The United States on Bosch

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The United States on Bosch

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A general repository for U.S. government documents that provide new or rarely-discussed details in regards to Bosch's monitoring and political or wartime developments of the era.

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Excerpt from the President's Daily Brief - 10 May 1965
Declassified excerpt ("Sanitized Copy Approved for Release") from printed daily CIA brief delivered to President Lyndon Baines Johnson on May 10th, 1965, which begins with a description of American military activity in Santo Domingo, Dominican…

U.S. Reps to Bosch Inauguration
A message from American Secretary of State Rusk listing members of the Kennedy Administration's delegation to the inauguration of Dominican President Juan Bosch.

PRD "Moderates" Comment on Bosch's "Dictatorship with Popular Support"
State Department Air-Gram detailing comments from leading PRD figures on Bosch's "Dictatorship with Popular Support," including Antonio Guzmán and Salvador Jorge Blanco, who then went on to be the next two PRD presidents elected in the Dominican…

Vocational Training of Dominican Constitutional Military Personnel
1966 State Department air-gram, directed to the Secretary of State, details how six members of the Dominican military that were up until that point guarding Bosch's home were sent for U.S. Army vocational training at bases in Texas and California.

Peña Gomez Speaks on Bosch Return and Implications for PRD
1968 telegram to Secretary of State describes PRD General Secretary José Francisco Peña Gomez's remarks in regards to Bosch's return to the Dominican Republic.

Negotiations for the Possible Return of Juan Bosch to the Presidency of the Dominican Republic
CIA documents October 1963 negotiations in San Juan meant to restore Juan Bosch to the presidency.

Telegram to President from ex-Dominican Ambassador del Rosario dated September 29, 1963
Benjamin H. Read recommends a lack of reply from President Kennedy to the included message from Bosch's also-deposed U.S. Ambassador.

Ralph Dungan's "Chronology of Events of Military Coup in the Dominican Republic"
Message from Assistant to the President Ralph Dungan, who establishes a chronology of the coup; this reveals that Embassy officials were aware of the coup plans before Bosch "informed" them, with a remarkable degree of specificity.

Amb. John Bartlow Martin's "Six Months in a Quandary" Letter
American Ambassador to the Dominican Republic John Bartlow Martin details his prescient view of Bosch's presidency and movements in the Dominican Republic as the potential coup looms.
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