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CIA DOMINICAN REPU3LIC SITUATION REPORT
ALTHOUGH DOMINICANS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ARE ANXIOUSETURN TO NORMALITY, THE HARDENING INTRASIGENCE OF BOTH THE IMBERT AND THE CAAMANO CAMPS IS MAKING THE POSSIBILITYEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT INCREASINGLY REMOTE.
THE IM3ERT FORCES ARE NOW REFERRING TO ALL ELEMENTS IN THE RE3EL CAMP AS "COMMUNISTS- AND ARE CALLING FOR THEIRELIMINATION. FRUSTRATED BY THE CEASEFIRE AND THE AMERICAN TROOPS THAT ARE INHIBITING LOYALIST ACTION AGAINST THE REBEL STRONGHOLD, IMBERT CONTINUES TO TALK OF THE "POPULAR DEMANDS" FOR LHE ARMING OF CIVILIANS TO DO. THE EXTENT TO WHICH IK3ERTORCES ARE THEMSELVES GENERATING THESE "POPULAR DE-HANDS" CANNOT BE ASCERTAINED AT THIS TIME. IT IS CLEAR BOTH THAT HE IS EXPLOITING THEM TO THE UTMOST AND THAT THEREENUINE UPSURGE OF ANTI-COSMUNIST SENTIMENT IN VARIOUSPARTICULARLY AMONG THE MIDDLE AND UPPER CLASSES AND IN THE TRADITIONALLY CONSERVATIVE AREAS IN AND AROUND SANTIAGO.
IMBERT APPEARS TO BE EM30LDENED BY THE INCREASINGOF HIS REGIME TO RENEGE ON SOME OF THE COMMITTMENTS HE MACE LAST WEEK TO THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATESOR AHE HAS STALLED ON IMPLEMENTING HIS PROMISE TO TURN RADIO SANTO DOMINGO OVER TO THE OAS AND NOV SEEMS INTENT ON KEEPING THE STATION UNDER THE CONTROL OF HIS GOVERNMENT. ON THE QUESTION OF SALARY PAYMENTS TO GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, WHICH HE HAD AGREED COULD BE HANDLED BY THE OAS, HE HASSTALLED AND YESTERDAY BEGAN ISSUING LARGE AMOUNTS IN GOVERNMENT CHECKS ON HIS OWN AUTHORITY. ALARMED AT THE INFLATIONARY THREAT PRESENTEDHIS MOVE, THE OAS MOVED TROOPS TO THE CENTRAL BANK TO PREVENT ANY UNAUTHORIZED WITHDRAWALS. (THE BANK IS LOCATED WITHIN THE INTERNATIONAL SAFETYMBERT THEN PROCEEDED TO BLAST THE OASFOR "OCCUPYING" THE BANK WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF HIS GOVERNMENT.
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meanwhilei there is no letup in the re3el propagandacondemning the united states for trying to impose pol-itcial solutions contrary to the people's interests.on the communication which the caamano government sent tooreign governments requesting diplomatic support against the united states, the us embassy stated late yesterday that thisapproach" demonstrates that the caamanotself firmly im the company nc n
& In the dominican interior are becoming more restive. in santiago yesterday mem3ersominican revolutionary party cprd) and other pro-rebel groups tried to break up interviews being conductednited nations team visitinr the city. at least nine agitators werewhen they tried to getrowd to holdantiago park. also yesterday, the pspd in santiago wasimeographed leaflet attacking us policy* "in the dominican republic.
conrado gonzalez has emerged as the de facto leader of the pro em the santiago area, according to the americanthere. he apparently has the cooperation of the telephone operators who are providing him with priorhe arrival of the united nations teas no touring the area. this permits him to organize groups of rebelto meet with the un team to the exclusion of other political groups. hea3ly successful with this tactic in san'francisco de macoris on wednesday and initiallyin santiago yesterday, until the disturbances referred to in the previous paragraph took place. gp-1
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