S/PV.1230 Security Council

1 should like to inform the Council that President Johnson has just announced the appointment of Justice Arthur J. Goldberg of the Supreme Court of the United States as Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, succeeding Adlai Stevenson. President Johnson, in maklng the announcement, said: “There is no more important task now before this country than the achievement of a world where ail men may live in peace with the hope of justice under the rule of law. Committed as we are to this principle and this purpose, it is fitting that we ask a member of OUI: highest Court to relinquish that office to speak for America before the nations of the world.” 3. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States, Justice Goldberg was Secretary of Labor in the Kennedy Administration and. before that, was General Cou”se1 for the United Steel Workers of America. In bath capacities, he has had wide contacts with international problems. particularly in the field of worker welfare. 4. His willingness to leave a lifetime post on the SuPreme Court. as few Justices have ever done, Letter doted 1 Moy 1965 from the Permanent Representotive of the Union of Soviet Sociolist Republics addressed to the President of the Security Council (S/6316)

The Council will now continue its work. In accordance witb the previous decision of the Council, I propose to invite the representative of Cuba to take a place at the Council table. Af the invitation of the President, Mr. Alfonso Martinez (Cuba) Cook a place at the Coumil fable.

Before 1 cal1 on the first speaker on my list, 1 should like to draw the attention of Council members to a telegram, dated 14 July 1965, which has been received from Mr. Jottin Cury, the Minister for External Relations of the Constitutional Government of the Dominican Republic. The telegram contains a request for an urgent meeting of the Council to be convened. Other telegrams dated 14 July, 15 July and 16 July, and three telegrams dated 18 July, bave also been received from the Constitutional Government. The Council has also received the report of the Secretary- General dated 16 July on the situation in the Dominicau Republic [S/6530].‘1 Other documents and communications, with which members are familiar, have also been received by the Security Council. 8. 1 should like to inform the Council that the names of two members of the Sccurity Council are at present on tiie list of speakers and that, in accordance with the decision taken at the last meeting, Mr. Ruben Brache and Mr. Guaroa Vel&zquez bave asked to be heard. The list of speakers also includes the representative of Cuba, who has been invited by the Council to take part in the discussion of this question. 9. From the consultations which 1 have held. it has become clear that some members of the Council consider that the speakers should be heard in the order which 1 shall now propose: Mr. Brache, Mr. Vellzquez, tbtJ representative of Cuba and the members of the Council in the order in which they appear on the list of speakers. Since there are no objections to commencing our discussion of the question in this way, we shall follow this procedure. At the invitatfon of the Presfdent, Mr. Rubén Brache Cook a place at the Council table.

1 sincerely appreciate the opportunity afforded me once more by this great Organization and 1 wish to avail myself of it to set out comprehensively but concisely the very justifiable reasons why the Constitutional Government. which 1 am honoured to represent, has requested an urgent meeting of this great Council. l j 12. 1 must point out that the so-called Junta of National Reconstruction. backed, armed and sustained by the Gcvernment of the United States of America, is ccntinuing its brutal campa@ of repression against the defenceless civilian population. Llkewlse. the interventicnist trocps, for the most part frcm the United States, bave clcsed and gradually reinforced the cordon round the sectcr cccupied by the Constitntional Gcvernment. In addition, the invaders. for no reascn, bave openly anc alarmlngly built up the already ccnsiderable war equipment which they bave lnstalled in the unjustifiable international corridor, in the security zone and in the northern part of the City. The request of the Constitutional Government that the invading troops, in accordaime with the terms of the cesse-fire, shculd withdraw to the positions they cccupied befcre the start of the bombing of 15 and 16 June last, has net yet been heeded. 13. On several occasions, this delegation has complained of the illegal impriscnment, inhuman tortures sud mass executicns carried cut by the criminal hordes of the sc-called Gcvernment of National Reconstruction. Overwhelming procf has been furnished of the horrible crime of genccide ccmmitted by bcth civilian and military, indigenous and fcreign enemies of tbe Dominican people. Testimcny to the terrer reigning in the Dcminican Republic, which was greatly intensified fcllowing the United States cut.. ragecus military inteiVentiCn in my country, cari be found in the document whlch even the Organisation of American States (OAS) has seen fit tc publish. based on the investigation and report of three distinguished independent criminologists [see S/6522]. 2/ I shctdd like to draw attention to several of its paragraphs. especlally 19, 12 and 26. Paragraph 19 states that the wltnesses of the gruescme acts of genccide ccmmltted by the military and police forces of the Junta referred tc: ” . . . mctor vehicles-truck, jeep, Land-roverwhlch on more than one occasion arrived loaded witb prlscners. then unloaded them, and perscns discharged firearms that the inhabitants of the region cculd hear in their tragic pericdic sequence, just as they later heard the noise of the same vehlcles that were taking the road back to where they had corne frcm. “The military authorities, the check-points scattered along the route of these Dantesque ccnvcys, 14. After referrlng to serious obstacles impeding the activities of those who came to the conclusions set forth in the aforementioned document, the report, in paragraph 12, continues in the following chilling ternis: 14. qui formulé paragraphe “TO the precedlng should be added the reticence and fear that seals the lips of the civilian population, generally modest and humble, who prefer to remain silent SO as not to be exposed to risks or reprisa& that they think they would suffer, if they said what they knew. A system of acts of violencefollowed with impunity, instituted during the T+illo era, seems net to bave ceased to torment the population even today, several years after the elimination of the cruel tyrant. The mouths of the people continue to be closed. It would be said that their prudence assures them their lives at least, and they prefer to remain alive. “Such is the atmosphere of fear that we encountered, increased by the tragic findings of cadavers. which certainly have not diminished it.” 15. In paragraph 26 we read equally horrifying details, such as the following: 15. horrifiants ” . . members of tbe police, on some occasions, or members of the Army, on others, proceeded to apprehend civilians, and accused them of various offenses, They were taken without higher control to a place under police or military command. Then they were taken away in military vehicles, in more or less sizable groups. Because of the reigning confusion, of the disorganization, or of motives that are not known, their final destination is unknown. But at times close to those of the crisesthe first one at the end of April; the one that followed violations of the truce, at the end of May and the beginning of June-political passions flared Up again and ‘clean-up operations’ on adversaries, real or presumed, were carried out Systematically they were taken in the direction of‘LaVictoria from the capital, in night-time transfersprior tomidnlght that did net complete their presumed itinerary. For example, once an automobile with six prisoners, including one woman, arrived at Mata Redonda, where they were made to alight and they were shot amid cries and weeping. One of the six prisoners managed to save himself and escaped. We obtained his name and conversed with him. ” . . . “Lastly, a local occurrence, in Monte Plata, after curfew , made a victim of a priest, known to be loved and of a generous and fair-minded spirit, who protested the mass arrests in a sermon from the pulpit and in appearances before the central authority, which culminated in the freeing of some prisoners 16. In +he Dominican Republic, the mon and women talk about genocide. The old people. the young peoplz and even the children talk about genocide. They speak of it with horror and indignation. They speak of it and denounce, as they Will never cesse to denounce, those responsible for the genocide. For they are known to everyone, as is confirmed by the report to which 1 bave referred and which, in its secondconclusion, appearing in paragroph 30, says that: a.. . a11 the places where cadavers were found are located in that part of the Dominican Republic controlled by the Government of National Reconstruction.” This horrible crime of genocide, which has shocked and aroused indignation threughout America and the world, was committed after the landing of the United States troops. 17. Robberies. attacks and murders are continuing in the territory controlled by the forces of General Imbert. These criminal acts occur particularly in the various quarters of the City of Santa Domingo and in other cities throughout the cnuntry, which are darkened at night. SO as to facilitate this repulsive assignment that the police are carryir: out agalnst the respectable civiliau population. 18. As if a11 this were net enough. following this series of crimes already proved, which have been committed by the police and military forces of General Imbert, the OAS is distributing among the population and posting on walls a pamphlet readll as follows: “TO the people of the Dominican Republic: The soldiers of the Inter-Ameri+ Peace Force are here primarily to keep the peace in your City. TO do this we need the co-operation of the people. The National Police of the Dominican Republic is responsible for the maintenance of law and order which is necessary for the persona1 protection of thepopulation and for safeguarding private property. Disturbances and dlsorders of any kind directed against the police may result in persona1 injury anddestruction of the property of innocent persons. Sa far. the Inter-American Peace Force has been trying ta prevent such activities by trouble-makers and criminal elements. The ringleaders and any person caught in the act of throwlng stones, bottles, etc. Will be arrested. Such persons Will be placed in C%?.bdy. We do net want to arrest people indis- 20. It & also worth while stressing that, while the United States Government emphatically maintains that its forces went to Santa Domingo to save lives, the facts prove otherwise. The truth is that more people have died and more crimes have been committed since the United States forces landed, violatlng the sovereignty of the small Dominican nation. And 1 must say, to the credit of the Government which 1 represent, that these deaths and these crimes are not to be attributed to the Dominican revolutionaries of 24 April 1965 nor to the soldiers of freedom in the service of the Constitutional Government of the Dominlcan Repuhlic. 21. As if a11 the events which have occurred in my oountry since 24 Aprll were net enough to complicate the situation which we are now discussing, we now have the surprising accusation by the Government of Haiti tbat more than 2,000 men indoctrinated in Cuba are in the Dominican Repuhlic planning the invasion of Haiti. Obviously, thls Haitian accusation in so ahsurd and SO ridiculous that my Government cari only explaln it as a further crude attempt by the tyrannous Haitian regime to find arguments to support..the establishment of a permanent inter-American peace force, apparently designed to defend democracy from extracontinental subversion but obviously intended to impede the brave and responsihle march of a11 the peoples of Latin America towards truc democracy in justice and humanity. And 1 use the term democracy, net as an empty Word, but as the truc expression of what one great mari, on a memorahle occasion, ‘The Government of National Reconstruction Considers that the presentaXoide of tbe Inter-American Peace Force constitutues an intervention in interna1 affairs and a denial of national Sovereigitty inViOlation of Article 2, paragraphs 4 and 7. of tbe Charter of tbe United Nations. The Goverument’s proteststo the Organisation of American States in tbls matter were ignored by that body and by tbe Inter-American Peace Force in violation of tbe charter of tbe OAS. “In various notes addressed to the Organisation oî American States and signed by Mr. Roracio Vicioso Soto, Secretary of State for External Relations of tbe Government of National Reconstruction, the position of the Government in this matter has been stated repeatedly.” One of these notes, dated 16 June [sec S/6475,q annex], states: I< . . . the Government of National Reconstruction is addressing you . . . in order to claim its right to salve a problem which it bolds to lie withln its exclusive competence, and to whose prompt solution a contribution cari be made by the Organisation 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 internai conflicts in accordance with the principle of self-determination of peoples. It could demonstrate this attitude by ordering the Inter-Xmerican Peace Force to refrain from obstructing the police action which the Domlnican armed forces have the right and the duty to carry out in order to restore the necessary normal conditions in the country.” Another note, dated 23 June [xl, states: “1 bave the honour to refer to my note of 16 June 1965, to which no reply bas SO far been received, and in mhich 1 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. 1 would inform you that, since the Inter-American Peace Force is still preventlng the Dominican armed forces from taking such aotien. 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 Courts do net function bave aroused justified and vigorous protests from a11 the citisenry, who are unable and unwilling to tolerate for another day these systematic and continua1 violations of every humoitarian and legal rule. 26. The Government of National Reconstruction believes tbat the maintenance of tbe hotbed of rebelllon under the protection of the Inter-American Peace Force, with the result that important commercial and industrial activitles are at a standstill. is the only reason for the situation in the Dominican Republic which, as the Secretary-General of the UnitedNations puts it, is potentially explosive. 27. The repression, of which the police and military authorities are accused in the report of the committee of criminologists of the OAS [S/6522, annex], is a complete fabrication, since the deaths occurredbefore 21 May at a time when the area of the alleged executions was under the absolute and unruly control of the rebels. The cleaning-up operations in the northern zone ended on 21 May and proof of this cari be found in the written request of . ? International Red Cross for a cesse-fire to remove the dead and wounded. The report by the criminologists establishes that death occurred on 2 May, and the advanced state of decomposition of the exhumed CO~T 3s shows that the executions, if they did take place, took place approximately on that date, long before the arriva1 of the Red Cross and before tbe sector was under the control of the Government of National Reconstruction. The Attorney General Will transmit a statement on this matter to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. 28. As is stated in that report, the Dominican civil authorities, particularly the Attorney General, have actively and efficiently co-operated in the clarification of these atrocities. It is the unshakeable determination of the Dominican Government to identify and punish the guilty, who are not mentioned in the reoort by the criminologists. Mr. Vef&quez withdrew.

Once again the Security Council meeting to consider the serious situation in the Dominican Republic resulting from the military invasion of that country-a sovereign State Member the United Nations-by United States forces. 30. The fact that the United Nations organ responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security has been reconvened, almost three months after the crisis began and ciespite the twenty-odd meetings 31. In the month that has passed since the Council last met, a series of events has taken place that shows clearly that the crisis in our sister island cannot be solved under present conditions, and that the situation is such that at any time there may be a large-scale attempt by the foreign interventionist forces to eliminate the defenders of Dominican constitutionality. 32. The resistance to foreign occupation and the rejection of its local puppets become more manifest every day, and in recent weeks the Press has reported in the provinces the rising tide of popular support for Dominican sovereignty and dignity. This has only increased the desperation of the interventionists and their local bosses, and hence the repression of the people and military provocation. It should be pointed out that the Secretary-General’s report of 16 July [S/6530] rightly stresses thetension that prevails and the explosiveness of the situation both in the capital and in the provinces. 33. We said in a previous statement that, faced with the failure of their attempts to impose the policies of interference hatched in Washington, the United States. imperialists had no alternative but force and were counting on it to try and deprive the Dominican people of its sovereignty, just as they had done in the eight long years from 1916 to 1924. 34. In his column in the New York Herald Tribune of 20 June 1965. the journalist Bernard L. Collier referred to a so-called “Tiger Plan” to be put intc effect in order to submerge the Constitutiona: Government in a bloodbath if it stood firm in defente of the people’s interests. There is every sigr that this plan, or some version of it, is under way. This is made clear by the Constitutional Governmen in a telegram dated 14 July from that Government’r Minister for External Relations to the Secretary- General, which led to the convening of this meeting 36. The reasons for the Constitutional Government’s alarm are more than well founded. It is no secret to anyone that, despite the buoyant optimism voiced in semi-officia1 circles in Washington and among the OAS intriguers, the formulas put forward by the SOcalled “Bunker Mission” fa11 far short of the minimum requirements for a return to normalcy. and accordingly vital parts of the proposa1 were not accepted by the Constitutional Government, which particularly rejected the shameful proposa1 that the very troops that earlier invaded and now occupy the island should remain on Dominican soil. The Constitutiona Government’s stubborn insistence on a return to the 1963 Constitution and the basic political principles contained therein are undoubtedly a further serious obstacle to the State Department’s manoeuvres. 37. Faced with such a situation, it is only to be expected, as we said. that their arrogance should prompt them to revert to the tactics they used on 15 and 16 June 1965. On that occasion, as the members of the Council Will certainly remember, the United States Marines and paratroops prepared the way militarily for the OAS to impose its so-called apolitical plan”, which was published on 18 June, only two days later. As was reported in The New York Times on 20 June 1965: ‘Observers in the Dominican Republic credited the show of United States strength as one factor in bringing about new movement toward a solution.” 36. The game is therefore transparently clear. In order to bring military pressure to bear, the United States-and this we have already denounced previously-is rclying on two infamous cards: the socalled Inter-American Peace Force of thediscredited OAS and the genocide Imbert’s gangs. The role which this Force has played and continues ti play on Dominican soi1 is adding daily to the bistorical responsibility of those Governments whose compliant votes made it possible two months ago. Brazil, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, and now Paraguay, bear a twofold responsibility: not content with their part in covering up the United States aggression, they have also contributed troops to this Force. 40. As for the puppet Imbert. little remains to be said. He represents no more than the monthly pay sent to him through the OAS by the United States. Everyone is aware of the atrocities and slaughter carried out with impunity by his henchmen against the Dominican people. the responsibility for which. as we bave already pointed out, does net fa11 on him but on the United States Government, which puts him where he is. Its responsibility for the provocations and its violations of the cesse-fire are clearly apparent from the detailed observations made on the spot by the UnitedNations staff, towhich the Secretary- General also referred in bis report of 16 July. 41. If anythlng more was needed to demonstrated the close tics between the so-called Inter-American Peace Force, the musical-comedy general and the boss they both answer to, the joint patrols by the Imbert police and Yankee occupation troops in the zones of the capital controlled by the latter lay bare this infamous collusion for a11 to see. 42. Before concluding, 1 should like to refer briefly to a passage in the Secretary-General% report which appears to faveur the payment of wages and salaries of Dominican public employees by the OAS with funds made available by the United States [see S/6530, para. 341. My delegation is surprised to see this reaction in the report, bearing in mind the obvious intention of the United States. an intention which has been repeatedly denounced by my delegation, to institute through the OAS a de facto trusteeship over that ill-starred country. 43. Any temporary benefit which the Dominican economy may derive from the contribution of money from the country responsible for the aggression againsl it is entlrely offset by the serious political consequences which it entails. 44, It is not by allowing the sovereign powers of a Member State to be usurped by a regional body which is, to boot, an accomplice to the aggression, but by strengthening and protecting that sovereignty and condemning such violations that the United Nations cari help to solve the Dominican tragedy. 45. Once again, the Constitutional Government of the Dominican Republlc has turned to the United Nations

I thank the representative of Cuba, and now, following the order of other speakers on the listwishing to take part in the discussion of the question today, 1 take the liberty of speaking as representative of the UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS. 4’7. For the third month now, the armed intervention by the United States is continuing in the Dominican Republic, a small country and a Member of the United Nations. The United States of America-agreat Power and a permanent member of the Security Council which, as such, bears a special responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security-is, before the eyes of the whole world, committing crimes on Dominican soi1 and committing aggression against a sovereign country by continuing to challenge openly the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the norms of international law. The United States has flagrantly violated the most important provisions of the Charter, which forbid the use of force against the territorial integrity ancl political independence of States. 48. The United States has violated the provisions of the United Nations Charter which categorically forbid interference in the interna1 affairs of States. The attention of the Council was drawn to this key aspect of the matter in the first statement made to the Council by the representative of the Soviet Union, MI’. Fedorenko, during the discussion of the situation in the Dominican Republic on 3 May 1965 [1196th meeting]. The Soviet delegation has emphasised from the very beginning that the aim of United States intervention in the Dominican Republic is to implant in that country a bloody military dictatorship wbich is abhorrent to the Dominican people. 49. Today, in a very well argued statement. Mr. Brache. the representative of the Constitutional Government of the Dominican Republic, hasonce again shown us how serious have been the consequences of the armed intervention of the United States in the Dominican Republic. He justifiably insisted, on behalf of the Constitutional Government, that the Council should take specific measures to protect the sovereignty of the Dominican Republic, and the Council is, of course, in duty bound to take such measures. 50. The representatives of the United States. from those at the highest levels to its representatives in the Security Council, spoke many fine words during the initial discussion of this question in the Council, and are continuing to do SO now, about their devotion to the cause of peace and the Charter of the United Nations. The whole trouble is that these words are at variance with the facts. 51. In spite of a11 these declarations, it remains an indisputable fact that the United States imperialists have begun to use against a small country and a Member of our Organisation-in order to suppress its 62. The United States bas gone further: by exertiig brute pressure on the Latin American States, it bas. unfortunately. caused some of them. and the Organtzatien of American States as well. to become accomplices in tts unlawful actions. These actions are a gross violation of the Charter of tbe United Nations and, in particular, of Article 53, which categorically prohibits regional organisations from taking any enforcement action or using armed force without the authorization of the Securtty Council. 53. We consider it necessary to recall that the Soviet Government, in its statement of 3 June 1965 [122Oth meeting], drew the attention of the States Members of the United Nations to the fa& that the decision by the Crganiaation of AmericanStates, takenunderpressure from the United States. to establish a so-calledbrter- American Force was net only illegal from the point of view of the Charter but was also fraught with the most serious consequences for the cause of international peace and the future of the Urited Nations. 54. Lt is net by mere chance that the dangers of this policy of the United States have also been recognized by the Latin American States themselves, and this has been reflected in the refusa1 of the overwhelming majority of the countries of Latin America toparticipate in the so-called Inter-American Force. 55. What is happening now? What are we witnessing again and again? The essence of what is happening now, in the second half of the twentieth Century. is an attempt to establish an imperialistic trusteeship over the Dominican Republic, an attempt to deprive a sovereign State of its freedom and independence. An eloquent admission in this regard made quite recently. on 6 July of this year. inaneditorial in The New York Times cannot be overlooked. That newspaper stated: OThe Domiuicans might have been able to settle their own affairs if they had been left alone, but the American intervention took the fate of the country out of the hands of the Dominicans. The ‘solution”- the newspaper quite rightly puts the Word ‘solution’ in inverted commas-%ow being worked out is dictated by the United States . . .n 56. As cari be te@n from the documents presented by th@ Constttutional Government to thé Security Counoil, and in Particular from the telegram dated 14 July 1965 from that Government, the Dominican people bave been unable to attain the goals of their revolution solely because of the intervention of the United States armed forces. The representative of the Constitutional Government, Mr. Brache. also spoke of this to US. 6’7. As a means of camouflaging their actions, the intWVentiOniSt forces were, as we know, later trans- 56. The telegram from the Constitutional Government quite rightly points out that with the help of these forces an attempt is being made “to give the foreign occupation a semblance of legality”, or, as Mr. Brache has just said, the replacement of the Stars and Stripes with the flag of the Organization of American States represents an attempt to caver up the armed intervention of the United States of America with another no less outrageous action which constitutes a flagrant violation of the elementary, hasic and cardinal provisions of the Charter of our Organization. 59. As is clearly apparent from the information placed at the Council’s disposa1 by the Constitutional Government of the Dominican Republic, the present tragic situation in the country and the reactionary régime of terrer and violence are the result of fore@ intervention and occupation. 60. One of the consequences of this foreign intervention has been a further aggravation of the situation in that country, and this has been the reason for convening the present meeting of the Security Council. 61. The telegram of the same date from the Minister for External Relations of the Constitutional Government of the Dominican Republic addressed to the Secretary-General and the President of the Security Council, to which 1 have already referred and with which the members of the Council are familiar, reports continuing violations of the sovereignty of the Dominican Republic. These violations, as the telegram states. are being “committed by the interventionist troops of the United States of America and the socalled Inter-American Peace Force, which by their very nature constitute a threat to international peace and security”. 62. We are told that the foreign interventionist troops, and above a11 the United States troops, bave recently reinforced still further the blockade of the sector occupied by the Constitutional Government. As the telegram points out-and although this was mentioned here by the representative of Cuba, 1 feel that it must be stressed again-the interventionist troops have openly and in an extremely dangeroüs manner reinforced their already vast military potcntial in the so-called international corridor, in the security zone and in the northern part of Santa Domingo which they OCCUPY. 63. 1 should like to say that this misuse of such concepts and terms as “international corridor” or “security zone” by the United Stntes of America is in itself a mockery of everything that mankind usually associates with the word “international”. In fact. the United States authorities speak of an “international 64. The fact is tbat on those portions of Dominicau soi1 referred to as the %ternational corridor’ or %ecurity zoneR, a dangerous lncrease in military potential is taking place. This. quite naturally, is alarming the Constitutiona Government of the Dominican Republic, which rightly sees this action as strengthening the threat inherent in the United States intervention on Dominican soil. 65. It is absolutely clear that the Security Council is now confronted witb such facts as the continuing violation of the cesse-fire agreement at Santa Domingo. We are confronted with unoeasing attempts to impose on the Dominicanpeople a régimefavourable t0 Washington. We are witnessing an increase of terrer and repression in the country. Lastly, from day to day the economic chaos isgrowingand reaching truly catastropbic proportions. Although all these facts have to some degree been recorded in the latest report of the Secretary-General dated 16 July 1965 [S/6530], that report does net, in our view, draw all the necessary conclusions. 66. In the communication from the Constitutional Gavernment and the last report of the Secretary- General, many facts are adduoed concerning tbe opening of fire by the interventionist troops on the sector controlled by the Constitutional Government. These repeated violations of the Security Council’s resolution 203 (1965) of 14 hlay 1965, which was reaffirmed on 22 May by resolution 205 (1965) and has in effect been reaffirmed at every meeting of the Security Council dévoted to consideration of the Dominican question, bave, as we know, resulted in many casualties. 67. We are witnesses to the continuing open and active support being glven by thc interventionist troops to the Imbert gangs. Paragraph 12 of the Secretary-General’s report states, first, that the so-callod Inter-American Peace Force and the junta’s poliL% :. ‘ve established joint patrols at Santa Domingo, and, secondly, that Imbert’s police have also been stationed at the checkpoints of the foreign occupation troops at Santo Domingo. Thus, every kind of encouragement and support is still being given to the junta by the interventionists, whose puppet the junta has been from the very beginning. 68. The activities of the United States in violation of the Charter of the United Nations are also refie&& in its continuing interference in the interna1 69. 1 should like to cite one of the many instances of this. The telegram dated 14 Julyfromthe Constitutional Government addressed to the President of the Security Council points out the following: 11 . . . we put forward the names of distinguished public figures in the 0ominican Republic who could lead the country . . . . they are net members of the Constitutionalist movement and their impartiality is therefore above suspicion. However, the Committee,“-that is the Ad Hoc Committee to which 1 just referred-“quitetifiably, has rejected our candidates for the posts of President and . . . Vice-President.” ‘70. Why did the Ad Hoc Committee reject these candidates? That, of course, is an open secret. It was for the simple reason that they were unacceptable to Washington. 71. Thus, the North Amerfcan interventlonists have forced on the Dominican people a régime of foreign occupation which has been accompanied by a train of evil consequences: mass repression of the civilian population, economic chaos and abolition of the country’s national sovereignty. 72. It is not without interest to note that even the United States Press has admitted that the United States Marines were landed at Santo Domingo solely in order to prevent the Dominican people from restoring a legal constitutional r6gime in the country. The New York Herald Tribune-of 2 June 1965. for example, reported that it was none other than the United States Ambassador who put General Imbert at the head of the junta. The whole subsequent course of events confirms this assessment. 73. The foreign interventionists, using General Imbert’s junta as one of their tools! are attempting to break the Will of the Dominican people and to crush their aspirations towards freedom and independence by establishing in the country a régime of cruel terror directed against the civilian population, It must, however, be recognized that the truth about these crimes is becoming more and more widely known to world public opinion. 74. Many facts-including the information provided by the Secretary-General in his reports, press reports, the evidence of eye-witnesses and other datatestify that in the Dominican Republic the interventionists have created a situation in which arbitrary rule and violence prevail. The mere suspicion of sympathy with the legal Constitutional Government and of opposition to domination by the fore@ occu- 75. With the direct support and complicity of the Wited States interventionists, the junta is arbitrarily arresting completely innocent people, including women. tbrowing them into gaol and subjecting them to violence and torture. In one gaol alone, La Victoria, the number of political prisoners is known to have reached 3.000. The executioners shoot their victims without any tria1 or investigation and, in order to terrify the local population. leave the corpses for everyone to see and forbid their burial. Any attempt to protest against these bloody crimes only Provokes fresh atrocities. i : I j t 1 1 < 1 < ‘ les droits la population qui ont été cruellement bert. civils suite également des droits 76. The Fecretary-General notes in his report of 16 July 1965 tbat, according to the evidence of the inhabitants of the town of San Francisco de Macorfs, increased military and police repression and violations of civil rights led to an uprising by armed civilians which was cruelly put down by the Imbert junta. Even after the fightinghad corne to an end. some of the civilians, as we read in the Secretary-General’s report, “had probably been executed in retaliation later.’ The Secretary-General also reports on repressive measures and violations of human rights in other parts of the country. 77. In order to caver up the traces of these crimes, false stories bave recently been spread that thosc arrested bave been sent to “unknown destinations”, The facts show that these allegedly “missingpersons” were actually the victims of mass executions. 77. de ces selon emmenées les faits sont les victimes 78. Of course, as yet, not all of the crimes committed have by any means become known, but the information available enables us to sketch an ominous picture of bloody terrer. In the Secretary-General’? report of 16 Jnly, for example. it is stated that n . . . thus far some corpses bave beenfound and identi. fied as those of missing persans, but in many othe] cases it has net been possible to obtain any informa. tion about them . . . .” [S/6530, para. 31.1 dont g&éral possible P 79. The suffering and adversity inflicted on thc Peaceful Population of the Dominican Republic as i rssult of foreign intervention are aggravated by thc eXCeptionally serious economic situation in thc cmmtry. The same report of the Secretary-General Points out that economic activities in thepublic sector are virbially at a standstill, an’d, further, that industries are producing at 40 per ~COLO~&&~ oapacitJ and that the agricultural sector of the country is ex- Periencing serious difficulties. There is no doubt tha all these grave economic difficulties and the economic chaos which the country is facing are a direct resul of the continuing foreign occupation. civile : 80. The Soviet delegation vigorously supports thc assessmsnt of the situation in the Dominican Republic given at today’s meeting of the Council by the representative of Cuba. Mr. Alfonso Martfnez, and it SUP ports the conclusions which he has drawn. 82. The first point is that any fundamental solution to a11 these problems which affect the very existence of the Dominican Republic as an independent, sovereign State possessing the inalienable right todecide itsown future in accordance with the w,shes of its people depends above a11 on the withdrawal of the troops of the United States and the other interventionists from the territory of the country. 83. We continue to insist that the armed forces of the United States of America be withdrawn from the territory of the Dominican Republic. We also insist, of course, on the withdrawal of a11 other fore@ troops operating under the caver of the Organization of American States, and on the withdrawal not only of a11 foreign troops but also of ail their weapons at the same time. 84. We made this demand almost three months ago, and the time whicb has elapsed since then has shown how completely justified we were in making it. If it had heen met, calm would long since have reigned on Dominican soil. We are repeating it now. andwe shall continue unceasingly to insist upon it. 85. The second point is the following. As far back as 14 May and again on 22 May, thesecurity Council took important decisions [resolutions 203 (1965) and 205 (1965)]. the strict observance of which would have aided the Dominican people in their struggle against the foreign interventionists. We have in mind, above all, the Council’s appeal for a strict cesse-fire. This appeal continues, of course, to be in fullforce even at the present time, and this dezorves particulür stress under circumstances in which this demand of the Security Council has been subjected to numerous violations through the fault of tbe UnitedStatesof America. That is why we insist that the present concentration and preparation of military forces for a fresh attack on the patriots fighting for the national independence of the Dominican people should cesse immediately. This follows dirertly from Security Council resolution 203 (1965) concerning a strict cesse-fire. 86. The third point which we consider it essential to put before the Council is the needfor an immediate end to acts of mass reprisals againsr those fighting for the national independence of their country and to the mass executions and atrocities being committed against the civilian population. The atmosphere of terrer and of fear for one’s life must be removed. 88. CVe think it necessary to recall that under resclution 203 (1965) the investigation of violations of the cesse-fire is cnly a part of the task of furnlsblng lnformation on the situation in the Dominican Republic. It is perfectly obvious that, accordlng to the Ccuncil resolution tc which 1 have just referred, the terms of reference of the Secretary-General.~ representative also include the prcper elucidation of all other aspects of the situation in the country, including thcse questions which have been repeatedly raised intbeappeals of Mr. Cury, the Ministerfor External Relations of the Constitutional Gcvernment of the Dominican Republic. This alsc follows from the exact wordlng of Ccuncil resolution 203 (1965) which speaks of the duty of the representative of the Secretary-General to report on the situation in the Dominican Republic. 89. As this involves a ccnsiderable volume of work, the Soviet delegation would like to endcrse the view already expressed by other members of the Security Couucil that the staff of the representative of the Secretary-General in the Dominican Republic shculd be increased. 90. It is important to emphasize alsc that the Security Council has called upcn all ccncerned in the Dcminican Republic to cc-cperate with the representative of the Secretary-General in order to enable him to carry cut the task entrusted to him by the Ccuncil. 91. The fifth point to which we shculd like tc draw the Council’s attention is the fcllcwing. In the present circumstances of the continuing military intervention ‘,y the North American imperialists in the Dcminican Republic. the Security Ccuncil must take all measures tc prctect the scvereignty and national independence of that ccuntry. a Member of cur Organization. The Ccuncil is in duty bound tc fcllow the precaricus situation in that ccuntry with imremittingattenticnand net permit acts of violence against tbe patriotic forces of the Dcminican pecple. 92. We bave already pcinted out, and we should iike tc stress again, that the realizationcftheseaims wculd be helpcd in particular by the hclding of meetings of tba Security Council at Santc Domingo. Thatwculdundcubtedly enable the Council’s members to beccme better acquainted with the situation there, and help them tc carry cut their tasks. Such a decisicn wculd be fully in accord with the requirements of the Charter, wl&b specifically authorizes the Ccuncil tc do this in cases where the Council ccnsiders that the success of the tasks estrcsted to it in the maintenance of internatiOnal peace xnd security might thereby be facilitated. 94. 1 suggest that we should not insist on the consecutive interpretation, subject, of course, to the usual condition that this does not create a precedent. 95. Speaking as PRESIDENT, 1 cal1 on the representative of the United States of America.

1 hope, Mr. President, that 1 Will not be regarded as showing disrespect to the French language if1 suggest that you be kind enough to have an interpretation into just one language, in this case, English.

Speaking as the representative of the UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS, 1 shouldliketoleave the question of the consecutive interpretation into French, which was raised by the representative of the United States, to the representative of France. 98. As far as the interpretation into English i? concerned, 1 should like, speaking as PRESIDENT of the Security Council, to say that it is a source of satisfaction to me that the United States representative wishes to hear the statement of the Soviet representative once again, this time in his own language. 99. We shall of course proceed accordingly. 1 therefore request that we proceed with the consecutive interpretation into English of the statement of the representative of the Soviet Union. With regard to the interpretation into French, 1 shall leave that to the French representative.

Mr. President, 1 followed most attentively the simultaneous interpretation of your statement. 1 completely understood it. Howeve-, 1 am not the only Frenchspeaking person here and therefore cari speak only for myself.

Mr. President, 1 should like to say, as the representative of France has just done, that 1 was quite able to follow the Soviet delegation’s statement and do net request consecutive interpretation into French.

The President expresses his sincere thanks to a11 those who have taken part in this very interesting dicussion. 103. We shall now hear the consecutive interpretation into English of the statement made by the Soviet representatzve.

1 confess to being more than a littlepuzzled as to why we are meeting today. 1 am aware of no development “In general, the cesse-fire in Santa Domingo was maintained during the period under review”-that is, from 19 June to 15 July-“although there were a number of isolated incidents.” [S/6530. para. 2.1 105. The telegram of fhehssistant Secretary General of tbe Organization of hmerican States [S/654O],g dated 19 July, yesterday. brings this up to date and shows that nothing has happened since 15 July. 106. Clearly, Mr. President, nothing in these reports would justlfy our being called together. 1 assume that your request for a meeting, made in your capacity as President of this Council, was based on the communication received from hlr. Cury. and recently circulated by the Secretariat. 1 trust that the Council is net to be summoned on every such occasion, for Mr. Cury îs a most prolific letter-writer. His latest commnnication expressed the fear that certain alleged activities of the Inter-American Peace Force, which coincided with the departure from Santa Domingo of the three members of the OAS Ad Hoc Committee last week, form part of a plan to launch what he called “another attack” against the zone occupied by the Constitutionalist faction. 107. These allegations are totally contrary to fact, and the prompt return to Santa Domingo of the members of the Committee, without anyattackatall having taken place, demonstrates the inaccurate andirresponsible character of Mr. Cury’s telegram. The reason why the members of the Ad Hoc Committee left the Dominican Republic late last week was simply to report to the meeting of the foreign ministers of the OAS, as of course Mr. Cury knew. Recause of their heavy duties in Santa Domingo, they had not beenable to report in person for weeks. Their departnre hadno other significance and certainly not that ascribed to it by inference in Mr. Cury’s telegram. One member of the Committee has already returnedto SantoDomingo. and other members Will return within a day or SO to continue the work of making the Committee’s good offices avnilable in pursuit of a political solution. 108. In the Cemmittee’s absence, theOASwasrepresented on the ground by its able Secretary General, Mr. Jo& Mors. and by the Committee staff. During that period there was of course no attack whatsoever 110. This propos& as the Council is aware, would provide in essence for the establishment, by agreement, of a provisional government to function in accordance with a temporary institutional act, with free and democratic elections to be held within a specific period. These discussions are continuing and tentative agreement has been reached on a candidate for the presidency of a provisional government. Indeed. Mr. Mors. the Secretary General of the OAS, and Mr. Bunker of the Ad Hoc Committee, met with the Caamafio group on the morning of 15 July, the very day after Mr. Cury’s telegram was dispatched to lhe President of the Security Council. 111. In these circumstances. 1 am at a loss to understand the source of Mr. Cury’s fears. 1 would, however, like to deal briefly with certain other points made in his telegram. He refers to reinforcement of what he calls the Vast military potential” of the Inter- American Peace Force. The fact is that far from there being any reinforcement, over-a11 some 9,000 troops bave been withdrawn from the Dominican Republic and there :ias been no build-up of matériel or of additional weapons. As to access to that sector of Santo Domingo occupied by the Caamafio forces, unarmed civilians, whether in automobiles or on foot, have in the past been, and continue to he, permitted tc move freely from the safety zone and the line of communication into that sector. There has been no change in that respect. 112. Mr. Cury claims that United States troops in the Inter-American Peace Force and troops of the Government of National Reconstruction bave been arbitrarily arresting Dominican nationals living in the northern part of Santc Domingo. The fact is that the Inter-American Peace Force operates in the international safety zone and the line of communications, and persans detained by this Force-and there have been only a handful-have been arrested while committing crimes which would result in arrest in virtually any City in the world. 113. Mr. Cury. in yet another communication to the President of this Council, complains about a handbill. issued by the OAS, calling upon the populace to cooperate in the maintenance of law and order in the international safety zone and the communications corridor. There have been recently a number of stone-throwing incidents and attacks on police. The posting of this handbill is of course an entirely s/ Ibid., supdement for Avril.MaY and June 1965. 114. Under the Act of Santa Domingo. [S/6364,2 annex, se&. VII], to whicb bath factions agreed, they bound themselves to respect the international safety zone, guaranteeing protection and safety to a11 persans withiu that zone. The National Police oftheDominican Republic are uotpermitted to make arrests forpolitical reasons in the safety zone or the communications corridor. The Inter-American Peace Force has instructions to prevent such arrests. if that shouldprove necessary. 115. Mr. President, may 1 suggest that in the future, before this Council is called into session to deal with a complaint from this source, the Secretary-General be requested to ask his representative in the Dominican Republic to investigate whether thc complaint has any substance. Such a precaution would. 1 suspect, saveus uunecessary meetings sud the painful experience of sitting through the unnecessary andill-foundedpropaganda speeches we have been listening to today. 116. None could deplore and condemn more vigorously than does the United States the violations of human rights which certainly bave heen committed in the Dominicau Republic. Measures are being taken to prevent the recurrence of such acts. and those measures are being taken by the Organization of American States. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has heen represented in the Dominican Republic since late May. lt was at its request that the group of expert criminologists made the thorough investigation and the report from which Mr. Brache read brief excerpts. 117. lt is thus thanks to the OAS thatthese violations of human rights bave heen fully exposed and laid before world opinion. We believe that this exposure is the best assurance against their recurrence. Bothfactions bave promised the Inter-American Commission on Ruman Rights their fullest co-operation, ami we trust that their promises will be fully kept and that there will be no more such violations. 118. 1 bave no intention of commenting on theusually unfounded allegations made by the Soviet representative this afternoon, charges previously refnted. But in connexion with the human rights matter, he has added a new one: that over 3,000 political prisoners were being held and maltreated in La Victoria Prison. We do not defend the situation at that prison or any other prison maintained by either of the factions, but in the interest of objectivity 1 refer to section 6 of the report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rtghts IS/6495,2 annex], which points out that on 6 June there were about 400 prisoners in the prison, net 3.000. and that the 61 prisoners interviewedby the 6/ 3. J/Ibid.Supplemenr 119. The various instrumentalities of the OAS bave heen performlng in the Dominican Republic in a manner which reflects credit on the organization andis to the sole benefit of the Dominican people. The Inter.. American Peace Force deployed between the forces of the two factions has prevented serious bloodshed. It employs its arms only in self-defence and frequently does net respond even when fired upon. 120. It is noteworthy that both Mr. Brache and Mr. Velazquez, each speaking on hehalf of his faction in the Dominican Repuhlic, supported, if you please, by the representative of the Soviet Union, have calledfor the withdrawal of the Inter-American Peace Force. Each faction bas, moreover, made it starkly clear that it wishes the withdrawal of this Force in order that it may be free to extend its sway over the entire cauntry. obviously being prepared to do SO by force, since it is apparent that neither faction would yield peacefully to the other. Therefore, the two factions. by the very frankness of their demands and of their intentions, have brought out even more starkly than before the vital importance of the Inter-American Peace Force*s remaining where it is in order to avoid the otherwise inevitahle resumption of a bloody civil war. The casüalties already suffered and the atrocities committed SO far would no doubt be multiplied many times if the civil war should be resumecl. 121. From the purely humanitarian point of view, therefore, if from no other. the Inter-American Peace Force must remain until a peaceful settlement acceptable to the Dominican people as a whole has been reached, slid it is that peaceful settlement that the Force and the Ad Hoc Committee are doing their best to find. 122. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, on a day-to-day basis, is thoroughly and impartially investigating complainte. of violations of human rights, and, as 1 have pointed out, it is due to these efforts that there is hope that these violations Will cesse. 123. Technical personnel of the OAS bave been endeavouring to ameliorate the economic and social disruption and hardships which are the inevitable concomitant of the civil strife and the political conditions in that troubled country. The Soviet representative has distorted the economic situation in the Republic. using for this purpose certain inaccurate figures which do appear in document 5/6530. The United States has an up-to-date analysis of the economit situation which indicates that, aside from the &y of Santa Domingo itself, the country has sufferedlittle economic deterioration from the political crisis. Drought and the fa11 in sugar and cocoa prices are much greater problems. 124. In recent weeks, renewed dctivity in construction and in industry has more than offset the few factory closings caused by the lack of raw materials 125. lndustrial production is almost 80 per cent of normal, net 40 per cent, asstatedindocument S/6530. The largest industries, su& as fleur, cement and peanut oil, are operating at normal capacity. The main limitation is on night-shii work because of the curfew. 126. Electric power supply in the industrial area has been normal for about a month. The breakdown in transport in marketing channels bas been largely overcome with assistance from tJie OAS. Arrangements bave been made for imports of petroleum and otber key necessities. Food is now reaching the capital normally. In short, the disruptionln industryandagriculture caused by the crisis Iias largely been overcome by the efforts of the OAS. The principal problem remaining is the shut-down of the commercial and financial centre located in the CaamafJo area. 127. The establishment of a programme of economic and technical assistance to promote recoveryandbelp the Dominican Republic to sohe its most urgent economic and social problems has been and is an important feature of the OAS proposa1 for a solution of the Dominican crisis. The OAS has already provided over $42 million in emergency assistance and has additional assistance under consideration. 128. The Ad Hoc Committee, in the most difficult and trying~stances, is continuing its efforts to bring about a political solution. There isdawning in the Dominican Republic the possibility of a political solution agreed to by both factions. Progress has been made as a result of the untiring and patient efforts of the Committee. 129. 1 fail to see how the repetitive verbal polemics produced this afternoon in this Council cbamber cari contribute to the solution tbat 1 am sure a11 the. members of this Council really do desire. The Dominican People are eager for a return to peaceful conditions in which they may once again take up their normal pursuits and, by the free expression of tbeir Will, shape the destiny of their country. 130. I Suggest that the greatest service which this Council cari render is to wish the Dominican people and the Organisation of American States Godspeed in their joint efforts towards the realization of these aspirations. 131. TJie PRESIDENT (translated from Russian): I bave no more speakers on my list for today’s meeting, and therefore, as the representative of the UNION OP SOVIET SOCIALIST REPIJBLICS, 1 should 133. No one Will be misled by the pretence that the United States representative is tired of these meetings, of these discussions, of these new unpleasant situations, and of the so-called intrigues carried on by certain delegations. This pretence is quite transparent; it is nothing more than an attempt to put a good face on the matter. The representative of the United States is well aware that what is on the agenda of the current meeting of the Security Council is the same question as before-the question of armed intervention by the United States ofAmerica in the Dominicari Republic. 134. The main reason why the consideration of this question by the Security Council was necessary is still valid today, for the United States occupation troops, now hiding behind the title of “Inter-American Force”. are still on Dominican soil. 135. In this connexion, we must inevitably revert to the vain attempts of the United States Government to justify its armed intervention in the Dominican Republic by a11 sorts of pretexts. It is impossible not to recall &he entire succession of these argumentsand these vain attempts which have frequently been resorted to here in the Security Council by the United States representative to delude and mislead world public opinion-as the latest of them is brought forth to justify the presence of the troops of the foreign interventionists on Dominican soil, namely. that humanitarian ideals and considerations are uppermost in the mind of the United States, at the same time that the boots of United States soldiers are continuing to trample Dominican soil. 136. It Will be recalled that the original reasongiven by United States diplomacy for the invasion of the Dominican Republic by the United States Marines was the desire of the United States Government to prote& United States citizens. That was the only argument advanced to justify the landing of the marines in 137. when these false pretexts were thrown into the dust-bin because of their completely groundleSs nature, United States propaganda brcught to life the argument which the United States representathe is now attemptlng to put forward. namely. that the United States marines are merely seeking to help the Dominicans to arrange their own affairs. It would be possible to go on and on with this collection of worthless, unfounded and discredited arguments put fonvard by the United States in anattempt to disguise in some way its intervention in the Dominican Republic. 138. It is impossible, however. to keep silent in the face of the cynical allegations that there are no grounds for raising this question at the present time and that the urgent appeals addressed to the Security Council by the Constitutional Government of the Dominican Republic are irresponsible statements, groundless statements. statements which should be verified. 139. The United States intervention in the Dominican Republic has not brought peace and calm. Murder, mass executions. terrer, extermination of the civilian population-of women and children-have been the consequences of this intervention. No one will he deluded by the allegations now being made by the United States representative that the wlthdrawal of .Unlted States troops would lead to chaos and civil war in the Dominican Republic. One cari. of course, attempt to misrepresent facts, but even when doing this there are certain limits which must be observed in representing one’s country in the Security Counzil. 140. I am addressing these words to the representative of the Cnited Stntes because we are compelled to return to the period when the United Stütes intervened in tbe affairs of the Dominican Republic bylanding its marines in that country. 141. Reference has been made here to the struggle between two parties, and SO forth. However. the invasion of the Dominicnn Republic by the United States ;Marines was due solely to the complete failure of the COnspiraCy organized by the military clique in the Dominican Republic and the complete victory of the party of freedom-of national freedom-a party, in the broad sense of the word, representing a11 the people in their fight for national independence and freedom. This party. chosen by the Dominicanpeople, wâs victorious and crushed the counter-revolutionary putsch; lt had ail the means at its disposa1 to create and strengthen Ü legal, constitutional government in that country. It was only the landing of United States Marines that chonged the balance of power in faveur of the enemies of the Dominican people. And now, attempts are made here to represent this as a magnanimous act, as something that should be strengthened and even extendedforhumanitarian reasons. according to what we are given to understand in the statement of 142. The representative of the United States was, of course, as silent as a tomb when he was asked to ex- Plain why the United States of America assumed the role of ruler of the destinies of the Dominican people and why the boots of United States soldiers are continuing to trample the SC :l of the Dominican Rep&lie. We have raised this question at every meeting of the Council, but at no meeting have we received the answer to it. We are not, moreover, going to receive it from the United States representative because it is impossible to answer that question without recognizing the magnitude of the crimes committed against the United Nations Charter, against obligationsundertaken by the Wited States, against the interests of mankind, against the generally recognized principles of international law, against everything about which United States representatives wax SO eloquently in their statements. Weshallnothearthat answerbecause only one answer cari be given. The United States has never had, does not have and never Will have any right-moral, legal or other-to invade the Dominican Republic or any other parts of the world where it tries to impose regimes favourable to it. 143. The United States representative passed over in silence the question of what grounds-moral, legal or any other-are being used to justify this shameful comedy of United States intervention hidden behind the flag of the Organisation of American States. 144. We have raised this question on manyoccasionsand this is not a matter of propaganda but of the provisions of the United Nations Charter-when we said. as we say now, that the Charter categorically prohibits the use of any enforcement actionby regional agencies without the authorization of the Security Council. We are prepared to read out the relevant provisions of Article 53 of the Charter as many times as necessary. It is, of course, obvious to everyone that this entire comedy, which is being played out before the eyes of all mankind under the dictates of Washington, is a shameful violation of the Charter-a shameful violation committed by one of the permanent members of the Security Council, a great Power. the United States of America, which, as a permanent member of the Security Council, is responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. Al1 the words and a11 the subterfuges of the United States representative and the United States Government Will be to no avail in relieving them of the political, moral and legal responsihility which they bear and must bear for the armed intervention in the Dominican Republic. 145. Let the IJnited States aggressors not entertain any hope that with the help of verbal acrobaties they Will succeed in escaping the indignation of the peoples of the world and still maintain their occupation régime in the small Latin American country seised by them. May 1 remind the United States representative that we are now in the second half of the twentieth Century, not the nineteenth, and that if United States imperialism 147. No matter how much the representative of the United States would like to give us a rosy picture of events in the Dominican Republic and thus to depict the United States intervention as a kind of good deed towards the Dominican people, he will not succeed in glossing over the generally known facts contained in the documents submitted by the Constitutional Government of the Dominican Republic and in those presented at this meeting and atprevious onesby many members of the Council who do not share the United States view in this matter. Nor will he succeed in glossing over or interpreting in his own way the parts of the last report of the Secretary-General which describe the tragic state of affairs prevailing in that cauntry. 146. We should like to repeat that the Secretary- General% report speaks in unmistakable terms of an atmosphere of fear and of military and policerepres- Sion in the country. With regard to the success of the so-called ta& being held in the Dominican Republic. a success highly praised by the United States representative, they are nothing more than a smoke-screen behind which Washington is seeking to impose its will on the Dominican people. 149. We have already produced concrete proof here in this regard. and it would be better if the representative of the United States, insteadof indulging in incantations of a general nature andattemptingtopaint a pioturc of well-being andprosperity, which, nnfortunately, do not exist in the Dominican Republic. told us why the proposals made by the Constitutional Government of the Dominican Republic concerning the composition of that country’s Government were rejected. 1 do not wish to repeat the relevant parts ofthedocuments and evidence which 1 bave already presented to the Council. 156. An attempt was made in the statement of the United States representative to praise the “generous assistance” which the United States has given the victim of its aggression-the Dominican people. In this connexion. another question ca& for an answer: the question of the obligation of the United Mates aggressor to make restitution for the immense damage which the United States interventionists have caused the Dominican people. We should like to point out in advance that if the Dominican people present compensation claims to the United States Government for damage caused by the United States intervention, it 151. With regard to the notorious “assistance” being glven by the United States aggressor, 1 would recall the words of the Russian proverb: “God protect me from my friends; 1 cari take tare of my enemies myself”. We heard the voice of the Dominicanpeople say this in the person of Mr. Brache, the representative of the Constitutional G-vernment, when he spoke to the Council. 152. This 1s why the attempl to make it appear that United States imperialism is bringing the Dominican Republic, not death and destruction, but well-being, calm and prosperity, is nothing more than unbounded cynicism: it is an attempt to deceive world public opinion and to delude the peoples of the world. 153.. Fortunately, those who accept that type of United States propaganda are becoming fewer and fewer in number. More and more people are beginning to understand and to see in its true light the pernicious policy of United States imperialism aimed at crushing the national liberation movement in various corners of the world. And in one of those corners is a small country-the Dominican Republic. 154. The representative of the United States has attempted in every possible way to justify and whitewash the role played by the OAS in this shameful armed intervention of United States imperialism. We could cite numerous proofs and instances, includllg the opinion held by many United States citizens re gardiig the adventurist, criminal and reckless policy which has led to the invasion of the Dominican Republic. 155. We shall net. however. repeat these things but shall confie ourselves for the time being to saying that if the United States representative has lost a11 touch with reality, we deem it necessary to remind him that the United States is not in theseourity Council as a witness and still lessas aprosecutor. the role which Mr. Plimpton. the representative of the UnitedStates, has tried to play today with regard to the Constitutional Government. 156. It is aggression by the United States ofAmerica against the Dominican Republic. and not some other question, that the Security Council has been discussing for almost thirty meetings. lt is in connexion with the latest criminal actions of the United Stares interventionists that the Security Council is meeting again today, and no attempts by the United States representative to divert the Council’s attention from the substance of the question on its agenda Will enable him to escape answering to the Dominican people. the United Nations and history. 157. We reaffirm a11 the basic conclusions which we have advanced at previous meetings of the Council devoted to consideration of the situation in the Dominican Republic. We fully reafiïrm a11 the conclusions which we have put forward at today’s meeting of the Council. 158. In view of the lateness of the hour 1 shall not insist on the consecutive interpretation of my statement. 161. Mclaration Etats-Unis. L’UNION iXQUES,

Speaking as the representative of the UNION OF SOVIET SGCIALIST REPUHLICS, 1 should Hke to exercise my right of reply in connexion with the remarks made by the representative of tbe United States. 162. sentants oherchsnt L’Union l’intervention Ils agissent l’arguments Eond du problème même notre efforts tion sur ceux qui en sont innocents. Le ridicule pondant Journal, vention arrivé République délibér8 162. Tbis is net the first attempt by tbe United 5Xates representatives here in the Council to discredit tbe position of prlnciple of the Soviet Union, whicb bas consistently opposed the United States intervention in the Dominican Republic. That is what they resort to when they bave no arguments left and when they bave nothing more to say on the substance of the matter or in reply to the questions raised in OUI Iast statement. These are vain attempts to lay the blame at somcbody else’s door. They remind us of tbe absurd position in which an over-aealous corespondent of Tbe Wall Street Joürnal recently found himself in an attempt to justify the United States mi-rvention in the Dominican Republic aiter the event. He went SO far as to claim that left-wing extremists in the country had made deliberate efforts to provoke the United States into such intervention. 163. It must be said that the arguments now used resemble yet another attempt to divert the Security Council from discussing the matter and quite simply to conceal the political inability of the United States representative to answer the following question: With what jus’dification and under what provision of the Charter are the United States interventionist troops, and the troops of certain Latin American countries which they have drawn into this shameful armed attack on the small Dominican nation, on Dominicat soil? We have not heard any explacation on this matter-and we again say that this is tbe basic an.6 the main issue-and no one Will be deceived by auy attempts to evade this question by resorting to allegations concerning the position which we take here, s position which is in conformity with the principles oj the Charter and is supported by countless millions o: people who are defending their freedom and independence against attempts at foreign domination. 164. 1 shall net insist on the consecutive interpretatien in view of the lateness of the hour. 165. Speaklng as PRESIDENT, 1 wish to add Lba since there are no more speakers wishing to take thc floor at this meeting, the Council must ncï; üacidl when to continue its consideration of the situation il If was SO decided. The meeting rose af 6.55p.m. HOW TO OBTAIN UNITED United Nations publications moy be obtaived distributors throughout the world. write to: United Nations, Sales COMMENT SE PROCURER LES PUBLICATIONS Les publications des Nations Unies sont agences dépositaires du monde entier. ou adressez-vous 6: Nations Unies, Section COMO CONSEGUIR PUBLICACIONES Los publicaciones de las Naciones Unidas cosos distribuidoras en todos partes dirijase a: Nociones Unidas, Secci6n L.irho in U.N. Price: $US. 1.00 (or equivalent