CABLE TO COL. COOK FROM SITUATION ROOM RE DOMINICAN GOVERNMENT.

Created: 5/24/1965

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COL COOK FOR THE PRESIDENT AND SZCRETAHJ MCNANARA

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THE FOLLOWING REPORTHAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MR- -

ATTENTION AND HE, IN TURN, FEELS THE PRESIDENT WILL WANT -

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ANTONIO GUEffAN FERNANDEZ,THE PROPOSED PRESIDENTEW, BROADLY - ttt-BASED DOMINICANROTHER-IN-LAW OF TULIO ARVELONjCAN C

IN-ORDER TOALLEGATIONS. BUT HAVE DISCOVERED NO INFORMATION WHICH.WOU.LD TEND TO CONFIRM THEM. THE FOLLOWING REVIEW OF BOTH THE ARVELO AND GUZMAN FAMILY TREES, WHILE STILL NOT ALTOGETHERLEAVES NO APPARENT '. ROOMLOSE, DIRECT. MARITAL OR BLOOD RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANTONIO GUZMAN AND TULIOS WILL" BECOME EVIDENT, HOW EVER, BOTH FAMILIES ARE LARGE AND COMPLICATED BY OIVORCES AND ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN,;MAKING DIFFICULT THE PROBLEM OF TRACKING DOWN THE MANY POSSIBILITIES OF REMOTE OR INDIRECT RELATIONSHIPS

. GUZMAN FAMILY: SILVESTRE A-ERNANDEZ HAS> SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS. WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE THEIR PROPER GIVEN NAMES,

APPROVED FORmSASE

at this point. none. of these three married unto theFamily. :however, thereossibility that one ofcould have married one of guzman's two brotherswives are not yet completely accounted?]for. tulio -v;

self has married three -times to wives whosec'names are.', respective- -duran> frias, and domingueze'has sired four children these wives including one son known to be single andin brazil. one daughter married to pedro messinaapparent king to guzman) and two younger"children notmarriageable. j

2. it appears fairly definite from the. foregoing that guzman's own brothers-in-law (that is his wife's brothers and his sisters'o not include tulio arvelo. itsi3le that one of his brothers could conceivably haveister or 'other relative of arvelo- or that some more remote connection exists. through the marriage of his "niece" or through some other connection) but such relationships would not be likely .

to be close to the suzman family, 4hrhhhhhhhi

' BETWEEN GUZMAN AND TULIO ARVE^

ON THE NUMEROUS AND COMPLEX POSSlSILITIEs"i" ^'CONTINUE- TO KFFP ruv aSnSpeeSi INFORMEDOF >^

hhhhba are not aware of anyar? ;

or friendship between guzman and tulio 'artec ing to check *" '

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