation of all men of goodwill who want to
work and live in peace, this great aspiration can be fulfilled. In this connexion
I am sure the Ad Hoc Committee which is working there is very conscious of these
efforts, and that whatever formulae it ultimately proposes as a basis for
understanding among the Dominican people will be consonant with the objectives
pursued by OAS. This is all I can offer at the moment, in the conviction that the
Committee will make known in good time such results as it is able to achieve.
UNITED NATIONS
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CABLE DATED 23 JUKE 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO THE SECRETARY -GENERAL
In accordance Article 5^ United Nations Charter I have honour to transmit to

you, for information of Security Council, following text of ca"ble So. 200
received from the Ad Hoc Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers
of Foreign Affairs and the Secretary General of the OAS:
"Santo Domingo, 23 June 1965
"Wo. 200
"Ambassador Guillermo Seville Sacasa

Washington, D.C,
"The Ad Hoc Committee and the Secretary General of the OAS at 10 o'clock
this morning interviewed the 'Constitutionalist Government' in order to
receive its written reply to the proposal of a solution presented on 18 June.
In addition to Mr. Antonio Guzman, who accompanied us to the Constitutionalist
zone, those present were Colonel Francisco CaamaSo Deno, Anibal Campagna,
Arevalo Cedeno Valdez, Alfredo Conde Pausas, Salvador Jorge Blanco,
Hector Aristy, and Jottin Cury, who signed the document on "behalf of the
Constitutionalist Government.
"The reply, which in essence is favourable, still contains some points

in which the aforesaid Government presents counter -proposals that will- "be
duly studied by the Ad Hoc Committee after learning the reply of the 'Government
of National Reconstruction', which will be interviewed this afternoon.
"The complete text of the reply of the 'Constitutionalist Government'

is as follows :
'Proposal of the Constitutionalist Government of the Dominican

Republic to the Ad Hoc Committee of the Organization of American States
in reply to the latter 's proposal for a solution of the present
national problem.
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'The Constitutionalist Government of the Republic, elected by the

National Congress, representative of the will of the people, is pleased
to present to the Ad Hoc Committee of the Organization of American States
the "basis on. which it considers that democracy in the Dominican Republic
should "be solidly and firmly "built.
'The Constitutionalist Government has always desired peace for the
Dominican nation. If the unfortunate coup d'etat of September 1963
had not intervened, together with the regrettable consequences that it
brought in all parts of the national life, that peace would have been
an enduring reality. Unfortunately, the crime committed at that time
ruptured the democratic institutionality that a majority of our people,
after the tyranny of Trujillo and after immense sacrifices, had
achieved.
'The Constitutionalist movement of 2k April of this year signified

the explosion of the strong desires of the people to restore that legal
order attained through the freest and most exemplary elections known by
the Dominicans, held on 20 December 1962, of the 1963 Constitution.
'Between 25 September 1963 and 2.k April 1965, the country lived
under a Government that usurped power, denied all public liberties and
human rights, perpetrated fraud and squandered the public funds, that
was indifferent to the necessary changes in the social, political and
economic structures indispensable for guiding our country along the
path of progress.
'A few days after the beginning of the Constitutionalist movement,

on 28 April, when democracy triumphed over the small sector that never
wanted, that still does not want, to respect the will of the majority,
the marines and paratroopers of the American army, on orders of their
Government, trampled upon the soil of our sovereign nation, opposing
this triumph with an attitude that was interventionist and absolutely
contrary to the Charter of the United Nations and the principles that
constitute the Inter-American system.
'The Organization of American States has 'condemned this action of

the Government of the United States of America. With the creation of
an Inter-American Peace Force it has, to a great extent, endorsed this
serious violation of the sovereignty of a free State.
'The Constitutional Government, at this time once again, formally

protests to the Organization of American States for having abrogated,
in prejudice to our sovereignty, its own charter which expressly states
in article 15 "No State or group of States has the right to intervene,
directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the internal or
external affairs of any other State. The foregoing principle prohibits
not only armed force but also any other form of interference or attempted
threat against the personality of the State or against its political,
economic and cultural elements,"
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'The Inter-American Force may well tie called a peace force but the
name dees not change its illegality. Chapter IV of the Charter of
the Organization of American States deals with the pacific settlement
of disputes "between States; and not even this., as among States, permits
the interference of the regional organization by military force
(articles 20, 21, 22 and 25).
'How then, in the face of the superior armed force of the

interventionists, the Constitutional Government understands that it must
negotiate an agreement that will bring a solution to the Dominican
problem. But it also understands, and hopes that the Organisation of
American States so understands it, that the agreement should reflect
the wishes of our people and our great majority. Only in this way will
it be a worthy and democratic agreement.
'To persist in seeking solutions that do not take into account our
historic reality is to weaken the future of the Dominican Republic and
lead it toward the fratricidal path of civil war and chaos.
'The Constitutionalist Government therefore proposes to the Ad Hoc

Committee of the Organization of American States the plan that it
considers appropriate for solving the present Dominican conflict, because
it offers an effective form of achieving a stable democracy in our
country.
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1. Holding of elections
'The Constitutionalist Government has been and is now the best

defender of free elections. The Constitutionalist movement, which
stems from this Government, is nothing more than the result of respect
for the free will of the people as expressed in the elections of
20 December 1962.
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In view of present circumstances, the Constitutional Government
is of the opinion that some elections, totally free, participated in
by all parties, are an undelayable event in the development of our
nation and in the creation of institutions representative of the great
and justifiable aspirations of the Dominican people.
'These elections should be held no more than six to nine months

after the provisional Government is installed, in order that the life
of the nation may be stabilized in a democratic way.
'2. Preparation for the electoral process and assistance from the
'The provisional Government will request from the Organization of

American States technical assistance in electoral matters that it
considers necessary so that the electoral process has the maximum
guarantees and the efforts of the provisional Government to conduct
free and impartial elections will be a reality for the Dominican people.
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'In like manner, the provisional Government will request the

Organization of American States to have the Inter-American Commission on
Human Eights keep a mission in Santo Dcmingo throughout the pre-electoral
period and until the inauguration of the elected Government in order to
receive complaints and carry out investigations in the cases of violation
of the individual and political rights of the people. These rights
fundamentally are those contained in the American Declaration of Human
Rights and Duties of Man and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
the latter proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations.
'On the other hand, the Inter-American Peace Force will withdraw
from the country, by a formula of evacuation that will allow of its
departure in a period of time not greater than one month after the
installation of the provisional Government.
'3- General amnesty and restoration of peace
'The general amnesty is an act of the provisional Government

itself. We conceive it as a pardoning of criminal responsibility for the
events of the civil war, except for those who beyond the limits of the
war committed crimes covered by customary law, under the cover of the
current political situation. The latter criminal responsibility should
be subject to public action, after acceptance of the complaint presented
by the interested party. The spirit of reconciliation, to be effective
and create an atmosphere of harmony among the Dominican people, must be
just.
'The Constitutional Government understands that in stating in its

proposal that "The Organization of American States will give assistance
to any who wish to leave the country and will take the necessary action
to obtain safe conduct for them" this has been laid down in view of the
present situation the country faces and as an exceptional measure, but
does not cover the order of public liberty and the respect for human
rights that should follow the formation of the provisional Government,
enabling nationals to enter and leave the country freely, without the
need for safe conduct, for otherwise the provisional Government could
directly or indirectly compel nationals to leave the country.
'The armed forces shall be subject to the exclusive authority of

the provisional Government, with the Constitutionalist soldiers
maintaining their respective ranks, including those that at the time of
the outbreak of the Constitutionalist movement were sworn into the armed
forces by decree of the Constitutional Government, from which they had
been released by cancellations that took place after 25 September 1963.
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The arms shall be received by the provisional Government which,
by virtue of its democratic nature, can create a climate of good faith
for the combatants.
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Provisional Government
'The provisional Government, "both "basically and in its

constitutional elements, should "be the expression of the historic
reasons for which the Dominican people have struggled and will struggle
to fulfil their "basic mission of bringing about free elections.
'Consequently it cannot "be composed merely of supposed or real

political parties or social groups nor should it "be founded solely
on the interests of families or special groups.
'The Government must "be composed of men of recognized faith and

democratic practice, selected "by virtue of their capabilities or skill
in performing the specific functions entrusted to them and "because of
the confidence placed in them by the people. Only in this way will
it "be possible to fulfil their proper demand for efficiency in the
operations of the public administration and their insistence on "being
truly represented in the political powers of the State.
'The provisional Government will maintain the Dominican tradition

of the presidential system. It will "be composed of a President and
a Vice-President. Therefore there will not "be a junta nor council of
state nor triumvirates, government "by collegiate bodies which have
shown in the very recent past their inability to operate in our country.
'Neither the President nor the Vice-President nor cabinet members

will be able to run for elective office in the general elections to be
held during their administration.
'Only in this way can the citizens be sure that the impartiality
required for the electoral process will be guaranteed.
'In the same manner, the President selected, as' well as the Vice-
President and the cabinet members, will have to present, before taking
office, a sworn inventory of all their assets.
'In order to comply with its essential mission of leading the

country, in an atmosphere of peace, to free elections, the provisional
Government to be established, without prejudice to the powers that
the institutional act grants them, will exercise its authority in all
of the national territory. Consequently it will:
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(a) Assume immediate responsibility for the maintenance of law
and order, and insure respect for human rights, public liberties, free
enterprise, and the right of property.
'Concerning human rights, the Universal Declaration of Human

Rights, contained in the Charter of the United Nations, and that of the
Rights and Duties of Man of the Organization of American States will
prevail to their fullest extent.
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' (b) Restore the normal functioning of public administration.
'(c) Institute urgent and necessary programmes for the

rehabilitation and development of the economic and social life of the
country.
'(d) Represent the Dominican nation in the international community,
'(e) Not compromise the Republic's sovereignty in any way.
'(f) The provisional Government shall not alienate State property

in any way.
'(g) Devote itself to the task of preparing for elections, creating

to this end the agencies necessary to carry them out successfully.
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5. QAS assistance for the provisional Government
'Clearly the provisional Government should immediately take up the

task of national recovery, with emphasis on recovery of the national
properties affected or destroyed by military activities as well as the
initiation and/or continuation of economic development programmes.
'These programmes should be chosen strictly according to their

economic productivity and the social benefits (water, housing, etc.) the
Dominican people so urgently need. All projects whose purpose is to
create a false and short-lived bonanza must be excluded.
'The provisional Government, once established, shall have the

full right and authority to resort to any international economic and
technical assistance agencies - public and private - that it deems
advisable in order to obtain resources to initiate and/or continue the
truly productive programmes required for national recovery. Public
opinion should be duly informed beforehand regarding all arrangements and
negotiations the provisional Government intends to carry out to this end.
'It is understood that the Organization of American States can render

valuable co-operation towards these objectives.
'6. Institutional act
'The provisional Government will serve under an institutional act

that will be based, in all economic, ethical and social achievements,
on the human rights and public freedoms of the Constitution of 1963, which
is responsive to an historical and social reality of our people.
'The Constitutional Government will make known to the Ad Hoc

Committee the institutional act through which it considers that the
Dominican people should be governed transitorily in this period.
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'The Constitutional Government considers that in order for that

institutional act, once approved, to have legal force and for the
Republic to overcome the innumerable de facto Governments that we have
been suffering from as a result of the collapse of our democratic
institutions with the cunning military coup d'etat of 25 September 1963,
it should "be voted on "by the national congress. In this way we will
all do honour to our tradition and to the juridical conscience of the
inter-American system, hit at its foundations by all these events that
had their birth on that unlucky date.
'7. Constitutional assembly
'The constitutional problem will be resolved within three months

after the elected Government takes office. It is obvious that this
should be the longest period for this matter to be determined. Our
people have a constitutional sensitiveness of which they have given
proof at crucial times in their history. The period indicated should
not be lengthened for a solution of a problem that is of the very
essence of a sovereign nation.
'To these ends, the congress, once elected, will determine the
means by which the constitutional assembly will be formed.
'Santo Domingo, National District, 23 June 1965.
'Francisco A. Caamano Deno

President of the Republic
'Dr. Anibal Campagna

President of the Senate
'Dr. Arevalo Cedeno Valdez

President of the Chamber of Deputies
'Mr. Alfredo Conde Pausas

President of the Supreme Court of Justice
'Dr. Salvador Jorge Blanco

Attorney General of the Republic
Hector Aristy
'Dr. Jottin Cury

Minister for Foreign Affairs'
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"Ad Hoc Committee
"Ilmar Penna Marinho

Ambassador, Representative of Brazil
"Ramon de Clairmont Duenas

Ambassador, Representative of El Salvador
"Ellsworth Bunker
Ambassador, Representative of the
United States-of America
"Jose' A. Mora
Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration.
(Signed) William SAWDERS

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OF THE ORGANIZATION 0? AMERICAN STATES ADDRESSED TO THE
Corrigendum
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Amend to read: "The Organization of American States has not condemned this
action of the Government of the United States of America...".
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CABLE DATED 25 JUNE 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF

In accordance with Article 5^ Charter United Nations I have the honour, to

transmit to you for information Security Council following text of cable No.
from the Ad Hoc Committee and Secretary General of this Organization addressed to
the Chairman Tenth Meeting of Consultation:
"OAS Santo Domingo, 22 June 1965
"Message No. 20^

"Message to His Excellency Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa
Chairman of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation
"This afternoon the Ad Hoc Committee and the Secretary General of OAS
had an interview with the five members of the Government of National
Reconstruction and received that Government's written reply to the proposal,
which in essence is favourable. It contains interpretations of some points
in the Committee's proposal which need to be clarified and discussed with
the members Government National Reconstruction. The Ad Hoc Committee will
study the two replies and will endeavour to get into touch with both parties
immediately in connexion with observations and suggestions made by them. For
information and study members Tenth Meeting Consultation we reproduce below
text reply of the Government of National Reconstruction:
'Reply of the Dominican Government to the Ad Hoc Committee of the Tenth

Meeting of Consultation of American Ministers of Foreign Affairs
'The Government has studied the suggestion presented by the

Committee on IS June 1965 in the performance of its mission of good
offices for the settlement of the Dominican crisis, and to this end
communicates its views to the Committee:
'1. The Government of National Reconstruction is a provisional

collegiate Government established on 7 May 1965 and composed of persons
who were not parties to the conflict which broke out on 2k April 1965
and who were characterized at the time by remoteness from political
debate.
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'The purpose which prompted the formation of this provisional

collegiate Government was that of reconciling the contending parties,
and to this end the men of whom the Government is composed were chosen
from different sectors of national life.
'The immediate aims of the present Government are to pacify the
country, to "begin solving the most urgent economic and social problems
and to organize general elections.
'Such being its nature, the Government of the Dominican Republic
agrees with the contents of paragraph IV of the proposal inasmuch as
it indicates the temporary functions of the provisional government
and suggests that the government should so far as possible represent
all democratic sectors of the country. Desiring that the last-mentioned
purpose should be achieved as fully as possible, the Government agrees
that the Committee should continue its good offices, conversing with
political groups and with persons representative of the Dominican
citizenry, with a view either to an increase in the present collegiate
composition of the Government, whose members will be unable to stand
for election, or to the installation and organization of an advisory
commission of the executive power, composed of representatives of the
various democratic sectors of the nation.
'2. Faithful to its aims of peace and concord, and to its fervent
aspiration that the Dominican political debate should move out. of the
area of violent struggle into that of peaceful and orderly dialogue,
the Government accepts the suggestions made in paragraphs I and II of
the proposal and makes no objection thereto except that it considers
a period of nine months to'be preferable, subject to such extension as
the Organization of American States may see fit to recommend, for the
conduct of the electoral process. The Government also expresses its
desire that, once the plan to settle the crisis has been adopted, the
Inter-American Peace Force should be withdrawn from Dominican territory.
'3 The Government likewise has no objection in principle to the

contents of paragraph III of the proposal, although it wishes to specify
that the full amnesty suggested would not cover ordinary offences of a
serious and less serious nature committed in circumstances unconnected
with military action. In the same context it also specifies that the
only members of the armed forces permitted to return to their quarters
would be those who had committed no offence under the Code of Military
justice.
'Since the arms which are in the rebels' possession were taken
from the arsenals of the armed forces, those arms must be returned.to
the said arsenals within a period of not more than fifteen days after
they are surrendered by the insurgents to the Organization of American
States. Furthermore, since the armed forces are the sole depositary of
war materiel, arms from other sources must also be delivered to the
said arsenals.
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'The Government further states that it would he desirable that

the persons who are to receive assistance from the Organization of
American States in leaving the country should include all individuals
on record as communists. Lastly, it enters the reservation that the
Government does not maintain irregular forces.
'^. The Government takes note of the offers made in paragraph V

of the proposal, and of the suggestion in paragraph VI regarding the
adoption of an institutional act as the "basis for the activities of
the provisional government thereafter. It accordingly consents that
a group of Dominican jurists should provisionally combine the relevant
provisions of the 1962 Constitution with that of the Constitutional
Instrument of 1963 in order to regulate the political and administrative
authority of the government and any other matter with which it may be
necessary to deal.
'5 The Government is weighing the suggestion made in paragraph VII

of the proposal to the effect that, not later than six months after the
election of a government at the polls referred to in paragraphs I and II,
a constitutional assembly should be convened in a' form to be decided by
the national congress which is also to be elected.
'This suggestion would mean that the elected congress and government
would have to take up their functions before a constitution duly voted
upon had come into force, under the sole authority of the proposed
institutional act. This would make it necessary for the institutional
act to be as extensive as a constitution.
'The Government is inclined to prefer that the convening of a

constitutional assembly and the promulgation of a constitution should
be made prerequisites for the installation of a government elected by
the people, so that such a government will be subject to constitutional
rules duly voted upon and will not exhibit the characteristics of a
de facto government,
'6. Without prejudice to the implementation of whatever plan is
ultimately adopted on the basis of the Committee's proposal, the
Government draws attention to the imperative and urgent necessity for
the immediate adoption of appropriate measures to restore conditions
to normal in the city of Santo Domingo, where the paralysis of the
public services, of trade, banking and industry, of customs traffic
and telecommunications, of educational, judicial and professional
activity and, in general, of all the city's activities is causing vast
and incalculable material and moral damage and loss.
'Furthermore the prolonged control of part of the city of Santo

Domingo by the rebels, with the Government unable to perform its duty
of suppressing the insurrection, is giving rise to daily acts of pillage,
extortion and outrage against persons and goods in that zone; to the
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exodus of thousands of families, who are in a desperate plightj and

to forced immobility for tens of thousands of people, who find it
impossible1 to resume their normal occupations and to gain their
livelihood.
'The fear and mistrust of the population in the city of Santo Domingo
have not only led to the displacement of thousands of families "but have
also provoked a spontaneous general cessation of activity, which the
constant threats and insults uttered and outrages committed "by the rebels
have proved unable to overcome.
'The disastrous picture now presented "by the city of Santo Domingo
accordingly makes it an imperative necessity that the Dominican State
should meet with no obstacles in the normal exercise of its police
functions.
'7 The Government suggests that it would be desirable for the

Committee to solicit directly the opinion of democratic Dominican
political groups on all paragraphs of the proposal, not only on that
concerning the establishment of the provisional government. The proposal
contains elements, such as the time-limit for the general elections,
which are for such groups to examine.
'3. In making this reply, the Government reserves the right to

modify or amplify its views.r
"Santo Domingo, 2J June 1965
"llmar Penna Marinho

Ambassador, representative of Brazil
"Ramon de Clairmont Duenas

Ambassador, representative of El Salvador
"Ellsworth Bunker
Ambassador, representative of the United States
"Jose' A. Mora
Secretary General of OAS."
Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
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In accordance "with Article 5^ Charter United Nations I have the honour to

transmit to you for information Security Council following ca.ble received today
Mr. Horatio Vicioso Soto and cable No. 207 from the Ad Hoc Committee, both addressed
to the Chairman Tenth Meeting of Consultation:
"Santo Domingo, 2k June 1965
"To: His Excellency Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, Chairman, Tenth

Meeting Consultation American Ministers Foreign Affairs, Pan American
Union, Washington, D.C.
"I have the honour to reproduce below for your information, and for such
action as you deem appropriate, the text of a note delivered today to the
Ambassadors members of the OAS Ad Hoc Committee at Santo Domingo:
'Santo Domingo, 23 June 19^5
'His Excellency Ambassador Ilmar Penna Marinho

His Excellency Ambassador Ramon de Clairmont Duenas
His Excellency Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker
Members of the Special Committee of the Organization of American States,
Santo Domingo
'Sirs,
'I have the honour to refer to my note of l6 June 19^5; to which
no reply has so far been received, and in which I claimed the right of
the Government of National Reconstruction to take police action in the
sector of the capital occupied by the rebels in order to restore the
necessary normal conditions in the country. I would inform you that,
since the Inter-American Peace Force is still preventing the Dominican
armed forces from taking such action, a point has been reached at which
violations of human rights, pillage, extortion and destruction of public
and private property, with the loss of millions of pesos, and the
commission of acts of bloodshed and vandalism in a sector where the
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courts do not function have aroused justified and vigorous protests from
all the citizenry, who are unable and unwilling to tolerate for another
day these systematic and continual violations of every humanitarian
and legal rule.
'The Government of National Reconstruction and the Dominican people
as a whole are fully aware that the responsibility for these lamentable
events and for their consequences lies wholly with the Organization
of American States which, through the Inter-American Peace Force, has
denied a right falling within the sole competence of the national
authorities by using its military might to prevent them from giving the
citizenry the order and tranquillity that should prevail in any civilized
society. In these circumstances, unless the appropriate measures are
taken to put an end to the state of affairs described above, the
Government of national Reconstruction will be obliged to apply to the
United Nations in order to prove there that the intervention of one of
its regional agencies, ignoring both the charter that governs it and
the Charter of the United Nations, has created in the Dominican Republic
a situation incompatible with its status as a free and sovereign State,
the master of its own destiny. You will understand that, faced with
the use of force, the Government of National Reconstruction, the
effective representative of the Dominican Republic, has a perfect right
to have recourse to the international legal order in order to secure,
in virtue of the rules of that order, the necessary legal basis to
enable the Dominican Republic to settle its domestic situation within
its exclusive sovereignty and to share with other States their rights
and duties in the international community. The Government of National
Reconstruction hopes that at this point you will duly consider the
seriousness of the situation which has been created here, and will thus
crown with success the mission of good offices which you have come to
Santo Domingo to perform.
V
'Accept, Sirs, the assurances of my highest consideration.
'Horacio Vicioso Soto
'Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.'
"No. 20?
"To: His Excellency Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, Chairman of the Tenth Meeting
of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Washington, D.C.
"Here follows the note dated l6 June 19^5 which was sent to the
Ad Hoc Committee by Dr. Horacio Vicioso Soto, and which is referred to in
His cable of 2k June addressed to you:
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Dominican Republic
Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs
Santo Domingo, l6 June
'To: His Excellency Ambassador Ilmar Penna Marinho

His Excellency Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker
Members of the Advisory Committee of OAS
'Sirs,
'I have the honour to repeat to you hereby the opinion. expressed by
the President and other members of the Government of National
Reconstruction in view of yesterday's events, in the course of which
rebel forces took the offensive against the Inter-American Peace Force
along the corridor and the boundaries of the safety zone, thus compelling
the latter to reply to repeated attacks, with the result that bitter
clashes took place.
' In this connexion, the members of the Government of National

Reconstruction feel bound to stress their position regarding the Dominican
situation in the following terms:
'The Government of National Reconstruction, in its capacity as the

effective Government of the Dominican Republic, has the right and the
duty to maintain order and to enforce respect for the law throughout the
national territory.
'The institution of this order and of this respect, which are

necessary to the normal conduct of Dominican life, is obstructed by the
group of rebels who, stationed in a small sector of the city of
Santo Domingo, claim to perform acts of government which have no effect
in any part of the territory of the Republic and which cannot be
recognized, in the light of international law, as acts attributable to
a competent representative organ of the Dominican Republic.
'The position of the rebel faction has been improved by the

activities of the Organization of American States inasmuch as, through
the Inter-American Peace Force, the Government is prevented from
exercising its authority in order to redress a situation whose settlement
falls exclusively within its sovereign powers, not only in virtue of the
capacities inherent in the exercise of power but also in accordance
with recognized principles of international law expressly embodied in
various international instruments.
'The maintenance of the situation prevailing not only sets up a.

hotbed of subversion which imperils the safety of all the citizenry but
also does much to worsen the economy of the nation - which has already
deteriorated - by obstructing important commercial, industrial, banking
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and other activities for which the main centre is in the sector of the
city occupied by the rebels. In this connexion it must also be pointed
out that the Government cannot remain indifferent to the situation of
those Dominican citizens and aliens who reside or have interests in
the rebel zone, where human rights are being systematically and
continually violated and all manner of criminal acts and misbehaviour -
duly reported to you as they occur - are being committed.
'The Government considers that, since the Inter-American Peace

Force has been unable to maintain order and to safeguard human rights
in the aforementioned zone, it is in duty bound to protect the citizenry
by putting an end to that state of affairs.
'In the face of this intolerable situation, the Government is

continually receiving demands from the vast majority of the Dominican
people to the effect that it should assert its authority and put an end,
as a matter of the greatest urgency, to the harmful state of paralysis
in which a handful of people are keeping the country.
'Hitherto the Government of National Reconstruction, faithful to

its undertaking to respect the cease-fire, has been in the painful
position of passively watching events, like those of yesterday, which
give the false impression that the Government is unaware of its rights
and duties towards the people inasmuch as it is not doing its share to
end this situation that is oppressing the whole Dominican family.
'For the reasons stated, the Government of National Reconstruction

is addressing you, through me, in order to claim its right to solve a
problem which it holds to lie within its exclusive competence, and to
whose prompt solution a contribution can be made by the Organization
of American States; OAS is assuredly aware of the truth of the matter,
and of the Government's right to bring the law to bear upon internal
conflicts in accordance with the principle of self-determination of
peoples. It could demonstrate this attitude by ordering the Inter-American
Peace Force to refrain from obstructing the police action which the
Dominican armed forces have the right and the duty to carry out in order
to restore the necessary normal conditions in the country.
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'Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.'
"llmar Penna. Marinho


Ellsworth Bunker
Special Delegate of the United States
Ad Hoc Committee."
Accept, Sir, etc.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL 0? THE UNITED HATIONS
In accordance Article 5^ United Nations Charter I have honour to transmit to you,

for information of Security Council, following text of statement issued by OAS
ad hoc Committee on article by Richard Eder appearing in todays New Yor}: Times:
The ad hoc Committee of the Tenth Meeting has taken note of a report published
today concerning a supposed" prcgrars.of' trusteeship developed -in the OAS which"
would be. proclaimed, next veek and vould allegedly be imposed upon the Dominican'
Republic. The Committee categorically denies this report. At no time has the
Committee or the OAS given any consideration to a trusteeship plan. The
Committee's only objective is that the Dominicans should govern themselves.
While the Committee has considered a number of other proposals made to it in
the course of its exploratory conversations, its views regarding a peaceful
solution of the Dominican crisis are contained in the proposals presented on
June 18th to the Dominican people and to the contending parties. Observations
concerning these proposals have been made by the contending parties as well as
by a large number of other groups and individuals and these are now being
considered by the Committee,
William Sanders
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In accordance Article jk Charter United Nations I have the honour to transmit

to you for information Security Council following texts cables Nos. 217, 213 and
219 sent by Secretary General this Organization to Chairman Tenth Meeting of
Consultation:
"No. 217
"To: Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa

Chairman of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers
of Foreign Affairs,
Washington, D. C.
"Yesterday Wednesday 23 representatives Secretary General and Commission

on Human Rights attended funeral of Arturo McKinmun, a Canadian monk of the
Scaboro order, who died at Monte Plata on Tuesday afternoon. Commission
gathered information and will closely follow 'investigations which the
authorities have promised to make into the matter, without prejudice to the
adoption of such measures as the discharge of its mission may require. The
Commission received eighty-seven requests and petitions on Wednesday.
"Jose' A. Mora
Secretary General."
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Second message:
"No. 213
"To: Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, Chairman of the Tenth Meeting
of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Washington, B.C.
"The Commander of the Inter-American Peace Force informs me of the

following :
"1. We have reports of eight unprovoked attacks by the Caamano forces '
against the United States troops "between 1300 and iVjO hours on 23 June 1965.
Company "B" of the Second Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry, was the chosen
target of a total of nineteen well-aimed shots by snipers, and two rounds were
fired at Company "C" of the First Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry.
"Three of the attacks came from building No. 331 in the Calle Restauracidn
to the east of the intersection of that street with the Calle Arzobispo Merino.
Two of the attacks came from building Wo. k2 at the intersection of the
Calle Emiliano Tejera with the Calle Isabel la Catdlica, another attack came
from building No, 373 in the Avenida Duarte between the Calle Benito Gcnzales
and the Avenida Mella, and the other two attacks came from unidentified
buildings around the intersection of the Calle Mercedes with the Calle
Isabel la Catdlica.
"2. An OAS investigation team was sent to the area in which the attacks
took place in order to verify the information given in paragraph 1. The
OAS investigation team reported that between 1000 and 1600 hours the same day
^4-12 cases of looting were observed on the part of persons entering and leaving
the warehouses situated south of the Alcazar de Coldn. The looters removed
lawn-mowers, television sets, electric refrigerators, clothing, whisky and
other goods, unidentified, in cardboard boxes.
A. Mora
Secretary General."
Third message :
"No. 219
"To: Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, Chairman of the Tenth Meeting of

Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Washington, D. C.
"This morning Commission Human Rights visited quays in order to observe

some reported irregularities and took steps to prevent repetition such
incidents. Commission visited authorities Constitutionalist Government with
which it examined several specific cases concerning human rights and also
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visited Ozama Fort, finding that political prisoners are visited "by their
families, and interviewed officers armed forces in custody there. In the
afternoon Commission again visited La Victoria prison, touring installations
ascertaining conditions in which political prisoners are kept. Commission
was informed that, of 2,258 political prisoners in that prison on 2k May,
334 now remain. Authorities that penitentiary allowed 300 persons in custody
to he visited lay members of their families today. In course of today
Commission office received eighty-seven communications and petitions concerning
violations human rights and requesting information.
"Jose' A. Mora
Secretary General."
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS
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to you for information Security Council the cable which Mr. Horacio Vicioso Soto
has sent today to the Chairman Tenth Meeting of Consultatibn transmitting his note
of 2k June 1965 addressed to Ad Hoc Committee:
"To: His Excellency Ambassador Guillermo Sevllla Sacasa
Chairman Tenth Meeting Consultation Ministers Foreign Affairs
Pan American Union
Washington, D. C.
"I have the honour to reproduce below for your information and for such
action as you deem appropriate text note addressed members Ad Hoc Committee
OAS on 2k June 1965:
'To: His Excellency Ambassador Ilmar Penna Marinho
Els Excellency Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker
Members of the Special Committee of the Organization of American
States, Santo Domingo
'Sirs,,
'I have the honour to refer to recent conversations concerning
the scope of arrests made in the safety zone, and am writing to you
in order to make quite -^lear my Government: s position regarding its
capa.city to exercise police power in that zone and throughout the
national territory.
'The act of Santo Domingo cannot be interpreted as creating any
extraterritoriality, for that would amount to a cession of sovereignty
prohibited by the Constitution of the State.
'Consequently the right of asylum cannot be granted in that zone.
The purposes for which the zone was created are specific and well~
defined, and are confined solely to "adequate protection" and safety
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for all persons "found" within that zone of refuge. There would "be no
adequate protection in giving shelter to criminals or, consequently, to
rebels or conspirators, for that would operate to the detriment of the
very safety which is to "be conferred upon the zone. Furthermore the
adequate protection referred to in paragraph 3 of the Act of Santo
Domingo is for those persons who are found within that zone of refuge -
i.e., who reside in it permanently - and not those who go in and out of
the rebel zone and-arrive in the safety zone with the sole intention of
engaging in activities prejudicial to the general interests of the State.
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lt is desirable to make it quite clear that the safety zone can
never form a State within a State.
'Consequently the Dominican State has at no time "been*able to
relinquish the police capacity granted to it by the Constitution for
the maintenance of lav and order.
'VJhat is more, article 12 of the Charter of the Organization of
American States specifically provides that the jurisdiction of States
within the limits of their national territory is exercised equally over
all the inhabitants, whether nationals-or-aliens.
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Moreover article 3 of the same Charter provides that the
fundamental rights of States may not be impaired in any manner whatsoever;
and to forbid the State to-do its duty of maintaining law and order in
any part of its territory would be an impairment and nothing else.
""Horacio Vicioso Soto;

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.'
"Accept, Sir, the assurances of my highest consideration.
Horacio Vicioso 'Soto

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
Accept, Sir, etc,
William SAWDERS
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to you for information Security Council following cable No. 258 sent "by the
Secretary General of this Organization:
"Santo Domingo, JO June 1965
"Message No. 258
"To Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa

of Ministers for Foreign Affairs
"With reference to activities Inter-American Commission on Human Rights,

in the afternoon hours Commission visited the prisons of San Isidro, where it
interviewed many prisoners and strove to obtain release of some of them. The
authorities of San Isidro submitted to the Commission lists of political
prisoners which were compared with the Commission's lists. The Commission's
offices today received fifty-seven individual claims concerning violations
human rights. This afternoon at 6 p.m. I signed on behalf OAS and
Ambassador W. Tapley Bennet Jr., representing Agency for International
Development, agreement under which that Agency is delivering to the OAS
$17 million to be used for emergency programmes in Dominican Republic. Of
these funds, i)8 million are to be used to pay salaries public employees
Dominican Republic and the rest will be used to launch an emergency plan for
economic and technical assistance to the public and private sectors with a
view to promoting the recovery of the Dominican nation. From 10 a.m. 28 June
to 10 a.m. 29 June following foodstuffs were distributed under relief
operation: 272,100 Ibs. rice, 55,062 Ibs. oil, 51,800 Ibs. mi He, 15,kCQ l"bs.
wheat flour, 19,950 Ibs. beans, 65 Ibs. Ovaltine.
Jose A. MORA"
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William SANDERS
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In accordance Article 5^- Charter United Nations I have the honour to transmit
to you for information Security Council following cable No. 26l sent by the
Secretary General of this organization:
"Santo Domingo, 1 July 1965

Chairman Tenth Meeting of Consultation
Washington, B.C.
"Today we are continuing conversations relating to proposal Ad Hoc

Committee. With reference to activities Inter -American Commission on Human
Rights Chairman Bianchi resumed his activities today. This morning,
accompanied by Dr. Sandifer and Dr. Abranches, he visited Horacio Vicioso Soto,
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Government of National
Reconstruction, in connexion with mission being carried out in Santo Domingo,
after receiving information concerning presence of corpses in Ozama River.
The Commission visited site of alleged findings together with members
Constitutionalist Army, but found no evidence. Commission also visited
Ozama fortress for purpose of obtaining information regarding certain persons
held there and Constitutionalist authorities gave it facilities needed to
carry out its task. Commission's offices today received eighty-five
complaints of violations of human rights. With regard to violations cease-
fire, during period 0011-2^00 30 June five shots were fired from the
Constitutionalist zone against unit Inter -American Force which was in the
communication corridor.
Jose A. MORA"
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In the absence of the Secretary-General of the Organization, I have the

honour to transmit to you, in accordance with Article 5^4- of the Charter of the
United Nations and for the information of the Security Council, copies of the
preliminary report on the human rights situation in the Dominican Republic
submitted by Dr. Manuel Bianchi, Chairman of the Inter-American Commission on
Human Rights, to the members of the Commission. The report has also been
transmitted to the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Accept, sir, etc.

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HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
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HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
PRELIMINARY REPORT
1. Background
On 10 May 1^6 5 > the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights received a cable
from the National Congress of the Constitutional Government of the Dominican
Republic requesting a visit by representatives of the Commission to verify in
person "the outrages to which the defenceless people were being subjected". On
2h May, another cable was received from Dr. Jottin Cury, Minister for Foreign
Affairs of the Constitutional Government, addressed to the Chairman of the
Commission, requesting a visit by the Commission in order to verify and adopt
appropriate measures regarding "outrages and murders committed by the troops of the
Government of National Reconstruction".
The Government of National Reconstrudion also informed the Commission that it
was essential that that body should investigate the human rights situation in the
Dominican Republic in the country itself.
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Dr. Jose A. Mora,
likewise expressed the view that it was desirable that the Commission should study
the grave situation with regard to human rights which had arisen as a result of the
Dominican conflict.
In response to the requests both of the Constitutional Government and of the
Government of National Reconstruction, the Chairman of the Inter-American Commission
on Human Rights, Professor Manuel Bianchi, went to the Dominican Republic directly
from Santiago, Chile, on 1 June 1965, meeting in Santo Domingo the Executive
Secretary of the Commission, Dr. Luis Reque, who came from Washington accompanied
by an official of the secretariat. Later, two other officials of the secretariat
came to the Dominican capital to assist in the Commission's work.
2. Interviews with authorities of both sides
At 11.30 a.m. on Thursday, 3 June, the Chairman of the Commission, the

Executive Secretary and an official of the secretariat of the Commission went to
the Edificio Copello, in the Ciudad Nueva, to have an interview with
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Colonel Francisco Caamano, President of the Constitutional Government. Colonel

Caamano was accompanied by Dr. Hector Aristy, Minister to the Presidency,
Dr. Jottin Cury, Minister for Foreign Affairs, and other officials of the
Constitutional Government.
The Chairman of the Commission referred to the mission which he proposed to
carry out in response to the requests which had been received from both sides for
an investigation of the human rights situation in the Dominican Republic. He
indicated that he hoped for full co-operation from the authorities of the
Constitutional Government in order to be able to perform his task adequately.
Colonel Caamano expressed his satisfaction at the presence of the Commission
and offered to extend to it every facility necessary for the proper accomplishment
of its task. He stated emphatically that the Commission would have full freedom
to visit the Ciudad Nueva and the places of detention there and would be able to
converse freely with all detained persons. Dr. Jottin Cury handed to the Committee
a document containing an account of violations of human rights committed by the
authorities of the Government of National Eeconstruction.
The Chairman of the Commission thanked the authorities of the Constitutional
Government for their remarks and for their offer to facilitate the Commission's
work.
On the afternoon of the same day, at k p.m., the Chairman of the Commission,
accompanied by the Executive Secretary and an official, had an interview with the
President of the Government of National Reconstruction, General Antonio Imbert
Barrera, who was accompanied by Dr. Horacio Vicioso Soto, Secretary for Foreign
Affairs, and other members of his Cabinet.
The Chairman of the Commission referred to the task which he proposed to
carry out in the Dominican Republic to ensure respect for human rights and asked
for the co-operation of the Government of National Reconstruction to that end,
indicating also that he hoped to be provided with whatever facilities that
Government could offer him for the effective accomplishment of his mission.
General Antonio Imbert Barrera, President of the Government of National
Reconstruction, expressed the satisfaction of his Government at the fact that the
Chairman of the Commission and officials of its secretariat were once again in the
Dominican Republic. He referred in particular to the services which the Commission
had had occasion to render in the Dominican Republic since 1961. He offered to
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extend all facilities which might be required for the fulfilment of its task and to
supply the means essential for that purpose. He stated that the Commission would
have complete freedom to carry out its work throughout the territory of the Republic.
The Chairman of the Commission thanked General Imbert for his remarks and for
his offer of assistance.
3- Interviews with leaders of political parties
At 6 p.m. on 3 June 1965., the Chairman and the Executive Secretary of the
Commission met Mr. Antonio Guzmdn, one of the leaders of the Dominican Revolutionary
Party. Mr. Guzman made a statement regarding the human rights situation in his
country and offered to lend the Commission all assistance for the success of the
task which it proposed to carry out in the Dominican Republic. Mr. Guzmdn gave the
Commission a list of persons who had been detained, for political reasons, both in
the capital and in the interior of the country.
The Chairman of the Commission thanked Mr. Guzma'n for his offer of assistance
and said that he would make appropriate representations to obtain the release of
the persons detained.
U. Relations with the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General of the

United Nations
On the night of 2 June, the Chairman of the Commission received a visit from
Major-General Indar Jit Rikhye, principal military adviser to the Secretary-General
of the United Nations, with whom he had a cordial exchange of views. On 3 June,
officials of the United Nations Secretariat in Santo Domingo handed over to the
Commission the complaints and claims concerning violations of human rights received
by the Secretariat. It was agreed that the Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights would be the body responsible for matters relating to the violation of human
rights in the Dominican Republic. Subsequently, the Personal Representative of the
Secretary-General of the United Nations and the Chairman of the Commission,
Professor Bianchi, had several meetings for the purpose of exchanging views on the
human rights situation in the Dominican Republic.
5. Signing of the statement concerning respect for human rights

Since both the Constitutional Government and the Government of National
Reconstruction had assured the Chairman of the Commission that they would respect
the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man adopted at the Bogota
Conference of 19^-8, the Chairman and the Executive Secretary of the Commission .
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arranged for both Governments to sign a document in which they undertook to respect
that Declaration and in which they also agreed to extend to the Commission all the
facilities necessary for the accomplishment of its mission. The texts of the
statements signed are as follows:
"Dominican Republic
MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
The Constitutional Government deems it its duty to affirm the following

to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights:
1. That it has respected and will continue to respect the human rights
embodied in the American .Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man,
proclaimed at the Ninth International Conference of American States, held at
Bogota" in 19^8;
2. That it has respected and will continue to respect, as fundamental

principles, the right to life, the right to be tried by competent courts, the
right to protection against arbitrary detention and the right of every
individual to humane treatment during the time he is in custody;
3. That it will make available to the Inter-American Commission on Human

Rights or to the representative thereof whatever facilities are necessary for
the effective accomplishment of its mission.
Santo Domingo, R.P., 8 June 1965

For the Constitutional Government For the Inter-American Commission
en Human Rights
Dr. Jottin Cury Manuel Bianchi
Minister for Foreign Affairs Chairman"
"Secretariat of State for Foreign Affairs

No. 9^20
THE GOVERNMENT OF NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION REAFFIRMS THE FOLLOWING TO THE
INTER-AMERICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS:
That, faithful to its intention to comply with all the laws of the
Republic, especially those concerning human rights, and with all the
international commitments assumed by the Dominican Republic, it has respected,
will respect and will ensure respect for the human rights embodied in the
American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, adopted at the Ninth
International Conference of American States held at Bogota, Colombia, in 19^8;
That the Government of National Reconstruction will therefore continue to
provide the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, as it has done so far,
with all the facilities necessary for the effective accomplishment of its
mission.
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs"
Santo Domingo, D.N.
9 June 1965
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6. Visits to places of detention in Santo Domingo

Zone of the Constitutional Government
(a) Palace of Justice. On 4 July, the Chairman of the Commission, accompanied
by the Executive Secretary and an official of the secretariat, visited the Palace
of Justice, where fifteen officials of the Dominican police force were detained.
The officials explained to the Commission that they had surrendered to the
Constitutional Government forces and that for that reason they felt their detention
for thirty-six consecutive days to be unjustified.
All the prisoners talked to the Commission at length and explained their
personal problems, particularly Captain Felix Guarionex Estrella Mendoza, who said
that he was sixty years old and suffered from advanced hypertension.
It was noted that the place was a law court converted into a detention centre,
where the fifteen prisoners had a fair amount of space and air and were allowed to
receive visits from members of their families, as could be seen by the fact that
prisoners' wives and children were present. The prisoners said that they were well
treated, but complained that when they were taken to a hospital for medical
treatment, they were threatened and maltreated by other patients who were
supporters of Colonel Caamano. For this reason, they asked the Commission to find
out whether they could be treated in hospitals in the Safety Zone.
(b) "Salome Urena" School
On the afternoon of Sunday, 6 June, the Chairman of the Commission and
officials of the secretariat visited the.detention centre established by the
Constitutional Government at the "Salome Urena" School for Girls, in the Calle
Padre Billini, Santo Domingo. On this visit, it was found that the prisoners, who
were nearly all former members of the police force known as the "white helmets",
were well treated. From talks with the prisoners it emerged that the food was not
bad, that they were well treated and that their families could visit them. Some
complained that they had to sleep on the floorj on that point, Second Lieutenant
Marco Antonio Anil, who was guarding them, said that the guards had the same or
similar difficulties.
Besides the "white helmets", members of the Wavy, Army and other branches of the
armed forces were imprisoned there.
Lieutenant Anil told the visitors that, on that day, 6 June, there were 103
prisoners at that detention centre. He also explained to the Commission that there
were no specific charges against the prisoners but that they were being held as
hostages because the Government of National Reconstruction was holding a similar
number of prisoners.
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(c) Ozama Fortress
On Friday, 11 June, the Chairman and Executive Secretary of the Commission

visited the Ozama Fortress, where the Constitutional Government forces had
established a prison for political prisoners, to which detainees from the Palace
of Justice and the "Salome Urena" school were transferred.
In this "building they saw the cells and the "solitaries" which had been
places of torture under the Trujillo regime.
According to the list provided, there were 165 prisoners in the Ozama Fortress
on that day. Some of them talked to the Commission and said that they had been
transferred from the detention centres in the Palace of Justice and the "Salome
Urena" school, where they said they had been more comfortable than in the Fortress.
Some of the prisoners complained that although there were cots in the cells,
there were no matresses. The Commission was informed that many mattresses had
already been obtained and during the visit it was observed that some were being
delivered and placed on the cots.
It was noted that in the top part of the tower of the fortress there was
a putrefying corpse; the man had been shot from the other bank of the Ozama
River, the visitors were told. The Commission was told that the corpse had been
discovered only six days before and that an attempt had been made to burn the v
remains, but without success.
Zone of the National Reconstruction Government
(a) National police headquarters
On the afternoon of Friday 4 June a visit was made to the prison in the
national police headquarters building.
It was possible to talk to the prisoners, visit the cells and obtain lists
of the detainees.
It was noted that one very large cell was so full of prisoners that they were
very close together on the floor, each man having only just enough room to lie
down. The Commission noted the over-crowding and the bad smell which came from
the cell, and cries of "We want water" were heard. The police authorities said
that there had been 400 prisoners in the cell, but that there were now only 200.
As to the shortage of water, they said that they had had some difficulties in the
area but that the problem would be solved in the next few days.
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The Commission also visited other less crowded cells., but they seemed to "be
equally insanitary. The Commission talked to the prisoners in all the cells and
took messages for their families. Many of the prisoners complained that they did
not receive any visits because the prison authorities did not allow them.
(b) La Victoria Prison
On Sunday, 6 June, the Commission visited La Victoria Prison, on the outskirts

of Santo Domingo.
In this prison, the largest in the Dominican Republic, the authorities offered
the Commission facilities to visit the prisoners and talk to them. They also
allowed a photographer from the OAS secretariat to photograph the prison, the
prisoners and the cells without hindrance. The Commission was told that there
were over kOO prisoners in'the prison.
The Commission talked to sixty-one prisoners individually and took messages
and letters to be sent to relatives and the military authorities.
Both in this prison and in the one at the national police headquarters, the
Commission noted that relatives were not allowed to visit prisoners often and that
in quite a number of cases, visits were completely forbidden. It was noted,
however, that families were-allowed to send meals and refreshments to the prisoners.
In a separate and fairly comfortable cell of this prison there were
seven prisoners who were apparently members of extremist Dominican parties. Both
these and the other prisoners who were interviewed said that they had not been
maltreated but that there were no specific charges against them to justify their
detention in prison for more than a month.
The Commission also visited a special cell where there were two women
prisoners, Estelita Vilches, a Dominican, and Christine Gheury, a Belgian, accused
of revolutionary activities. They said that they were well treated but that no
specific charges had yet been brought against them.
(c) San Isidro Prison
On the afternoon of Tuesday, 8 June, the Commission visited the Air Force
barracks at San Isidro, where the authorities gave the Commission every facility
to carry out its work.
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They also gave the visitors copies of official circulars ordering those
responsible for the prisoners to treat them well.
The Commission was told that on that date thirty-two civilians and
eleven military prisoners were detained there, all for political reasons.
The Commission had time to make a long visit to the cell in which the military
prisoners were confined and was able to talk to each of them. The highest-ranking
officer was General Pedro Santiago Rodriguez, Echevarria.
According to the list of names which the prison authorities gave the
Commission, only two prisoners had been released.
In the cell next door to that of the military prisoners there were two
civilians, who were interviewed. They told the Commission that the reasons given
for their imprisonment were quite unfounded.
The military prisoners said that they were well treated and that they could
see their relatives, but some of them claimed payment of their back pay.
On 12 June, the Commission, having received urgent messages from relatives of
the military prisoners in San Isidro to the effect that five of them had been
executed under the "Escape Act", again visited the prison to find out the truth.
They were able to establish that the five prisoners were in good health. The
prisoners told the Commission that they had not attempted to escape and that they
had been unaware of the rumour. A photographer from the OAS secretariat took
some photographs of the prisoners.
(d) The prison in the ship anchored in the port of Haina
On Saturday, 12 June, a visit was made to a ship of the B-A type anchored in
the port of Haina, where the Commission had been informed there was a prison
in which twelve persons were detained for political reasons. These prisoners
were members of the Dominican Navy and were led by Captain Librado Audujar Matos.
Accompanied by a member of the secretariat and a photographer from the
OAS secretariat, the Chairman of the Commission, as soon as he .was allowed to
do so by the naval authorities concerned, boarded the ship and went down to a
dark cabin.
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The prisoners stated that they had been confined for more than forty days
and that they were allowed to go up on deck and go ashore to talk with their
relatives on certain days of the week. They said that they had not committed any
crime which called for so many days' confinement. Some members of the group
stated that they had not been paid for the month of May and one of them said
that he had also not been paid for the month of April.
Captain Andujar acted as spokesman for the imprisoned officers and gave a
specific account of the circumstances of their arrest,. He stated that
Commodore Santamarfa was responsible for their arrest.
Captain Andujar said that Marte Victoria, a naval officer, was a prisoner on
the yacht "Patria", also anchored in the port of Haina, and that on that yacht the
prisoners enjoyed better conditions.
The Commission subsequently learned that the two officers who had allowed
the Chairman of the Commission to interview the prisoners had been arrested, with
a view to disciplinary proceedings. The Chairman approached Mr. Vicioso Soto,
the Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Government of National Reconstruction,
in order to secure the immediate release of the officers.
7. Visits to the interior of the country
(a) San Francisco de Macoris. A visit was made to the military prison of
San Francisco de Macoris on the morning of Saturday, 5 June. The Commission and
its party were accompanied by the. Civil Governor of the Province, who took the
visitors to the military fortress. There several prisoners were interviewed and
first-hand information was obtained on the state of the prison and other
circumstances.
The authorities indicated that they had released all four of the prisoners
who appeared on the list submitted by the Commission and. whose cases had been
brought before the Commission. This was later confirmed.
While the Commission was in the town prison, a member of the United States
Peace Corps approached the Commission to intercede on behalf of a young prisoner,
who the authorities denied was there. The Commission succeeded in having the
prisoner brought before it and proceeded to interview him. He was accused of
possessing arms on a farm near San Francisco, which the young man denied, saying
that he had a license for a small-bore rifle which he used for hunting.
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After the visit to the fortress, the Chairman and the Executive Secretary
interviewed several citizens, who presented their complaints and claims in
connexion with violations of their individual rights.
The Commission was informed that many citizens were persecuted, harassed and
threatened for the simple fact that they belonged to the Dominican Revolutionary
Party, and that the device of releasing several prisoners on the eve of the
Commission's visit, only to arrest them again when the Commission had left, was
being employed. Several persons complained that their houses had been
machine-gunned and searched with danger to their lives. One person claimed that
the San Francisco authorities had subjected him to severe physical ill-treatment.
It was established that this person's back bore the marks of lashes and blows
with rifle-butts.
(b) La Vega
The visit to the town of La Vega took place at noon on the same Saturday,
5 June.
The Commission, accompanied by the Governor of the Province, visited the
La Vega prison, where a large number of prisoners were congregated in the
courtyard.
The Commission was officially informed that on the day of the visit
133 political prisoners were under detention. Some of these prisoners were
accused of making so-called "Molotov Cocktails". Four of the prisoners admitted
to the Commission that they were guilty of that offence and that they had been
sentenced to twenty days in prison and fined twenty-five pesos, but they protested
that they had already served the prescribed number of days and had not been released.
In general, all the prisoners indicated that they were being well treated
and that their relatives were able to visit them.
After its visit to the prison, the Commission heard the complaints and claims
of a large number of people, who stated that they had been subjected to physical
ill-treatment, persecution, breach of domicile, imprisonment in filthy gaols,
threats of imprisonment and accusations of belonging to the Communist Party,
as well as being forbidden to hold meetings of a political character.
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The Commission was presented with a copy of a medical certificate stating

that Manuel Ramon Encarcacidn, a youth of seventeen, had "been beaten by the
police on 17 May and was suffering from serious bruises on the head.
Almost all the claimants stated that the local authorities maintained a
rule of terror, which prevented the people from giving free expression to their
opinions and from moving from one place to another without being subject to
arbitrary arrest.
(c) Earahona
The Commission visited the town of Barahona on the morning of Thursday,

10 June. It toured the municipal prison and interviewed several political
prisoners.
Two prisoners who were professional men told the Commission that they were
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well treated in that prison, but that they were accused of being Communists and
were being held without any specific charge. The police authorities informed
the Commission that legal proceedings against the prisoners would be instituted
on Monday, 14 June.
One of the two men, a doctor and deputy director of the hospital at Jimani,
stated that he had been struck by an army corporal at Jimanf and that, as a result,
his middle occipito temporal fissure was damaged, causing him to suffer from
amnesia and dizzy spells. He indicated that he was being well treated in the
Barahona prison.
The prison authorities informed the Commission, that on the day of the visit
sixty-four political prisoners were under detention.
In the town of Barahona, the Commission interviewed two young .Haitian students,
who complained that they had been taken prisoner in the city of Santo Domingo by
forces belonging to Colonel Caamano, under the command of Frede Batiste, a Haitian
who had executed a large number of Haitians unwilling to join the rebel movement.
The witnesses quoted names and specific circumstances in their accusations.
(d) Santiago de Los Caballeros
-A visit was made to this town on the morning of Monday, 14 June. The Chairman
of the Commission and his party visited the local prison and interviewed a large
number of political prisoners, most of whom stated that they were being held
there without any specific charge.
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The Chairman of the Commission was informed that Dr. Casals., a leader of the
local Dominican Revolutionary Party, was at liberty and he interviewed Dr. Casals
in his home as a means of verifying that fact.
The local authorities afforded the Commission every facility and some of them
took an interest in the Commission's work.
The prison authorities informed the Commission that because it was 14 June.,
certain persons had been arrested for the sole purpose of avoiding disturbances,
but the Chairman of the Commission was assured that those persons, thirty-two
in number, would be set free within forty-eight hours.
(e) Puerto Plata
At noon on the same day, Monday, l^J- June, the Commission visited this town.
It toured the public prison, where only four political prisoners were held.
A large number of people came before the Commission and described the human
rights situation in the town.
8. Visits to reputed places of execution
On the evening of 9 June, the Chairman of the Commission and the Executive
Secretary visited the "Haras" estate, near Villa Mella, a few kilometres from the
capital, where according to reports it had received there was a place of execution.
It was also charged that several bodies of those executed had been buried beneath
a bridge in the immediate vicinity.
A visual inspection of the site and specific information subsequently received
enabled the Commission to reach certain conclusions with respect to the allegations.
The Commission asked the Government of National Reconstruction for information
in connexion with those allegations, since the place was situated within the
zone under that Government's jurisdiction and since armed officials of the same
Government had been accused of committing the crimes. On 10 June, the Chairman
of the Commission wrote to the Government of National Reconstruction, once more
stressing the urgent need for an investigation of the allegations. The Government
answered the note of the Chairman of the Commission on the same day, 10 June.
The Chairman of the Commission, accompanied by a secretariat official, also
visited another site on the outskirts of the capital, where it was alleged that
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several persons had "been executed "by officials of the National Reconstruction
regime. This visit was made on the morning of Sunday., 13 June, "but from the
visual inspection it was not possible to establish the existence of corpses,
objects or any indications that might lead to a verification of the allegations.
However, from conversations with persons living in the vicinity it would
seem that early morning executions had recently taken place there.
The Commission has taken action, in both cases, to ascertain the facts and
discover the identity of the persons executed and of their executioners. The
information obtained has been transmitted to the technical assistance mission
of the CAS secretariat, which is investigating the allegations.
9. Approaches made to the authorities in defence of human rights
The Chairman of the Commission has taken many steps to preserve the rights
of the individual and promote respect for them.
These steps, sometimes addressed to the authorities of the country, were
designed to improve the condition of political prisoners. For example, in a
note dated 11 June 19^5 addressed to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs,
of the Government of National Reconstruction, Dr. Horacio Vicioso Soto, a
request was made that appropriate steps be taken to relieve the crowded conditions
in the cells of the National Police prison and to allow relatives of the prisoners
to visit them in all the prisons under that Government's control.
The Commission also took action to secure permission for the arrival
and unloading of three merchant vessels which came from San Juan, Puerto Rico,
with food and medicine for the people of Santo Domingo under the control of
the Constitutional Government.
On other occasions, the Commission took various steps to protect persons
being harassed for political reasons, such as securing asylum for them in
Latin American embassies, helping certain persons to leave the country and
acting on complaints made to the military or police authorities, in order to
make them produce persons being held.
The Commission also took action to secure the release of persons against
whom there were no specific charges of any kind, or whose relatives had expressed
the desire to send them out of jjjhe country once they were released.
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As soon as it arrived, the Commission set up a permanent reception centre

in the Ambassador Hotel for individuals, political leaders and various organizations
who wished to complain of incidents which they regard as violations of human
rights. The number of cases brought before the Commission has exceeded sixty
per day (including Saturdays and Sundays), which represents something over
1,000 complaints by individuals or organizations.
CONCLUSIONS
1. The crowded conditions in some cells in the prisons under the authority
of the Government of national Reconstruction was the most negative feature
noted by the Commission in its travels in the Dominican Republic.
This fact was brought to the attention of the Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs of that Government in a note dated 11 June 1965*
Such a situation is not only an insult to the individuals concerned, but
creates health and physical problems which must be avoided.
The Chairman gave priority to this problem by arranging for the transfer
of prisoners to less crowded cells or by speeding up the clearing of prisoners
.so that those who were not charged with any specific offence might be released
as soon as possible.
2. Arrest with the object of political revenge or out of partisan spite should
be absolutely avoided. The Commission is aware of many cases in which the
persons held were the victims of the hatred or passion of certain agents of
authority, who wished to hold them as hostages or to terrorize their families.
This problem persists on both sides.
The Chairman suggests that these charges be sorted out and that, as in
the previous case^ all persons against whom there are no specific charges or
evidence sufficient to warrant their detention be immediately released.
3- The disappearance of persons who have been arrested is another important
feature observed by the Commission. There have been many complaints of persons
detained being transferred from one prison to another and failing to arrive at
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their destination. This situation should be investigated and eliminated,

particularly in the area under the control of the Government of National
Reconstruction, where complaints have been more numerous because there are more
prisons and the distances are greater.
k. The Commission has observed that despite the fact that there are written
orders authorizing relatives to visit the prisoners, some of them are barred
from seeing their relatives by prison guards.
The Commission knew of cases in which relatives of prisoners went thirty
or forty days without seeing them and without even being certain that they
were receiving the clothing or food brought for them.
The Chairman recommends the competent authorities to comply strictly with
the order permitting visits to prisoners, either on special days every week or
at specified hours every day, in order to relieve the serious situation created
by the uncertainty in many Dominican famili.es.
5. The Commission also observed that the wages and salaries of persons
jailed for political reasons are being withheld, thus placing their relatives
in a desperate situation.
The Chairman has taken steps to persuade the Ad Hoc Committee of the
OAS to give political prisoners on either side credit for their back wages and
salaries. He also recommends that in no case should these funds be prevented
from reaching those entitled to them, particularly when the prisoner has a
wife and children who depend entirely on such income.
6. The Commission found that in some cases physical punishment was being
administered to the prisoners on both sides in flagrant violation of the right
to physical integrity of the human person.
The Chairman, who has carefully examined the complaints submitted concerning
this serious violation of a human right and who has found the traces of such
punishment on several persons, requests the competent authorities on both sides
to stop administering corporal punishment immediately.
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1. The Chairman of the Commission regards the presence of the Commission in the
Dominican Republic during the current crisis as indispensable. Consequently,
' he ventures to recommend that representatives of the Commission should remain
^ in the country to observe and settle problems relating to human rights .
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2. The Chairman also considers it essential for the Commission to hold an
extraordinary session as soon as possible, for the sole purpose of considering
the human rights situation in the Dominican Republic.
23 June 1965 (Signed) Manuel BlANCHI

Chairman
UNITED NATIONS
Distr.
GENERAL
SECURITY S/6496
6 July 1065
COUNCIL ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH
CABLE DATED 3 JULY 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

In accordance with Article 5^ of "the United Nations Charter I have the

honour to transmit to you for the information of the Security Council the
following text of cable No. 274 sent "by the Secretary General of this Organization:
"OAS, Santo Domingo, 2 July 1965
"Message No. 274
"Ambassador Guillermo Seville Sacasa

Washington, D.C.
"Discussions are still being actively pursued in connexion with the

proposal. Today an agreement was signed with the Central Bank of the
Dominican Republic relating to the opening of an account and transfer of
funds; this agreement is referred to in my message No. 273 to Dr. Sanders.
Today also marks the inauguration of a network of provincial radio stations
which will be connected with The Voice of the OAS. As regards the
activities of the Inter-American Commission on Human RigYts, this morning,
upon the request of the Foreign Minister of the Government of National
Reconstruction, Dr. Horacio Vicioso Soto, a member of the Commission, and
following an interview with General Imbert in which the Commission vas
advised of an attack against the police station in the town f Ramon Santana,
the Commission vi-sited the town and was told that the police station had been
attacked at 2400 hours, 1 July, by armed civilians and that two soldiers
had been killed and three wounded. Several persons were detained as a
result of this attack; they were visited by the Commission at the
prison of the National Police at San Pedro de Macoris; the commander of
this unit provided various facilities, and promised that the detained
persons would receive humane treatment and be handed over to the competent
authorities as quickly as possible. In addition, this morning the Chairman
of the Commission visited the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Constitutional Government to find out about the political prisoners in
the Ozama Fortress; he then visited the Ozama Fortress where he interviewed
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a number of civilian and military prisoners. The Commission took note

of the fact that as of today there are 126 political prisoners detained in
the Fortress. Eoth civil and military authorities of the Constitutional
Government afforded the Commission the facilities it needed to carry out
its mission. In the afternoon the Chairman of the Commission visited
La Victoria, penitentiary and interviewed a number of civilian prisoners,
including a woman from San Francisco de Macoris. The Chairman "began
negotiations for the release of two minors detained in the penitentiary.
The authorities of La Victoria confirmed that visits to the penitentiary
were permitted without restrictions of any kind and that special visits
were granted on special authorization. In regard to the relief operation.,
secretariat officals are making observation visits to various towns in the
interior in order to see how food is being distributed.
Jose A. MORA"
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS
GENERAL
SECURITY S/61+97
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COUNCIL ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH
CABLE DATED h JULY 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

In accordance Article 5^- Charter United Nations I have the honour to transmit
to you for information Security Council following text of cable Nc. 281 dated
3 July from the Secretary General OAS to the Chairman Tenth Meeting of Consultation:
"Message No. 281

Chairman Tenth Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers for Foreign Affairs
"Meetings regarding proposal have continued. As announced today, about

1,^00 troops of the United States 82nd Airborne Division will be withdrawn
from Santo Domingo, now that conditions in the area make this withdrawal
possible. During the period from midnight on 1 July to midnight on 2 July,
there were no violations of the cease-fire. As to the activities of the
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, this morning it visited
San Francisco de Macoris, where it was received by Provincial Governor Duarte,
who informed the Commission that in the last few days more than twenty
political prisoners had been released. The Commission was unable to obtain
an interview with the Chief of Police of the town with a view to requesting
information concerning certain persons thought to be prisoners in the
fortress of this town. At midday, the Commission visited Bonao, where it
was met by officials of the army and police, who said that there were no
political prisoners in the town. The Executive Secretary of the Commission
visited Azua to investigate serious complaints of violations of human rights
in that town. Governor Province and Military Commander District supplied
information about cases which had come before them. They indicated that there
were no political prisoners in the town at present and that several persons
detained early in June had been transferred to Santo Domingo. Seventy-two
complaints were received at the Commission's offices today.
Jose A. MORA"
Accept, Sir, etc,
William SANDERS
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376^98
COUNCIL ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH
CABLE DATED k JULY 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF

GENERAL sOF THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance with Article 5^- Charter United Nations I have the honour to
transmit to you for information Security Council following text of cable No. 285
dated h July from the Ad Hoc Committee and the Secretary General to the Chairman
of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation:
"Santo Domingo, k July 1965
"Message No. 285

Washington B.C.
"For the information of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation we transmit

herewith note sent today to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the
Constitutionalist Government.
'Santo Domingo, U July 1965
'No. 59
r
Sir,
T
We have the honour to inform you that the Committee's offices are
receiving numerous complaints from persons living in the constitutionalist
zone and from shopkeepers in the zone about continual violations of
their domiciles and losses of household goods and personal belongings
and the seizure of merchandise from their .shops by members of the
Constitutionalist Command, who offer no payment for what they take.
Other shopkeepers have informed us also that the locks on their premises
have been changed so that they cannot enter to see what state they are
in. You will readily understand how concerned the Committee is to
receive such complaints. Apart from the unfavourable atmosphere which
they tend to produce and the anxiety to which their repetition gives
rise, the frequency of such occurrences would seem to indicate the
existence in the Constitutionalist zone of irresponsible persons whose
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activities tend to throw discredit your Government's policing. The

Committee would be obliged if you would take the necessary steps to
avoid a repetition of acts which militate against the desire to restore
peace and normal conditions in the Dominican Republic.
'Accept} Sir, etc.
Ilmar Penna Marinho


Ellsworth Bunker
United States of America
Jose A. Mora
Secretary General
Dr. Jottin Cury

Minister for Foreign Affairs
Constitutionalist Government
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic'"
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SAHDERS
GENERAL
SECURITY S/61J-99
6 July 1965
COUNCIL ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH
CABLE DATED k JULY 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

In accordance Article ^k Charter United Nations I have the honour to transmit

to you for information Security Council folio-wing text of cable No, 286 dated
k July from the Ad Hoc Committee and the Secretary General of the Organization of
American States to the Chairman of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation:
"Santo Domingo, k July 1965

Pan American Union, Washington
"No. 286
"e have the honour to transmit to you the note 'sent today to
Colonel Francisco Caamano, which reads:
'No. 60
'Sir:
'We have the honour to inform you that, as the fuel supply of the
electricity plant is running out and as the plant supplies electricity
to Santo Domingo and its immediate neighbourhood, a tanker belonging to
the Inter-American Peace Force will berth on the eastern side of the
river Ozatna, at the place known as Punta Torrecilla, on Monday next,
5 July 1965. The object of this operation is to supply the depot with
the fuel-oil required for the normal operation of the electricity plant.
It is no longer possible to unload the oil by the method used hitherto,
by sea, owing to the unfavourable technical conditions. We must draw
your attention to the importance of the operation of this plant to supply
the needs, particularly for light and water, of the population of Santo
Domingo and neighbourhood, which includes the zone under the control of
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the Constitutional Government. Ue therefore request the necessary

co-operation of your Government in order to guarantee the normal conduct
of this operation and the safety of the tanker.
f
Accept; Sir, etc,
Ilmar Penna Marinho,
Ambassador_, Representative of SI Salvador
Ellsworth Bunker,
Ad Her: Ccrn.i.ttee
Jose A. Mora
Secretary General of the
President of the Constitutional Government
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic'"
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SAWDERS
UNITED NATIONS
Distr.
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COUNCIL ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH

In accordance with Article 5^- Charter United Nations I have the honour to
transmit to you for information Security Council following texts of cables
Nos. 288 and 289 dated U July, sent respectively by the Secretary General of the
Organization of American States and the Ad Hoc Committee to the Chairman of the
Tenth Meeting of Consultation:
"Santo Domingo , h July 1965
"No. 288

"For the information of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation, we are

transmitting a copy of the note received from Horacio Vicioso Soto, Minister
for Foreign Affairs,, and the Committee's reply to it:
'Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional,

1 July 1965
'Ambassadors
Ilmar Penna Marinho
Ellsworth Bunker
Members of the Ad Hoc Committee
'Sirs:
'I have the honour to inform you that in the early morning of
19 June the business establishment called "La Espanola" , owned by the
Spanish citizens Eduardo Ferreira Padin, Justo Rodriguez Maire and
Marcelino Galari Rodriguez, situated at 10^ and 106 Avenida Duarte at the
corner of Francisco Henriquez and Carvajel, in Santo Domingo was looted
by persons unknown. The losses are estimated at U8,000 Dominican gold
pesos, made up as follows: ^5,000 in miscellaneous merchandise, at
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import and cost prices; 1,000 in office equipment; 500 in cash, which
was in the cash register of the shop.
'In informing you of the disgraceful occurrence described above, 3

take the liberty of drawing your attention to my note No. 9638 of
27) June 19^5, which places responsibility for such occurrences on the
Inter-American Peace Force and ultimately the Organization of American
States.
'Accept, Sirs, etc.

'Minister for Foreign Affairs'
'Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic,

\ July 1965
'No. 62
'To the Minister for Foreign Affairs^
'Sir,
'We have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note

No. 98^3? dated 1 July 19^5, in which you inform us of a looting which
occurred in a business establishment situated at 10U and 106 Avenida
Duarte.
'The Committee wishes to place on record that it cannot agree with

the statement in your note that the Inter-American Peace Force or the
Organization of American States can be held responsible for the acts of
persons unknown to which your note refers. As you know, your
Government's police authorities have been operating in the international
security zone and the corridor in order to maintain order there. In
accordance with the Committee's note of 27 June, the only thing that
they may not do under the Act of Santo Domingo is to make arrests for
political reasons. The responsibility of the Organization of American
States for acts such as those alleged in your note might be accepted if,
instead of your Government's authorities, the Inter-American Peace Force
were exercising full and exclusive police authority in the zone.
S/6500
English
Page 3
'Accept, Sir, etc.
Ilmar Perm a Marinho,


Ellsworth Bunker
Jose" A. Mora
Secretary General
H.E. Horacio Vicioso Soto,

Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Government of National Reconstruction,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic'
"Accept, Sirs, etc.

Ambassador Ramon de Clairmont Duenas
Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker"
'Santo Domingo, k July 1965
"Message No. 289
"Message for Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa,

"With regard to the information communicated by the Minister for

Foreign Affairs of the Constitutionalist Government that the Brazilian troops
would cross the demarcation line of the safety zone tomorrow, General Alvim,
Commander of the Inter-American Peace Force, has stated that there is no
foundation whatsoever for this piece of news.
Ad Hoc Committee
Jose A. MORA
Secretary General
Organization of American States"
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS,
UN/TED NATIONS Distr.
GENERAL
SECURITY S/6501
8 July 1965
COUNCIL ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH

In accordance with Article ^k of the United Nations Charter, I have the

honour to transmit to you for the information of the Security Council the following
text in Spanish of cable No. 273 dated 2 July, the English text of which I
transmitted to you on 5 July:
"No. 273
"Mr. William Sanders

Secretary General Meeting of Consultation
Washington, D.C,
"I am transmitting the agreement signed today concerning the opening of

an account "between the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, a banking
institution organized in accordance with the laws of the Dominican Republic,
represented by Dr. Diogenes H. Fernandez, Governor of said Bank and its legal
representative according to sub-paragraph (b) of article 28 of the organic
law of said banking institution hereinafter referred to as the Bank, on the
one hand, and the Tan-American Union,' General' Secretariat of the Organization
of American States, represented by Dr, Jose A. Mora, Secretary General of the
Organization of American States, hereinafter referred to as the Union, on the
other:
'Considering that on JO June 1965 an agreement was signed between

the Union and the Agency for International Development (AID) under which
the latter agreed to transfer to the Union a specified sum of money to
help to promote the economic and political stability of the Dominican
Republic and thus enable both parties to contribute to the welfare of
the Dominican people,
'Considering that the Bank and the Union regard the aforementioned
assistance as of vital national Interest and should therefore facilitate
the necessary banking operations, especially in view of the conditions
now prevailing in the country,
'They agree as follows:
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'1. The Union undertakes to deposit in the account held by the

Central Bank of the Dominican Republic in the Federal Reserve Bank of
New York the sums of money it receives from the Agency for International
Development (AID) pursuant to the agreement signed on 30 June 1965
mentioned above.
"2. The Bank undertakes to deliver to the Union, in part or in

full; as the latter may choose, in Dominican gold pesos, the amounts
deposited by the Union in dollars in the Bank's account in the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, on the understanding that the rate of
conversion applied by the Bank shall be at par, that is, one Dominican
gold peso for every dollar deposited. This obligation for the transfer
of funds and exchange assumed by the Bank vis-a-vis the Union shall
become executory immediately after the Bank has been notified in -writing,
either by cable or by letter, by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York of
the amounts credited to the Bank's account.
'3 The Union undertakes to inform the Bank in writing of the names
of the persons who may, jointly or individually, by endorsing documents
or instruments approved by the parties, withdraw sums held in Dominican
pesos in an account which the Bank shall open in its books in the name
of the Union.
'Done and signed in two originals in the city of Santo Domingo,

National District, Dominican Republic, on this thirtieth- day of June of
the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-five (1965).
'For the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic:

Diogenes H. Fernandez
Governor
For the Pan-American Union, General Secretariat of
the Organization of American States:
Jose A. Mora
Secretary General'
Jose* A. MORA"
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS
GENERAL
SECURITY S/650U
6 July 1965
COUNCIL ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH

In accordance with Article 5^ Charter United Nations I have the honour to

transmit to you for information Security Council cable No. 297 of today's date
sent by the Secretary General of the OAS to the Chairman of the Tenth Meeting
of Consultation:
"Santo Domingo,
5 July 1965
"Message No. 297

Washington, D.C.
"At approximately 3 p.m. on 5 July the office of Colonel Caamario

announced that three bursts of mortar fire coming from the north of the city
had wounded three persons in his zone. A team of investigators of the
Inter-American Peace Force was immediately dispatched to the scene. As soon
as we receive their report we shall transmit it to the Meeting. The Unified
Command has stated that the fire did not come from the forces under its
control. The Unified Command added that a little after 8 p.m., at control
position No. 75 a few shots were fired on Nicaraguan troops of the Inter-
American Peace Force and that they returned the fire.
Ad Hoc Committee
Ilmar Penna Marinho

Ellsworth Bunker
Special Delegate of the United States
Jose A. Mora
Accept, Sir, etc,

65-16580
SECURITY
C O U N C I L ^KS-ll? ENGLISH
^Z^^~=^ ORIGINAL: SPANISH

In accordance with Article 5^ Charter United Nations I have the honour to

transmit to you for information Security Council following text of cable No. 292
sent by the Secretary General of this Organization:
"No. 292
"Ambassador Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa,

Report for Sunday U July
"This morning the Commission on Human Rights visited the La Victoria

penitentiary and was received by the Governor of the institution, who
supplied information requested. It was noted that although today was not
a visiting day, the Governor authorized family visits. The Commission was
able to talk to many of the prisoners and obtain information concerning
treatment they received. In the course of the day, the Commission's office
received twenty persons and many communications containing information.
Between 29 June and 2 July the staff of the following institutions were
paid: municipal councils, the legislature, the executive, the Office of
the President, the Ministries of State, Agriculture, Water Resources,
Finance, Foreign Affairs, Public Health, Justice and the Armed Forces,
including the National Police. Also, personnel of the Dominican Air Force,
the Armed Forces Education Centre, the Audit Office and the administration
of the international airport] total amount paid: 3A35^^7'5^ Dominican
pesos."
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS
65-16576
UNITED NATIONS
Distr.
GENERAL
SECURITY
8/6509
COUNCIL 7 July 1965
ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH

GSNERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
In accordance with Article 5*1- United Nations Charter, I have the honour to
transmit to you for information Security Council cable No. JOJ of today's date
from the Ad_Koc Committee to tue Chairman of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation:
''Message No. 505
"Mr. Guillermo Sev.iUa Sacasa

ChaiTiuc.!! Tenth Hooting of Consultation
Pan AiLerican Union,, Washington, D.C.
"The Unified Conjn?.nd. of the Inter-American Peace Force reported late on
6 July ah 11JO Colon 2! Ca<"-aanors forces had attacked the Latin American
Brigade's sector- particularly the Avenida Independencia, held by the Nicaraguan
forces, and CdJ.lt Bolivar, held by Fonduran company and Brazilian battalion. They
used light -weapons of all types. The Latin American troops returned the fire and
there were no casualties in the Inter-American Peace Torce. The Unified. Command
immediately communicated with Colonel Caamano's Chief of Operations and asked him
to stop the attack, immediately so as to prevent an aggravation of the incident.
At 12 midnight, the Unified Command reported that it had been able to check on the
firing. Colonel Caamano's troops had fired over the heads of the United States
troops in the corridor, who held their fire. The Unified Command reported that
troops of the Inter -American Peace Force had observed some shooting among
Colonel Caamano's forces near Ozama Fortress.
Ad Hoc Committee
Ilraar Penna Marinho, special representative of Brazil

Ramon de Clairmont Duenas, special representative of
El Salvador
Ellsworth Bunker, special representative of the United States'* i
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS
65-1667^
GENERAL
SECURITY S/6505
8 July 1965
COUNCIL ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH
LETTER DATED 6 JULY 19^5 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

In the absence of the Secretary General, acting In accordance with Article 5^-
of the United Nations Charter I have the honour to transmit to you for the
information of the Security Council copies of notes Nos. 5k and 56, dated 28 and
30 June 1965.1 addressed to Mr. Horacio Vicioso Soto and Colonel Francisco Caamano Deno
respectively by the Ad Hoc Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS
65-16851
IJan A m e r i c a n Union, W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. 1965
Doc. 21? (English)

5 July 1965
Original: Spanish
The Secretary General of the Tenth Meeting, of Consultation of

Ministers of Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Special
Delegate and has the honor, in accordance with instructions from the
President of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation at the request of the
Ad Hoc Committee, to send him copies of letters numbers ^k and 56,
dated last June 28 and 3G which the Ad Hoc Committee sent to
1-ir. Horacio Vicioso Soto and to Colonel Francisco Caamano Deno,
respectively.
Doc. 21? (English)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

June 28, 1965
No. 5^
Sir:
We are pleased to acknowledge receipt of your note No. 9661, dated
June 2k , in which you desired to establish the position of the Government
of National Reconstruction in relation to the Safety Zone, indicating that
the right of asylum does not exist in that zone, that paragraph 3 of the
Act of Santo Domingo refers only to persons who reside permanently in that
zone, and that the Government of National Reconstruction has exclusive
responsibility for the exercise of police power and for the maintenance of
law and order in that zone.
In reply, the Commission wishes to state that the interpretation given
to the Act of Santo Domingo is incorrect in various aspects, and it desires
to point out the following:
1. That in a note addressed to the Secretary General of the Organiza-
tion of American States dated May 9 of this year, the President of the
Government of National Reconstruction stated that "the Government that I
head accepts the terms of the Act of Santo Domingo of May 5, 1965, as it
was signed by the Military Junta." With that acceptance, the Government
of National Reconstruction assumed all the obligations that the Military
Junta that preceded it had contracted.
2. Paragraph 3 of the Act of Santo Domingo stipulates that: "The
Parties bind themselves especially to respect this safety zone, within which
there is guaranteed, in the manner that the Organization of American States
may deem appropriate, adequate protection and safety for all persons found
within that zone of refuge."
His Excellency
Government of National Reconstruction
? This provision had its origin in paragraph 2 of the Resolution

adopted unanimously (including the vote of the Representative of the
Dominican Republic) by the Council of the Organization of American States
on April 30, 1965, which reads as follows:
"To make an urgent appeal to the same authorities, political
countries will be given safe haven."
From the foregoing, and as a consequence of the situation existing at
that time, as well as of the negotiations that led to the signing of the
Act, it is clear that the words "all persons found within that zone of
refuge'1 cannot be limited to the persons who "reside permanently in that
zone" but rather include all persons who are found therein at any time.
**. We call your attention to the fact that "...adequate protection
and safety" is guaranteed in paragraph 3 to "all persons" "in the manner
that the Organization of American States may deem appropriate.11 We like-
wise call your attention to paragraph 7 of that Act, which states: "The
Parties declare that they accept and recognize the full competence of the
Special Committee appointed by the Tenth, Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, for purposfes of the faithful observance of
what is agreed to in this Agreement."
5 Consequently, and in the exercise of the responsibility that
belongs to it since the Government of National Reconstruction has accepted
the Act of Santo Domingo, the Ad Hoc Committee considers that, until a
definitive solution to the Dominican problem is found, the most practical
method for guaranteeing adequate protection to the persons within the
safety zone would be to establish close collaboration between the Unified
Command of the Inter-American Peace Force and the police authorities of
that Government. In any case, neither the Ad Hoc Committee nor the Inter-
American Peace Force could recognize a right of the police authorities of
that Government to make arrests for political reasons in the Safety Zone.
Therefore, the Ad Hoc Committee has addressed the Unified Command of the
Inter-American Peace Force to the effect that it take appropriate measures
in order to prevent arrests of that type.
6. The Unified Command of the Inter-American Peace Force has issued

revised regulations concerning entrance into and departure from the Safety
Zone as well as the Communication Corridor, a copy of which I am sending
you for your information. It will be noted that, in accordance therewith,
members of the armed forces of the Government of National Reconstruction
and of the Constitutionalist Government may enter that zone only when they
are not bearing arras. The Inter-American Peace Force has not established
a curfew within that zone or in the Communication Corridor, since it does
not consider that measure necessary for the adequate protection and safety
of the persons in that zone.
Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of our highest consideration.
Ilmar Penna Marinho

Ram&n de Clairraont Duefias
Ellsworth Bunker
Ambassador, Representative of the United States
of America
Doc. 21? (English)

June 30, 1965
No. 56
Sir:
The Ad Hoc Committee has carefully studied all aspects of the present
situation regarding the cease-fire*
In this regard, it should be remembered that, prior to June 15 more
than 900 violations of the cease-fire provoked by the forces of the Consti-
tutionalist Command had been recorded, which caused considerable casualties
to the Inter-American Peace Force, in both dead and wounded, and that on
the aforementioned date the constitutionalist forces launched several
attacks in different sectors of the Communication Line and at border points
of the Safety Zone, including high land to the south of the electric power
plant. This obliged the Inter-American Peace Force, in self-defenses to
return the fire and, for the purpose of assuring its positions, to maintain
temporarily certain advanced positions to the south and to the west of the
Communication Line, with the approval of this Committee*
The Committee has carefully considered your request that the inter-
American forces withdraw to the positions they occupied on last June 14.
In that consideration we have taken into account the following factors:
1. It is vitally important to maintain the security of the Inter-
American Peace Force in view of the losses and casualties suffered by that
Force during recent weeks, as a consequence of attacks coming from the
constitutionalist forces, especially in the zone where the electric power
plant is located*
20 The Inter-American Peace Force is responsible for the observance
of the cease-fire.
3 The necessity for the electric power plant to operate without
interruption and without restriction of any kind. As you know, all the
population of Santo Domingo, including that of the constitutionalist zone,

as well as that which lives in bordering sectors, depends on the services

of that plant for satisfying its vital needs for light, power, and water.
The foregoing considerations have led the Committee to conclude that
for the time being it is advisable to maintain the positions that the
Inter-American Peace Force is temporarily occupying.
Very truly ycyurs,
Ilmar Penna Marinho

Ambassador| Representative of Brazil

Ellsworth Bunker
Ambassador| Representative of the
DC/1226
GENERAL
SECURITY S/6505
8 July 1965
COUNCIL ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH
LETTER DATED 6 JULY 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

In the absence of the Secretary General, acting in accordance with Article 5^

of the United Nations Charter I have the honour to transmit to you for the
information of the Security Council copies of notes Nos. 5^ and 56, dated 28 and
30 June 1965? addressed to Mr. Horacio Vicioso Soto and Colonel Francisco Caamano Deno
respectively by the Ad Hoc Committee of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
Accept, Sir, etc.
William SANDERS
65-16851
O R G A N I Z A T I O N OF A M E R I C A N S T A T E S
?an American Union, Washington, D.C. 1965
Doc. 21? (English)

5 July 1965
Original: Spanish
The Secretary General of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs presents his compliments to the Special
Delegate and has the honor, in accordance with instructions from the
President of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation at the request of the
Ad Hoc Committee, to send him copies of letters numbers 5^ and 56,
dated last June 28 and 3G which the Ad Hoc Committee sent to
tir. Horacio Vicioso Soto and to Colonel Francisco Caamario Deno,
respectively.
Doc. 217 (English)

June 28, 1965
No. 5b
Sir:
We are pleased to acknowledge receipt of your note No 9661, dated
June 24, in which you desired to establish the position of the Government
of National Reconstruction in relation to the Safety Zone, indicating that
the right of asylum does not exist in that zone, that paragraph 3 of the
Act of Santo Domingo refers only to persons who reside permanently in that
zone, and that the Government of National Reconstruction has exclusive
responsibility for the exercise of police power and for the maintenance of
law and order in that zone.
In reply, the Commission wishes to state that the interpretation given
to the Act of Santo Domingo is incorrect in various aspects, and it desires
to point out the following:
1. That in a note addressed to the Secretary General of the Organiza-
tion of American States dated May 9 of this year, the President of the
Government of National Reconstruction stated that "the Government that I
head accepts the terms of the Act of Santo Domingo of May 5 1965, as it
was signed by the Military Junta." With that acceptance, the Government
of National Reconstruction assumed all the obligations that the Military
Junta that preceded it had contracted.
2. Paragraph 3 of the Act of Santo Domingo stipulates that: "The
Parties bind themselves especially to respect this safety zone, within which
there is guaranteed, in the manner that the Organization of American States
may deem appropriate, adequate protection and safety for all persons found
within that zone of refuge."
His Excellency
Government of National Reconstruction
3. This provision had its origin in paragraph 2 of the Resolution

adopted unanimously (including the vote of the Representative of the
Dominican Republic) by the Council of the Organization of American States
on April 30, 1965, which reads as follows:
"To make an urgent appeal to the same authorities, political
be respected by all opposing forces and within which nationals of an
countries will be given safe haven."
From the foregoing, and as a consequence of the situation existing at
that time, as well as of the negotiations that led to the signing of the
Act, it is clear that the words "all persons found within that zone of
refuge" cannot be limited to the persons who "reside permanently in that
zone" but rather include all persons who are found therein at any time.
k. We call your attention to the fact that "...adequate protection
and safety" is guaranteed in paragraph 3 to "all persons" "in the manner
that the Organization of American States may deem appropriate." We like-
wise call your attention to paragraph 7 of that Act, which states: "The
Parties declare that they accept and recognize the full competence of the
Special Committee appointed by the Tenth, Meeting of Consultation of
Ministers of Foreign Affairs, for purposes of the faithful observance of
what is agreed to in this Agreement."
5* Consequently, and in the exercise of the responsibility that
belongs to it since the Government of National Reconstruction has accepted
the Act of Santo Domingo, the Ad Hoc Committee considers that, until a
definitive solution to the Dominican problem is found, the most practical
method for guaranteeing adequate protection to the persons within the
safety zone would be to establish close collaboration between the Unified
Command of the Inter-American Peace Force and the police authorities of
that Government. In any case, neither the Ad Hoc Committee nor the Inter-
American Peace Force could recognize a right of the police authorities of
that Government to make arrests for political reasons in the Safety Zone.
Therefore, the Ad Hoc Committee has addressed the Unified Command of the
Inter-American Peace Force to the effect that it take appropriate measures
in order to prevent arrests of that type.
6. The Unified Command of the Inter-American Peace Force has issued

revised regulations concerning entrance into and departure from the Safety
Zone as 'well as the Communication Corridor, a copy of which I am sending
you for your information. It will be noted thatt in accordance therewith,
members of the armed forces of the Government of National Reconstruction
and of the Constitutionalist Government may enter that zone only when they
are not bearing arras. The Inter-American Peace Force has not established
a curfew within that zone or in the Communication Corridor, since it does
not consider that measure necessary for the adequate protection and safety
of the persons in that zone.
Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of our highest consideration.
Ilmar Penna Marinho

Ram&n de Clairmont Duefias
Ambassador, Representative of EL Salvador
Ellsworth Bunker
Ambassador, Representative of the United States
of America
- k- Doc. 21? (English)

June 30, 1965
No. 56
Sir:
The Ad Hoc Committee has carefully studied all. aspects of the present
situation regarding the cease-fire*
In this regard, it should be remembered that, prior to June 15 more
than 900 violations of the cease-fire provoked by the forces of the Consti-
tutionalist Command had been recorded, which caused considerable casualties
to the Inter-American Peace Force, in both dead and wounded, and that on
the aforementioned date the constitutionalist forces launched several
attacks in different sectors of the Communication Line and at border points
of the Safety Zone, including high land to the south of the electric power
plant* This obliged the Inter-American Peace Force, in self-defense, to
return the fire and, for the purpose of assuring its positions, to maintain
temporarily certain advanced positions to the south and to the west of the
Communication Line, with the approval of this Committee*
The Committee has carefully considered your request that the inter-
American forces withdraw to the positions they occupied on last June 14.
In that consideration we have taken into account the following factors:
1. It is vitally important to maintain the security of the Inter-
American Peace Force in view of the losses and casualties suffered by that
Force during recent weeks, as a consequence of attacks coming from the
constitutionalist forces, especially in the zone where the electric power
plant is located.
20 The Inter-American Peace Force is responsible for the observance
of the cease-fire.
3 The necessity for the electric power plant to operate without
interruption and without restriction of any kind. As you know, all the
population of Santo Domingo, including that of the constitutionalist zone,
Colonel Francisco Caarcano Deno

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as well as that which lives in bordering sectors, depends on the services

of that plant for satisfying its vital needs for light, power, and water*
The foregoing considerations have led the Committee to conclude tha*
for the time being it is advisable to maintain, the positions that the
Inter-American Peace Force is temporarily occupying.
Very truly yours,
Ilmar Penna Marinho


Ambassador, Representative of EL Salvador
Ellsworth Bunker
EC/1226
UN/TED NAT/ONS Distr.
GENERAL
8 JuLy
C r\
U 1U1
NML rI M
L ENGLISH
ORIGINAL: SPANISH
CABLE DATED 7 JULY 19^5 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF

. In accordance with Article 5^ of the United Nations Charter, I have the

honour to transmit to you for the information of the Security Council
cable No. 307 sent today "by the Director of the Secretariat Services of the OAS
in the Dominican Republic to the Secretary General of the OAS:
"No. 307
"Dr. Jose A. Mora,

Secretary General of the
"Yesterday the Inter -American Commission on Human Rights had an -

interview with Jottin Cury, Constitutionalist Minister for Foreign Affairs,
and Acting Mayor Peguero with reference to certain questions concerning
human rights. In the afternoon it had an interview with Monsignor Clarizio,
Apostolic Nuncio, with reference to the situation as regards human rights
in the Dominican Republic. On Tuesday seventy-two complaints of violations
of human rights were dealt with. Today the Commission visited
San Pedro Macoris to look into various complaints received as result of the
events occurring at Ramon Santana Thursday night, 1 July. The Commandant
of the National Police of San Pedro Macoris offered full facilities and
supplied information requested. The Commission was informed that several
of the persons detained had been transferred to the police prison at
Santo Domingo. The Commission interviewed one prisoner and two policemen
who had been wounded at Ramon Santana. The office of the Commission dealt
with forty-one claims and received numerous applications from persons whose
earlier claims are pending.
"Accept, Sir, etc .
Santiago ORTIZ
Director of Secretariat Services of the OAS
in the Dominican Republic"
Accept, Sir, etc

William SANDERS
65-16731
UNITED NATIONS
Distr.
GENERAL
SECURITY
S/6515
COUNCIL 9 July 1965
ENGLISH
LETTER DATED 8 JULY 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL

In accordance with Article 54 of the United Nations Charter, I have the

honour to transmit to you for the information of the Security Council copies in
English and Spanish of the "Grant Agreement" (Doc. 21^) and the "Memorandum of
Agreement" (Doc. 215) entered into on ^0 June 1965 by and "between the Organization
of American States and the United States of America.
Accept, Sir, etc.
(Signed) Jose A. KORA

Secretary General
65-16901
f ENTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
,Pan American Union, Washington, D.C. 1965
Doe. 2lU (English)

k July 1965
Original: English
GRANT AGREElffiNT
Grant Agreement datc-.d Jur^ 50, 1965 between the Pan American Union,
Genera"!. Secretariat-of the Greanization of American Stabes, (hereinafter
referifcd to as the UrIor>} ana. the Agency for International Development
(hereinafter referred to as AID) an Agency of the United States of America.
WKSSEAS, the parties have been cooperating in activities to promote
economic and political stabilitjr in the Dominican Republic and to contrib-
ute to the welfare of the Dominican people; and
WHEREAS, the parties have determined that there is an immediate and
urgent need for additional emergency financing for such activities; and
WHEREAS^ necessary planning for carrying out such activities in a
sound manner has been completed; and
WHEREAS, the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Foreign Ministers of
the American Republics, by resolution dated May 20, 1965 has entrusted
the Secretary General of the CAS, in an effort to restore peace and the
normal conditions that will make it possible to establish the bases for
the functioning of democratic institutions in the Dominican Republic, to
"offer his good offices to the parties in conflict, with a view to the
establishment of a climate of peace and conciliation that will permit
the functioning of democratic institutions in the Dominican Republic."
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
Section 1. The Grant; AID agrees to grant to the Union up to
SEVENTEEN MILLION DOLLARS^DOLS 17,000,000) to assist in promoting the
economic and political stability of the Dominican Republic by providing
financing for the activities described in Section 2.
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geetion 2. Eligible Items. The following items ("eligible items")

shall be eligible for financing under the grant:
(A) Salaries and wages of public employees, including employees of
semi-autonomous agencies and military personnel (but not including
military pensions);
(B) Expenditures essential to the continued operation of public
and private enterprises important to the economy of the Dominican Republic;
(C) Emergency public works activities to provide expanded employ-
ment opportunities for unemployed laborers in the Dominican Republic; and
(D) Such other Emergency Activities as may be agreed upon by the
parties hereto.
(A) At such time as the OAS ad hoc committee for the restoration
of democratic order in the Dominican Republic, through the Secretary
General of the QAS, requests Am to disburse the grant, AID shall make
cash transfer disbursement of the grant in accordance with the Memorandum
of Agreement,
(B) Prior to any disbursement by AID, the Union shall have entered
into arrangements with the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (Central
Bank) whereby said Central Bank shall have agreed to make available, in
exchange for the dollars to be disbursed, an equivalent amount of Dominican
pesos to finance eligible items, at a rate of exchange satisfactory to AID,
(c) Dominican pesos generated in accordance with the foregoing
procedures shall be disbursed to finance eligible itemn in accordance with
procedures previously agreed upon by the Central Bank and the parties
hereto.
(D) Disbursements of dollars or Dominican pesos may also be made
by such other means as may be agreed upon by the parties hereto.
Section U. Implementation.
(A) The Union shall carry out this agreement and the activities to
be financed hereunder with due diligence and eff iciency, and in accordance
with sound commercial and financial practices. The Union shall exercise
its rights in relation to eligible items so as to protect the interest of
the Dominican people, the Union and AID and to properly meet the require-
ments and discharge the obligations of the Union under this agreement,
and to facilitate the success of activities financed hereunder.
- 3- Doc. 21^ (English)
Section 5.
This agreement is made and entered into subject to the Memorandum
of Agreement between the parties hereto dated Jane go, 1965, the provi-
sions of which shall apply to activities under this agreement as fully
as if the provisions thereof were set forth herein.
Section 6
Up to $250,000 of the grant may be used to finance admiuiatrative
expenses of"the Union in carrying out activities under t'.rl.s agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Pan American Union and the Agency for
International Development, each acting through their duly authorized
representatives, have caused this agreement to be execi,^.d a.; of the
day and the year first above vricitten.
(s) Dr. Jose" A. Mora (s) W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.

Secretary General of the Ambassador of the
Organization of American States United States of America
PC/1213
Pan A m e r i c a n Union, Washington, D.C. 1965

i
Doc. 215 (English)

U July 1965
Original: English
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE

GOTEHSMENT OF THE UNTIED STATES OF AMERICA
AM) THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES
THIS MEMORANDUM OP AGREEMENT, made and entered into this thirtieth

day of June 1965, by and between the Government of the United States of
America, acting through Ambassador W. Tapley Bennett, Jr., hereinafter
calle.d the "United States, " and the Pan American Union as the Secretariat
of the Organization of American States, acting through Secretary General
Dr Jose* A. Mora, hereinafter called the "Union."
WHEREAS, the General Secretariat of the Organization of American
States, pursuant to the Resolution of the Tenth Meeting of Consultation
of Ministers of Foreign Affairs, approved on May 20, 1965 and the Resolu-
tion approved on June 2, 1965, and under the direction of the Secretary
General of the OAS and the Ad Hoc Committee established by the last cited
Resolution, is carrying out an emergency program of economic and technical
assistance to aid in the economic recovery of the Dominican Republic;
WHEREAS, the United States deems it desirable to participate in such
an emergency program of economic recovery by providing financial assistance
under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
A. The Union may from time to time undertake to provide, for a period
of at least one year, programs of economic recovery in the Dominican
Republic in accordance with the terms of this agreement.
B. When appropriate or when requested by the United States, the Union
will submit to the United States detailed justification for specific
amounts of funds being requested under this agreement. Each such
presentation will include analyses of self-help actions being taken
in the Dominican Republic.
C. After approval of a Union request, dollar funds will be deposited to

, the Dominican Central Bank account maintained in the Federal Reserve
Bank in Hew York in exchange for Dominican peso equivalent which will
be credited by the Central Bank to a Union account in that bank.
ARTICLE II
A. The amount of assistance made available to date totals $15,000,000,

and, subject to availability of funds appropriated by the United
States Congress, additional amounts of assistance may be made avail-
able as mutually agreed upon.
B Funds made available unde.r this agreement ir^y be used to cover
administrative expenses of the Union in canning out the programs
contemplated herein to th-3 extent agreed upon by the parties hereto.
C. Programs financed through this agreement may also be supported by
ether member countries OT' the Organization of American States and
international organizations.
D. To the extent mutually agreed upon, the United States shall make
available personnel and assistance needed for the purpose of this
agreement.
E. The emergency programs of economic assistance which have been
financed by prior assistance and supervised by the Union shall be
considered as carried out pursuant to this agreement. The financial
aspects of such programs shall be reflected in the financial records
of the Union, and the related records of transactions shall be the
property of the Union. Such records shall be kept in accordance
with sound accounting principles and shall be subject to United
States inspection at any time until three years following con-
clusion of all emergency programs established hereunder.
F. ET either party fails to abide by the conditions set forth in this
agreement, or deems it in its best interest, it may terminate this
assistance immediately upon giving written notice to the other. If
the Union should receive such a notice of revocation, or give such
notice of revocation to AID, it shall take immediate action to
minimize expenditures and obligations financed by this agreement
and shall cancel all such obligations whenever possible. The Union
shall, within fifteen days after the effective date of such revoca-
tion repay to the United States all unexpended portions of the funds
theretofore paid by the United States to the Union which are not
otherwise obligated by a legally binding transaction within the
purpose of this agreement.
The funds made available by the United States pursuant to this

agreement may be utilized during a mutually agreeable period, such
period beginning prior to June 30, 1965, and ending no later than
June 30, 1966. The Union will submit to the United States an
original and two copies of a certified financial statement showing
expenditures and receipts. Such report will be submitted within
twenty days after the close of each month, and at such other times
as may be requested by the United States. This fiscal report shall
include certification signed by an authorized representative of the
Union as follows:
t!
The undersigned hereby certifies: l) that t:?2 expenditures
reflected on this report are proper under the terms of the agreement;
and 2) that such detailed supporting information as the United States
. may require will be furnished by the Union promptly to the United
States on request.
By_
H. Financial transactions under this agreement shall be periodically
audited at intervals satisfactory to the United States by accountants
satisfactory to the United States. The Union will furnish to the
United States copies of all audit reports prepared by a firm of
certified public accountants in relation to the financial transactions
under this agreement.
ARTICLE III
Upon completion of the programs of economic recovery covered by this

agreement all unexpended funds and all balances of collections on loans
shall revert to the United States and to other contributing governments
prorated on the basis of contributions, and shall be refunded by the Union
to the participating governments within fifteen days.
ARTICLE IV
Nothing contained in this agreement' shall be construed as creating
a contractual relationship between the United States and any person,
contractor or sub-contractor employed by the Union.
ARTICLE V
This agreement shall be implemented by further agreements, or letters
of understanding to be entered into by the parties hereto at subsequent dates.
(s) Dr. Jose" A. Mora (s) W. Tapley Bennett, Jr.

Secretary General of the Ambassador of the
Organization of American States United States of America
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UN/TED NATIONS

CABLE DATED 29 APRIL 1965 FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

(Signed) Jose A. MORA

CABLE DATED JO APRIL 1965 FROM THE SECRETARY -GENERAL

To designate the Pan-American Union at Washington, E.G., as the site

(Signed) Jose A. MORA

CABIS BAOED 1 MAT 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SSCTf^CAlT/^MfCRAL OF SHE

In the absence of the Secretary-General and in accordance with Article 5^

"^. Requests the American Governments and the Secretary-General of the

nrl newyork 41 17 175Qedst

LETTER DATED 12 MAY 1965 FROM THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL OF

(Signed) William SANDERS

TENTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Pan A m e r i c a n Union, W a s h i n g t o n , D.C. 1965

Submitted at the Fourth Plenary Session (closed)

On May 1, 1965 the Tenth Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign

In accordance with the aforementioned resolution of the Tenth Meeting

embassies of the various American countries, and the chiefs of mission of

III. A PRIMARY OBJECTIVE

The Special Committee unanimously decided to lose no time in taking steps

According to telephone conversations between the Secretary General of

The Council has requested me to make this humanitarian message

Dr, Jose A Moi'a, Secretary General

1. /That7 assurance is given to save the lives of all persons,regard-

2. That an Organization of American States commission shall agree to__

Nevertheless, in spite of this preliminary agreement signed by the two

IV. CONFERENCES WITH BOTH SIDES

On Monday morning, May 3 the members of the Special Committee went

The Special Committee explained its terms of reference as set forth in

a) The command headed by Colonel Francisco Caamano complained that

e) Above all, the command wanted a clarification and a guaranty regard-

To make an. urgent appeal to the same authorities, political

The command headed by Colonel Francisco Caamano emphatically and

In the course of the interview Colonel Francisco Caamano and his

Three additional questions were cleared up during this interviex^ with

and the Chiefs of Mission of the 'Embassies accredited in Santo Domingo

The Special Committee, for physical reasons of communication with the

The Special Committee, in the presence of the dean of the diplomatic

Throughout the interview its President, Colonel Benoit, spoke on behalf

Colonel Benoit likewise said he had not wished to order an attack on

The Special Committee endeavored to ascertain whether it was true that

Seal of the Dominican Republic

April 28, 1965

The Ambassador of the United States

Dear Mr. Ambassador:

Regarding my earlier request I wish to add that American lives

PEDRO BARTOLOME BENOIT

V. RATIFICATION AND EXPANSION OF THE CEASE-FIRE

In accordance with the resolution adopted on May 1, 1965S by the Tenth

To this end, it convoked the authorized representatives of the two

a) Acceptance of an Act that would expressly ratify the cease-fire

e) Guaranties for the evacuation of asylees in the foreign embassies

g) Full and explicit recognition of the competence of the Special

In order to prepare the fulfilment of the agreementas soon as the

Moreover, the Special Committee requested the military advisers of

Likewise, in order to prepare all the measures for the application of

The Committee appointed by the Tenth Meeting of Consultation wishes

The Committee is convinced that this is the most urgent of the

VI. REPORTS TO THE TENTH MEETING OF CONSULTATION

On May *+, 1965, the Special Committee reported to the rresident of

Santo Domingo, k May 1965

telephone communications received today, I wish to report the

Second: Committee, in addition to interviews mentioned above, has

Third: Committee will return as soon as it obtains the results of