S/PV.1231 Security Council

In accordance wlth the Council% previous decision. 1 propose to invite the representative of Cuba to tske a seat at the Council table. AF the invitation of the Presideaf, Mr. Alfonso Martines (Cuba) fook a place at fbe Couacil table.

(translated from Russian): Before giving the floor to the first speaker on my llst 1 should like to draw the attention of members of the Council to a number of documents relating to the matter before us whioh bave been received by the President of the Council. 3. The first document to whlch 1 should like to draw you attention is a telegram dated 20 July 1965 from Santa Domingo addressed to the President of the Security Council and signed by Mr. Jottin Cury, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Constitutional Government. This telegram reads as follows: “The Constitutional Government addresses you, and through you the honourable Security Council, in order to inform you of the serious events that occurred yesterday at dawn. when more than twenty mortar shots were fired at the constitutionalist zone. causing loss of lifeanddamage to private property. “This serious violation therefore tends to create the impression that it is an attempt to ensure that the resumption of the conversations wlth this Committee Will tshe place under the pressure engendered by such inhuman attacks on the civilian population of the constitutionalist zone of Santo Domingo. The violence of the attack, made at 2.30 a.m.. the indlscriminate firing. the use of heavy arms against a defenceless civilian population. a11 these faots corroborate the feeling of this Government as expressed above. “The 81 mm. mortar fire came from the troops of the so-called Government of National Reconstruction. As we bave stated on other occasions, this Government was created by the United States of America. Consequently it is difficult to believe that the United Stntes forces that are occupying our country and exercising unquestionable control over the so-cnlled Government of National Reconstruction did not know beforehand about the plans to carry out tbis attack. “The Constitutional Government reminds You, Mr. Secretary-General, and the Security Council that it represents a State Member of the United Nations and as such is entitled to cal1 upon the coinpetence of the Organisation in respect to measures to guarantee respect for the sovereignty of free peoples and to safeguard international peace and security, whioh today are SO endangered in the Dominican Republic throughamilitaryintervention.” 4. 1 should also like to draw the attention of the members of the Council to the fact that we bave before us a further report by the Secretary-General [S/6542]& dated 21 July 1965, concerning the events which are the subject of the telegram addressed to the President of the Council which 1 have just broughl to your attention. The Council has also received and circulated in officia1 form a number of other documents. 5. 1 also wish to inform members of the Council that 1 bave received a request from Ambassador Brache, the representatlve of the ConstitutionalGovernmentof the Dominican Republic, to be given an opportunity to put some additional information before the Security Council. 1 suggest that if there are no objections Ambassador Brache should be given that opporiunity, in accordance with theprevious decisionof the Council, 7. 1 regret, however, that I must express my delegation’s deep concern over the conflrmed violations of the cesse-flre in the Dominican Republic by the government of General Imbert, as indicated by the Secretary-General in his report of 16 July 1965 [S/ 6530 and Corr.l].Y We rely. as we should, solely on the reports of the Secretary-General as the only accurate and objective reports by which to judge and assess the situation in the Dominican Republic; Upon thorough examination of the report of the Secretary-General of 16 July 1965, covering the peiod from 19 June to 15 July 1965, we find a numb@r of confirmed violations of the cesse-fire in the Dominican Republic. Firstly, in paragraph 6 of the report, it is stated as confirmed that sonna troops of General bnbert, wlth tanks. had moved into the Security Zone on the morning of 5 July 1965. Secondly. in paragraph 7. it is stated-and tbis was confirmedthat mortar rounds were fled from the area under the authority of General Imbert on the evening of 5 July 1965. Thirdly, in paragraph 10, it is stated. with confirmation, that on 7 July indiscriminate firing was directed lnto houses occupied by civllians and into the San Rafael Maternity Clin& which has a large Red Cross sign on the front of it. Tbls firing camr from two positions of the Inter-American Peace Force [IAPF]. Fourthly, in paragraph 11, it is stated as a fact that on the night of 8-9 July 1965, mortar shells were fired into the Caamafio zone by the forces of General Imbert. Fiftbly. in paragraph .12 it is stated. with confirmation, that the police of General Imbert had been stationed at an IAPF checkpoint and had searched civ’llans passing tbrough the checkpoint and that that caused considerable tension among the civilian population of the area. Sixthly, and finally, it is stated in the latest report of the Secretary- General [S/6542], dated 21 July, that on the night of 19-20 July mortar shells were fired from an araa under the control of Imbert forces and hit the Caamaiio sector. 8. AR the foregoing violations of the cesse-fire were committed by the forces of General Imbert and, on one occasion, by theIAPF.Noneof the reports 9. As to the other aspects of this report [5/653O and Corr.11, it is stated as an established fact that and atmosphere of fear does exist in the San Francisco de Macorfs area because of police repression and denial of civil rights. In paragraph 27,it is stated that a police station belonging to the Government of General Imbert was attacked on 2 July. caasing the death of two policemen. This, of course, is regrettable. In paragraph 23. we are told that the civilians of the San Francisco de Macorfs area explain the outbresk of violence as a reaction to increased military and police repression and the denial of civil rights. Police repression and denial of civil rights, while not established in the report of the Secretary- General as facts. cari be inferred fromanexamination of the alarming report of the commissionof criminologlsts established by the OAS to investigate the atrocities committed in Santa Domingo. Thls report [sec S/6522]3/ is lengthy and is fall of tecbnical statements of a medical and legal nature. 10. In paragraph 8 of the report, it is recorded that the commission encountered difficulties inperforming its mission. Of the attitude of the police and military officers of General Imbert. we read in paragraph 10 that their statements seemed SO unlikely and reticent that the commission received “the impression that they were instructed, the terms they used being SO much the same and SO copied”. 11. Examples of the non-co-operation of the responsible aaencies in the Government of General Imbert with the commission are cited in paragraphs 10 and 11. It is also stated that the civilian oooulation areferred to remain silent “SO as not to ce exoosed to risks or reprisals” [ibid., Para. 121. In paragiaph 15, the rer>ort states that the three princioal sites in which corpses were foand were u~equiv&ally under the authority of the Imbert forces, and in paragraph 17 it is stated that the explanations submitted by the Government of General Imbert about the atrocities showed “çomplete emptiness”. 12. In short, the harsh facts are that motor-vehicles which arrived loaded with prisoners were unloaded and the prisoners were then shot in cold blood. Many prisoners, the report tells as, were beingtransferred 13. My delegation sincerely hopes tbat the report of the commission of criminologists Will be taken into account when we proceed further with the political progress in the Dominican Republic. 14. My statement would not be complete without an expression of sincere appreciation and gratitude to Mr. Mayobre for his constructive and lengthy report on the period in question. A wordof sincere appreciation and gratitude is also due very appropriately to tbe commission of criminologists for their report, without which we would be at a ioss. 15. Mr. TINE (France) (translated from Frenchl: In the opinion of my delegation, the Secretary- General% report [S/6530 and Corr.11 of 16 July fully justifies,evenapart fromanyotherconsideration, further investigation of the Dominican question by the Security Council. Indeed, we think that by inviting the Secretary-General to senda special representative to the Dominican Republic. the Cou&l intended to keep a close watch on the development of a situation which. to say the least, could net today be considered satisfactory. especially from the point of view of the elementary guarantees of law and order and of justice. 16. My delegation would like to say how much it appreciates the way in which Mr. Mayobre is discharging his task. The reports which he transmits to us through the Secretary-General are most valua- óle. Ris imp;rtiality.and ohjectivity help to a great extent to place the events in the Dominican Republic in their true perspective. My delegation notes with satisfaction that the Secretary-General’s Special Representative does not remain a passive observer. In conformity with the spirit of this mandate. Mr. Mayobre bas bas felt it his duty to be an active witness. moving about whenever necessary and investigating personally or through his colleagues the incidents and fac& brought to his attention. For example. in paragraphs 7. 10 and llof bis report the Secretary- General’s Representative gives us valuable and, to a certain extent, new information on the origln of the events that occurred on 5 and 7 July and during the night of 6-9 July. 17. There is another aspect of the situation at Santc Domingo which my delegation cannot pass over ir silence. For several weeks now there bave beer concordant reports in the Press.comingfromreliablf elements of the Dominican population, of atrocities committed in the Santa Domingo area. The facts were recently confirmed by important Latin American Personalities and there ca” no longer be any doubt about the reality of these acts, which are revolting t0 the conscience. Nor cari there by any hesitation in the attribution of blame; and it must be noted that the presence of the intervention forces did not pre- 19. Furthermore, conditions in the provinces are dlsquieting in all respects. In hls report of 3 June [S/6408]& the Secretary-General% Special Representative drew our attention very clearly to the risk of a deterioration of the situation in the interior of the country. Today those fears bave been confirmed. The investigations made by Mr. Mayobre’s observers, especially in San Francisco de Macorfs. throw some light on the causes of this deterioration. Having noted that. accordlng to some of the town’s civilian population, the attempted uprising of 25 June “was a reaction to increased military and police repression and the denialof civilrights” [S/653@,para. 231.Mr.Mayobre’s observers report that there was “an atmosphere of fear” in San Francisco de Macorfs (ibid., para. 24). On the other hand, they found that the atmosphere was “more relaxed at Santiago de Los Caballeros due perhaps to a gentler and more understanding approach by the military and police commandsrs” [g., para. 251. There we have.a description of the immediate causes of an alarming situation, inaddition to the deeper or at least older. causes that Mr. Mayobre mentions in the last paragraphs of bis report. 20. These are all reasons whlch lead us to reaffirm that. ln view of the situation still prevailing in the Dominican Republic, the presence of the Secretary- General% Representative at Santa Domingo is as necessary as ever. 21. 1 would add that. in the present state of affairs, the need for the establisbment of aprovisional government. as representative of the Dominicanpeople as possible, is becoming more and more urgent.

My delegation has given the Secretary- General% report on the situation in the Dominican Republic during the period from 19 June to 15 July [S/6530 and Corr.11 the most careful study. It bas also studied with great tare. and naturally, in view of the contents of the document, with deep concern, the report of the technical assistance committee, appointed by the Organisation of American States. concerning violations of human rights committed in the Dominican Republic (S/6522]. 23. 1 take this opportunity to pay a tribute to the Secretary-General and to Mr. Mayobre. hls Repre- 24. As the members of the Council Will remember. Mr. Schweitzer was. until a short time ago. the Permanent Representative of Chile to the United Nations and represented his country on the Security Council during 1961 and 1962. We who had the privilege of knowing him bave had the opportunity of appreciating the outstanding gifts possessed by this distinguished public servant and his unswerving devotion to the ideals of our Organization. 25. Witbin the limited context in which the Security Council has hitherto decidedtoconsider theDominican question, namely. within the context of resolutions 203 (1965) and 205 (1965) of 14 and 22 May-since, as you will remember, it was not possible to adopt a resolution covering a11 aspects of the situaiionit is clear that while the Council’s request has, generally speaking. been respected, some incidents occurred on 5 July, during the nights of 6 to 7 July and 8 to 9 July, and on 14 July. Press reports published yesterdoy and today describe another incident which occurred on 19 July and resulted in one death. A further report by the Secretary-General [S/6542] has been circulated during this meeting which confirms that incident and the seriousness that muet be attached to it in the present circumstances. 26. In many of these incidents, whlch, although isolated. are nevertheless a vioiation of the Council’s order, fairly powerfulfirearms bave occasionally been used. As lhe Secretary-General reports, there are indications tbat these weapons bave been used by the forces under General Imbert’s command. This also appears to be the opinion most wldely held ahout the incidents on 19 July which, as 1 say, caused the death of a sixteen-year old girl, according to the reports published in the New York HeraldTribune and The New York Times yesterday, and the opinion expressed in the latest report by the Secretary-General to which 1 bave referred. 27. These events, and the movement and transfer of troops, constitute, 1 repert. a violationof the Council% order calling for a strict cesse-fire which, as we bave already stated, is applicable to a11 military forces serving in the Dominican Republic and implies a series of restrictions which do net appear to bave been fully observed. 28. In view of ihe tension to which paragraph 4 of the report of 16 July refers and of the atmosphere of fear which seems to be reigning in many parts of the countrg as a result of repression and the continual violation of human rights. the concern expressed by the Secretary-General is fully justified. 29. Witb regard to tbe report of the OAS teclmical assistance eommittsè [S/SSZZ]. my delegation feels compelled to express its strong condemnation of tbese atrocities. Tbe second, tbird. fifth and sixth conclusions in tbat dooument show olearly tbe special rssponsibility borne by tbe authorities of the Government of National Reconstruction. 1 do net tblnk the Council cari or should remain lndlfferent to these mast serious violations of human rigbts and if my feelings are sbared by a11 tke members it sbould net be difficalt to fixxi a formula to express them. 30 Tbe PRESIDENT (translated from Russianl: I sball now, in accordance with tbe decision taken by the Council. invite Mr. Brache to take a place at the Council table ami make bis statement. AF fbe invifafim of fhe Pr&denf, lWr. Rtrbén Brache ta& a seaf af fZle CaunciZ fable. 31. IvIr. BRACIIE (translated from Spanlsh): 1 tbank the Council for allowing me to rebut some of the statements mado by Mr. Plimpton. ths representative of the Government of tbe United States of America. snd by Mr. Guaroa V&aquez. the representative of the inaptly named Government of National Reconstruction, at the 1230th meeting. 32. TO begln with. 1 must say that 1 find it really laughable to bear Mr. Guaroa Vehlzquea calmly state that his Government is the only legally constituted govermnent in tbe Dpminican Republic. The Cou&l Will recall that at the 1212th meeting, Mr. Velbzquea emphasized that hls Governmeo: was a continuation at th@ triumvirate which was deposed on 24 April and of which the Dominican people bave unhappy memories. It is therefore illegitimate in origln, treacherous in its resurgence and genocidal by adoption and tradition. 1 must admit, however, that Mr. V&aquez gave me a most pleasant surprise when he supported my delegation’s request that the sa-called Inter- AmeriCan PeaCe Force should be wlthdrawn from my country’s territory lmmediately and he cari count on my sincere and resolute co-operation in achievingthk, objective. Where co-operation may prove difficult is when the troops of the Armed Forces Training Centre try to take police action in the constitutional zone. where genocide cannot be committed wlth impunity against defenceless people. 33. iMr. Vel&quea bas the audacity to refer to violations of human rights in the constitutional zone but he seems to bave forgottsn that the OAS technical assistance committee bas been investigating that zone and bas foundnoevidence of crimes or atrocities. More daring still is the statement by Mr. Velkquea that the accusation of repression by the police and military authorities of his Government made in tbe re- “Second. Al1 the places where cadavers where found are located in that part of the Dominican Republic controlled by the Government of National Reconstruction. 11 . . . “Seventh. The foregoing positive conclusions exclude, by their very bases, the suggested hypothesis that the deaths might bave been the work of armed civllian groups.” [S/6522, para. 30.1 34. Mr. Velkzquez also spesks of the co-operation extended to the Committee by the civil authorities, without mentioning the effectiveness of that cooperation. These authorities apparently do net deserve the respect of the various police and military groups which constitute the inaptly named Government of National Reconstruction, since a certain Commodore Francisco J. Rivera Caminero. Secrrlary of State for the Armed Forces, was clearly more interested in concealing the crime than in helping to investigate it. 35. With reference to Mr. Pllmpton’s statement [1230th meeting], 1 wish to make some comments whlch 1 consider relevant. Mr. Pllmpton at first adni:ted that he was a little pussled about the reason for the convening of the Security Council on Tuesday laet. :a: this deiegation’s view, the reasons given by Mr. Cury in hls Gables reveal his hlgh sens@ of responsibility nnl would bave justified an even earlier m@et.ng of the Council. Mr. Pllmpton is bound to acknowledge that the violations of human rights whlch are stii! being committed in mY unfortunate COuntry full JuitifY the convening of the Council, especially for us Dtiminicans who are the victims of the horrifying genocide committed by the so-called Junta of National Reconstruction, the ill-omened creature of the United States Government. Mr. Pllmptondescribes theposting of a handbill as an entirely reaeonable action in the opinion of thls delegation, however, this action depends on the person who commits it,particularly when, in the handbill, the OAS, by implication. asks the people to co-operate wlth the national police of the Dominican Republic, the same police whloh the committee of crlminologists found guilty of horrifying crimes of genocide. 36. Finally, 1 cari assure Mr. Pllmpton that when the !nter-Amerioan Ieace Force is withdrawn from our sacred soil. ha wili not bave to worry about a resumptien of the civil war. since the major problem of the 37’. 1 also wish to refer to the table of 20 July. in which Mi-. Cary complains of a further violation of ébe vase-ftre by tbe troops 01 the Armed r‘orces Traitig Centre, who indlscriminately firedmore than tweflty 81 mm. morhr sbells. causing 10.9s of life and damage to private property. As states, it is becoming difficult to believe that tbe United States forces wtich are cp@cupying our cowtry anci which exercise unquestionable control over tbe so-called Clovernment of National Reconstruction did not have previous lmowledge of the Plans to carry out this attack. 38. All tbese events irnpel us to renew our request to the Coutmll to use all its prestige and power to ensure tbat tbe SO-calledInter-American Peace Force is withdrawn from my country’s territory without furîher dehy. As long as that Force remains in the Dominican Republic. tbere cari bs no prospect of truc pence.

I bave no maie speakers on my llst for thls meeting of the Council. 1 bave at least one speaker wlm wishes to tahe the floor tomorrow afternoon: and members of the Councll are now consulting with one another regardlng possible steps that tbe Cou&l might tahe. Consequently. after consultlng witll the members of the Security Cauncll 1 shall cal1 the next meeting of the Security Council. if there is no objection. for 3 p.m. tomorrow.

Would it not bs possible to bave the meeting tomorrow morning ramer than tomorrow afternoon? 41. The PRESIDENT (translated from Russianl: Dsring prellminary consultations. many members privately expressed the wlsh to meet tomorrowafternoon; but 1 am at theclisposalof the Council and should therefore like to hear the views of members on the proposai made by the representative of the Ivory Coast, who, after further consultations, bas jus1 suggested that the Council should continue its consideration of the situation in the Dominican Republic on Monday morning. This suggestion, which has the support of the reprcsentatives of Bolivia and the UniteE States. appears to represent the feelingof theCounci1. l f i I 42. In accordance with the Council’s previous decisions and established practice, a decisicn to meel at that tlme will not mean, of course, that the Counci: cannot be convened before then by the President i developments outsidc our present knowledge st require. t l 43. In thls connexion, the President would mosl respectfully request members of the Council to remain on cal1 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday in orde] c 44. Since there are no further comments 1 assume that the Council agrees with the proposa1 regarding the next meeting of the Council, subject to the remarks and reservations 1 bave made. The meeting rose af 12.10 p.m. HOW TO OBTAIN UNITED United Nations publications moy be obtoinèd distributors througkout the world. write to: United Notions, Sales ENT SE BROCURER LES PU Les publicotions des Nations Unies sont agencer dépositaires du monde entien ou adresser-vous à: Notions Unies. Section PUBLICACIONES Las publicaciones de las Naciones Ltnidos cosos distribuidoras en todor partes dirijase a: Nociones Unidos, Seccih Litho in U.N. Price: $ILS. 0.50 (or equivalenc in orher