S/PV.981 Security Council

In accordance with the decision taken at the preoeding sessirm, 1 sball invite. with the Security Council’s consent, the representatives of the Republio of Cuba and of the Dominican Republic ta take places at the Council table. A t the invifation of the Presfdent, Mr. Mario Garofa Inchbusteguf (Cuba) and Mr. Carlos SanohezySbnchez 1. a la décision j’inviterai, représentants blique Conseil. Inch&&eguf (République Dominicaine) prennent place à la table Conseil. (Domfnfoan Republlc) Cook places at the Councfl table.

We aill now proceed to the further consideration of the item on the agenda. 1 cal1 on the representative of the Dominican Republic. 2. maintenant & l’ordre de la République

At its 980th meeting, thls Council granted my request for a postponsnient of the debate until todny, in order to enable me to make a complete statement on the case brought before it by Cuba% complaint against the United States of America. I naed hardly remind members of the Council that the situation prevailing in the Dominican Republic bu been used as a pretext in order to eubmit ta tbe Cou&l a matter whioh, SO far as we are concerne& is only me more move in the scanda1 of tbe “cold war”. 3. caine) séance, les débats au Cuba contre besoin a prie République sécuriti de plue dans le scandale 4. It is regrettable tbat Cuba, misueing the right granted to Membere of tbe United Nation& in Arti- 6. particulièrement sur et plusieurs salle, manente l’Organisation 6. 31~ Government bas instructed me to draw the pardcular nltcntion of members of the SecurityCouncil to a spec”ic fact, a fact which is historically SO .& &dant antl SO well lmown that it cannot be denied. It ia this fact which, among others. justifies my preseace here, SpC&ing as 1 do as the Permanent Representntive of the Dominican Republic to this world . Orgxuz~itlon. 7. The Dominican Republic has suffered more in- ,.~&;is than any other Republic in the Carribbean ,+,=kon. nnd this hns made us most jealous of our --c.----z sovercignty. Ii \as caused us to protést strongly in au situations which are contrary to the principles of the Iaw of nations. The people of the Dominican Republic bas demonstrated its will to be free and independent whenever tbe principle of the equality and respect diie, h> international life, to a11 free States. large and small, has been violated. That is one of tbe basic reasons which has always led us t.o repudiate a11 intervention, becausa in every intervention we have suffered we bave had to fight hard in order to regain our political independence and rejoin tha international commnnity of law. During the Conference of the International Commission of Jurists at Rio de Janeiro in 1927, the Sixth International Conference of American States at HaVana in 1928 and the Seventh, held at Montevideo in 1933. the champion of non-intervention was precisely the Dominican 7. qui a connu nos sentiments ment à protester nous sommes aux bien lité et du respect les petits? montrer et indépendant. qui parce vention, notre dans lors des internationale Havane, nationale. Dominicaine non-intervention. 8. We acquired our independence by ourselves. On the occasions when a foreign Power succeeded in establishing itself on our soil. we evicted it without anyone’s help, We have always been able to solve our problems by oukelves. We do not owe anyone any faveurs; we do not owe anyone a penny, and we bave enough courage to fight our own battles. The Dominicari peop!e has always solved its problems without measuring the stature of its opponents. Unsparing of itself, it hrs even sent liberators to other countries to help them unfur! the flag of freedom. We say this nOt in order to boast-God save us from tbat &-but in order to make manifest the sense of international solidarity that has animated the Dominican Republic aver since it joined the world of free peoples. 8. A diverses s’établir balayé été blèmes. sonne; sommes dominicain posaient saires. qu’il g&re la liberté. garde le sentiment animé accédé 9. At the present tima, and especially in the critical circumstanccs through which it is passîng tiay, the Dominican Rapublic could bardly fail to raise its mice in protest to the Security Council if the United %es of Amcrica, 3: any other State Member of thés world Organlzdtior.. .lad committed or was Committiag, or was threarening to commit, acta Of interven- 9. caine les circonstances lement, si les Etats-Unis de l’Organisation en train 11. First, during this month of November 1961 iniportant members of the Trujillo family, including the following persons. whose names 1 &a11 r together with the positions they belcl in tbe mstalled on 16 August 1930, left tbe territory of the Domlnican Republic: General Rsfael L. Trujillo, Jr., ~110 was Chief of the Joint General Staff of tbe Armed Forces of the Republic; Colonel Luis Jo& LeOn Estovcz. who was Inspecter-General of tbe Armecl Forces; Colonel Jose Alfonso Le6n Est&er.; Genernlissimo HBctor Bienveniclo Trujillo Molina, formerly President of the Republic; Lieutenant- General José Arismendi Trujillo Molina: General Luis Rafael Trujillo Molina, Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces; General (Ret.) Jo& Gar&a Trujillo; MajorGeneral Pedro V. Trujillo Molina; General Fernando Sbnchez. Jr., wbo was Chief of Staff of the’Dominican Air Force; General Virgllio Garcfa Trujillo, Chief of Staff of the National Army: Captain Virgllio Garcfa Trujillo, Jr.: Mr. Pedro José Trujillo Nicolas; Lieutenant-Colonel David Armando Kushner Castellanos: Deputy Luis E. RuIs Monteagudo: and Senator Luis Rufz Trujillo. All of these were accompanied by their respeotive families, numbering thirty-four persons. Yesterday the remaining membars left, and today not a single member of the Trujillo family remains in the country. 12. Secondly, reactionary elements which had been watching with disgust the process of democratization pursued by the Government for the past five monthsa process they regarded as prejudicial to their remalning in the country and to their politioal ambitiens-hatched a plot against constitutional order tbat was to reach its tragic oulmination on the 18th and 19th of November, 1961. Although exposed to grave danger, the institutions of the State sucoeeded in overcoming it and emerged stronger than ever from the triais to whieh they bad been subjected through the folly and ambition of a group of mentally baokward people. 13. Thirdly, the efforts of the Government to root Out reaction and civic indiscipline in key posts in the armed forces-efforts which have been extended to the area of similar positions in the civllian administration-are evidence of the Governmentcsdetermination to impose on :il the institutions of the State truly democratic standards, which would serve to guarantee and strengthen not only the juridical order but also thc position of a11 the inhabitants of the Republic, nationals and foreigners alike, without any distinction whatsoever. 14. Fourthly. as we have already said, at no timefrom OUI‘ first statement in tbis debate until the beginmng of our present statement-has there existed anythlng that could be regarded as intervention by :he United States of Amerioa in tbe domestio or foreign affairs of the Dominican Republio. On the Jontrary, my Governmsnt wiçrhes to Qall tbe Seourlty 15. My Government wishes to state explicitly, assuming ali the responsibility necessary tberefor and mindful of its proven, unbroken record of vigilanoe in imposing respect for the attributes of national sovereignty, that the naval uni& of the United States of Americn which have been sighted from the shores of our country have net violated international law since they have not made any kind of incursion into our sovereign territorial waters, whose limit of three miles is defined in the Constitution and laws of the Dominican Republic. My Government bas no reason to doubt that these warships are tbere. as publicly stated by the Government of the United States of America, in order to prevent any invasion prepared in Cuba or other countries of communist ideology, which are trying to exploit our present diiisulties for the purpose of establishing a typically totalitarian and fore@ régime in flagrant violation of the provisions of the Convention on tbe Duties and Rights of States in the Event of Civil Strife. which was signed at Havana in 1928 at the Sixth Inter- Anlerican Conference and to which both Cuba and the Dominican Republic are parties. 16. On behalf of tbe Dominican Government, we cari assure the Council that the Dominican Republic has been neither invaded nor threatened with invasion by the United States of America in any way. f United States vessels hnve patrolled the Caribbean outside w twri~orial waters, they are entitled to do SO. The Mgh sens are res communis, open to use by a11 flags. If the Uuited States of America ha3 been patrolling the Mgh seas, it has a right to do 80 and no one cari Contest that right. We did not ask its warships to corne, but we do not wish nordowe ask them to leave. Their presence has constituted a salutary safeguard sot otiy for the Dominican Republic but for the whole Oaribbean region. 1 may say, however, that if the reports appearing in the Press and on television are correct, the Dominican people along the shore have juhilantly welcomed the sight of United States war- 3MPs passing in the distance, svhich for some reason UsY hterpreted as an assurance to them rather tban a3 a threat. When people are stirred by a passion for redemption, they do not reason, but are in ecstasy aad see in everything tbat faveurs them the hand of fate or of Ood. 17. HerÉ i should like to read a few short parawphs Prom an art k%uagtt newspaper New York Spanishof Thuraday, 23 Nodirecting the movements of small minorl&x~~ 18. This was a quotation from the newspaper &î pressa, whlch has always been marked by its~sattitude and opposltlon to the ri5glme chat bas jp& corne to an end in the Domlnican Republïc. 19. Here 1 shculd llke to recall that the med mmks whlch took place in Juue 1969 by lsnd, sea mi air in the areas of Constansa, Estero Hondo snd Wm6n, and slmllar attempti before and alter that iate. were a real danger to the hemisphere. Inter- ~ionslly lmown. they explain snd justify our fears aad our precautions in face of the recent subversive propaganda of communist influence introduced into the American ccuntries, and particularly into the strateglo zone of the Carlbbean. 20. We do not deny Cuba the right to defend itself if it is attacked, but we do deny it the right ta try to expert its methods and its revolution to forelgn shores. Why did the presence of Unlted States ships off the Dominican toast distress C:‘ba SO muoh? Did Fidel’s Cuba intend to embark on some warlike adventure in our oountry? Have the Unlted States shlps foiled soma unavowable undertaklng on ita part? only cuba kmws. d? la République Dominicaine a-t-elle autant contrarié 21. lf Cuba is afraid of something, that ie its own affalr, not ours. Unfortunately we cannot thank it for its %harltablen interference, because we are soiving oup problems by ourselves; the Domlulcan Republic aow bas a completely democratic Government, which ail opposition groups, except for the extremist wing of a single minority party, support or are preparing tc support; and its President has shown the greatest intelligence and ski11 in deallng with cne of the most difficult problems wbich a Government based on force has bequeathed tc a Government based on law, by offerlng a11 living forces in the Republic and a11 militant groups in the country the desired transition tc unrestricted functional democracy. démocratie demment. 22. Fifth?v, it has been proved beyond dispute that the political set-up which has corne lntc being in the D”aican riepublic these last few daye ie truly nicaine aoit authentiquement 23. In a few short montbs my Government has shown, by its actions, that it is advancing rapidly towards the establishment of a State baaed on law. Numerous measures bear witness to the advances whioh have been made towards the introduction, throughout the nation, of a representative and effective democratio system as defined in the Declaration of Santiago.l/ 24. hmong these reoent events, the following measdies taken by my Government deserve special attention: the dissolution of the Domlnican Party; the restoration of its old colonial name to the capital of ~he Republic, which took place yesterday by a unanii~ous voie of the National Congres% the remowl of politicnl monuments and symbols regarded by the oj)posi&n parties as obstacles to the process of dcmocratization which the Government is operating with unborzded energy and good faith; and the abolition of the contributions of money for politlcal purposes which members of the Civil Service used to mûke, through government offices, for the benefit of a single party-these bave been forbidden, in order that Civil Servants may receive the fnll salary to which they are entitled under the national budget. In a wider ficld, the Government sincerely welcomed the recommendations of the OAS Committee on Elections which recently visited the Dominican Republic to carry out a detailed study of this important subject, with a view to a11 opposirion parties being guaranteed identical rights, in accordance with the principles of free and secret suffrage-the best safeguard for the voter. Rational measures bave been, and are being taken, to reduce the military budget 80 far as passible, and to achieve, aooording to the needs of the nation, n proper balance between a11 organs of the StXti, Lu r.:e extont that each is linked with the State’s ec0110x:. .G finances as a whole. might investigate anything they wi something to say. something to reveal or some complaint to make. Of a11 this we are pro& but we know how to obey the dictates of law whenwe sign an international treaty. There does not exist in alI Americathere does not. perhaps, exist in ail the world-a country which has shown such respect for international commitments, for the decisions of ail bcdies controlling international life. as has the Dominicsn Republic. We have never refus& to . mission, rejected an investigation or tbe jurisdiction of another State. 26. Lastly, 1 must say that no measure will be rejected if it seems likely to help towards the achievement of my Government’s purpohz, whioh include conciliation and understanding amor.g a11 parties with a truly democratic ideology-net only in the interests of domestic peace and order, but to the end that the Gominican Republic shall never beoome a danger to the peace of the hemisphere or to colleotive security. 27. In view of a11 these considerations, my Government considcrs that, since the Government of the Republic of Cubn has made a similar request t0 the Council of OAS on the same grounds as those underlying the requesi which led to the present meeting, and having reg:?d to established precedents, the Security Commii should refrain from considering the merits of tbe complaint made against the United States of America on the score of allegedintervention in the domestic affairs of the Dominican Republic. This would be in line wfth the prinoiples laid down in Articles 52 to 54 of the United Nations Charter, concerning regional arrangements. 26. We say this and suggest this exceptional procedure because, as we have pointed out, Cuba has brought a similar charge, on the Barne grounds, before the OAS. The Artioles of the United Nations Charter, which 1 have mentioned, provide thatr 29. In conclusion, we cari only say tbat if Cuba fears lest the precedent of United States intervention in the Dominical~ Repüblic may be us& inst &-as it admits in its communication to tb oumil-1 Carl assure Cuba that it cari sleep peacefully, because the United Stltes Government has neitber sd nor tried to intervenc Or threaten the 50V of tbe DominiCau people. 30. If ihc Council will allow my delegation to continue, Xr. Jo& A. BonilIa Atiles, thealternaterepresenmtive of the Dominican Republic. Will present some more evidence in support of the views we have put forward in this Council.

It is mv understanding that any member of a delegation &dch represents the Government of any country at a meding of the Council bas the right. acting on instructions from his Government. to make any stit.ement he sees fit. For us 1 tbink it makes no difference whether the statement is made by one member of a delegation or another. 32. 1 therefore assume that there Will be no objections if, in addition ta the statement which bas just been made by the representative of the DOmirliCan Republic, we now hear what another member Of chat country’s delegation has t0 say. 33. If the members of the Council have no objections and as the requisite authorization to take part in meetings of the Security Council has been granted by tbe Secretary of State for Fore@ Affairs of the Dominican Republic in document S/4397. 1 sball now ~~11 on the Alternate Representative of the Dominican Republic to tnke his place at the Security CounciI table and 1 give hïm the floor. Ai the invitatfon of tbe President, Mr. José A. Bonilla Atiles (Dominfcan Republic) toolc a Seat at the Council table. 34. W. BONLLA ATILES (Dominican Reoublic) (translated from Spanish): It is a considerable honour for me to fin0 that 1 have become, overnight, a diplomat representing the Dominican Republic. 1 shall now speak on behalf of a Government which until Yesterday 1 always opposed, and on behalf of a people whom I have always defended. 35. 1 bave received the following communiqu6 from the National Civio ünion: “On the nighl of 18 November a grave danger hung over the Dominican Republic. In vicious. and squalid alliance with civilian and military members of the reactionary group, the brothers IiBotor and J. Arismendi Trujillo were preparing to effect a carefully planned coup d’&at, with Ehe intention net Ofily of assuming power and establishing an even more cruel tyranny, but of assassinating thousands of anti-Trujillo citizene throughout the length and bi’cacr’.~. ùf the country, according WJ speoially compile.! .:sts. ~Two days prior to the date mention&. tbematter came ta the knowledge of the United States Government; and Secretary of State Dean Rusk announced that his country was ready to help the Domisican Government, at its requesf, in order to spare .ne people the horrors of a latter-day %sint Bartholomew’s Night’. With a view to implsmenting tbis offer, and for the sake of greater preparadness. the United States Government immediately dispatched a number of warships which t.ook up positien off our shores, although several miles outside Dom&&zan territorial waters. “The presence of these shlps, visible on the horizon, had the psychological effect of aicimg the domestic action then poing fonvard in various parts of the country. “Everybody knows the outcome. Tragedy was averted, and the main participants in the ‘Trujillo coup’ fled ignominlously. Hope is beginning to dawn, in our country, for a new life rich in opportunities for freedom, democraoy and soclalandeconomic justice, whioh has for rgo long been awaited. I’The United States of America now standsaccused in tbe United Nations Security Council, by the Republic of Cuba and the Soviet Union, of intervention. The National Civic Union, considçrring that it bas a duty to establish the facts of the case ln this world forum, has agreed to allow Mr. JoseAntonioBonilla Atiles, our present spokesman in the OAS to attend the meetings of the United Nations Security Council as a member of the Dominican delegation for the purpose of stating our vlews. “lt is agreed that Dr. Bonilla Atiles’ participation and term as representative shall be concerned solely with the matters which are the subject of this communiqué. “For the Executive Committee of the National Civic Union: Dr. Viriato A. Fiallo, Chairman; Dr. Luis Manuel Baquero, SecretaryCeneral.” 36. 1 must mnke a correction to this communiqu8, in that it mentions the Soviet Union as one of the oountries bringing this charge. On behalf of the National Civlc Union, 1 would lie to correct thls error. 37. 1s If we hear tbat a polideman attacks someone who Iighting anoiher person In the street, that would be insufficiect evidence on whlch to try or sentenoe the Pelicem~%. First of a11 we must look at the policeman’s r:Zim and, if we came to the conclusion that the lat:cr was himself violating the rights of a defenceleas Citizen and that thë policeman aoted in ordar to save a life, we should have no choioe but to aPprove the policeman’ s action. 36. In the case under consideration, the United States appears in the role of the accused, snd the ~9. 1 si:all speak as bluntly as 1 did in defeading the ri@ of &a Dominican people in the OAS. My corrcctisl:s Wiil come later. .;ù. 0.1 iii June 1961, when the Opposition-still in &ie-!legal> to combat tbe Trujillo r8gime in tbe O;\S, i hüd de honour to make the follow statenh31t to tbe Rmbassadors gatbered tbere: ‘Thc Uuited States Government bas-rightly or wpmgiy-stood accused on two courts over the past thirty-cne years: first, of having brcught Trujillo tc pcwer in the Dominican RepubHc, as tbe OUtcOme of action by the United F&ates Marine Corps during the Americau Military Occupation: and secondly, of baving kept him in pcwer for a tbird of a Century. “This accusation bas weakened United States policy in Latin America beoause the pecples of that comment, and frequently their governments. have used it in order to taunt the United States Government with its support of. or at least compromises wirh, the Latin American dictatorships, of whlch Trujillo’s far surpassed the cthers in ruthlessness sud tenacity. *This accusation was braudished, in particular, on three occasions when this dictatorship extended its brutal machinery beycnd its own frontiers or its own nationals. “The first episode which shocked world opinion was the assassination of cver 20,000 Haitiaus, orcered by Trujillo in 1937 and carried out within the brief space of forty-eight heurs in Dominican territory. This appalling deed proved to be the grcatest collective crime that the world had SO far esparienced. “The second episode consisted of a series of assassinalions ordered by Trujillo beyond the Dominican frontiers, the victims being Sergio Bencosme, Audr8s Requeua and Je& Galfndez in New York; Mauricic Baez and Pipf HernBndez at Havana; Arturo Goria in Haiti; and, finally. José Almoina Mateo at Mexico City. “The third event was the incredibly brazen attempt on the life of President R6mulo Betancourt at Caracas, the capital of his own country. “AS a consequenoe of this last incident, and th;mks to the firm attitude of the Venezuelan Gcvernment, the Sixth Meeting of Consultation ci Xlnisters for Pore@ Affairs found the Dominicar Gcvernmcnt responsible for the crime and applieà ta iL a number of sanctions, of ihichyou are aware, “:\t thnt poiut Trujillo adopted the astute tactlc ol $v:t!zdrawinp into private life, forcing his brother *~F~O:X that time onwards the situation in the i)orninionn Republic. far from improving, deteriorated i~cc;iuse il was not then-as it is not now-in the Rouer of ‘Trujillo or of Balaguer to stem the oncoming avalanche, the régime having got beyond rhe conrrol of its leaders. The army and the police were increased to the entent that it was necesaary 10 incrense tha terror; the national economy was strangled to the entent that the economic empire of the Trujillos was threatened, and tbe Dominican party increased its coercive political aotivities to the entent that democracy was found to intrude. “There is no need to recount the details. which you know. of the persecution against the Church and the sudden lcommunist’ slant given t.0 the régime*s propaganda in the press and over the radio in order to sway public opinion and attempt to arrive at an understanding with you, or the indefatigable campaign in the foreign press and the corruption outside Santa Domingo. *‘Eventually the inevitable happened. as it was bound to: the tyrant was shot down and, like the gangsters of Chicago and New York, died a victim of his own crimes. “We were never in favour of tyrannicide. because we had cctrefuily studied the structure of the regime and were convinced that the machinery constructed by Trujillo had no need of him in order to function with terrifying precision. Just as a democracy does not for its functioning require the presence of one mm, SO it was in the caseof the Dominican tyranny, because, Mile the former contains a network of freedoms ensuring its survival, the latter contained a network of coercion which, for it, had the same effect. “And now a serious problem has arisen. The end of Trujillo has been the end of a ‘private Citizen’, as he described himself, and the DominicanGovernment now seeks your recognition and the removal of the sanctions which you imposed on it a year ago. “Up till now, responsibility has weighed on a smgle Government. Henceforth this responsibility Will weigh on twenty Governments whioh Will have to decide the future of the Dominican peuple. “In order that you may better understand the ssriousness of the decision to be taken. we wfsh to Put before you the following considerations; we ask You to ai)proach them with the greatest impartiality and to woigh a11 their implications. “The Trujillo régime was founded upon and upheld by three great structures: the army, the single Party a:ld Trujillo’s economio empire-in other words Lhe terror State, the police state and the Prop?:. !‘-owner Su&e. In addition there is the National Police. i.e.. the $lice loroe. which in most countries is-a civilian bcdy hut which in the Dominican Republic is a mili- @ry or-mization numbering about 6.000 men. Then there is the Intelligence Service (SIM). the exact number of whose agents is not known but is estimated at more than 2.000. lncluding tbe so-called ‘caliés’ and a large number of paid informers. The rural police are armed peasants in the service of the army; they are scatterad all over tbe country and number about 4,000. The Foreign Legion is directed by the Yugoslav Colonel Vladimir Sem, who was in the service of Per6n and was brought by him to the Domlnican Republic; it includes members of Franco!~ Spanish Fore@ Leglon and is made up almost entirnly of convicted crimlnals who have been admitted to its rank6 in order to make room, in the jails, for political prisoners. It is estimated to comprise about 3.000 men. operating in the area of Constansa and on the Iiaitian frontier. This makes a total of about 100,000 men under arms, according to tbe statement of Trujillo, Jr. himself. In a country of about 3 mllllon inhabitants, this means that more than 3 1/3 per cent of trie population are under arms. The United States, with 180 million inhabitants, has 1.489.332 men and women under arms-less than 1 per cent of the population.. It is not difficult to guess the purpose of this establishment which weighs SO heavily on the national budget, absorbing as it does about 60 per cent of the total. Al1 these forces are essentially political. Their characteristic is. and has been, tbat they operate outside the law. Their Will is law, and neither the Judicial Power nor the civil authority may interfere in their activities, which are exclusively under the military command; the latter for its part usually cannot restrain them in their crimes but cari only support them, thus making itself their accomplice. “The 3ominican Party: Within a year from his assumption of power, Trujillo had dissolved, by terrer. the old rraditional Dominioan politicai partles-the Xrrional (Horacista), the Libaral (Jimec:sm) an,, :.;\e Progressive (Velazquista). Little by :: rie, t!lerç were passed lnto law certain re- :iu;r,:iilents which made it imperative for everyone i0 i,,:;; the single party. As thîs seems iucredible in i: oivilizud country, the details of the managemeni must ùe desoribed. A law made voting com- Pulsory and provided that a person must produoe “On a11 officia1 government forms there must be inserted the number under which the person concerned is registered in the Dominican Party, without which he is not entitled to anything, whether it be employment in the public administration or assistance in State hospitals. Under article 39 of the statutes of this political OrganiZatiOn. aIl elective officiais must place their signed. undated resignations at the disposa1 of the Party SO that the latter may do as it sees fit with the posts they hold, in accordance with the principle that ‘officiai office beiongs not to persons but to the Party’. These undated rasignations must be signed the moment the candidates are nominated. But there is more to it thau that: in the cases in which the farce of an electoral opposition has been staged. the candidates of the pseudo-parties established for that purpose, to which a certain number of elective posts are allotted for the sake of appearances, must also sign undated resignations-believe it or not-and put them at the disposa1 of the all-powerful Dominican Party. Furthermore, this enormous enterprise, the Dominican Party. collects 10 per cent of a11 the salaries of employees and officiais of the State and of a11 contracts for public works (apart from the RI per cent in cash which Trujillo takes for hlmself, that percentage being deducted from such salaries by the National Treasury itself. or, in the case of public works, being paid at the time the contract is signed. It need hardly be said that a11 the funds of the Party have been handled by the Wustrious Pounder and Supreme ChiefI. Generalissimo Trujillo, as if they were his own property. “Both Trujillo himself and several titular Chairmen of the Dominican Party have repeatedly invited certain citizens or seotors to form opposition parties: but SO far this has not been done, since the risk mvolved in accepting the invitation is obvious. President Balaguer is following in the footsteps of MS astute master when he again ‘invites’ the CPPosition to organise and return from exile. Tbis 1s the only case in which a party and a Government -the latter claiming to be the outoome of a ‘free election’ -bave deliberately struggled, 80 unsuocessfully, to bring about the formation of a public ^..A - . . - - anu orgamzea opposition. It is an extraordinary exemple oî the ‘unanimity’ of a people vis-a-vis uf a party and a Government. II -..- -.ii ;vonomic empire: It is enough to cite the :orcune left by Trujillotodemonstrate ifie lii&Aulabltl pressure exercised by him on the ~Qfi-iniean people. The New York Herald Tribune of 6 June 1961 carried an article statme that a committee of United States &mumial expe%s had ’ estimated that fortune at $1,000 million, not $800 nulhn as had been suppose& Let us make some I “The death of Trujillo bas in no way affeoted these three pillars of the régime. “As in the mediaeval empires, military power has bean ùequeathed to the direct heir. the precocious Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, Jr., who bas been a general since the age of nine. “We sha:l say nothing about what has happened since the death of the tyrank for even supposing this audience to be as kindly disposed and tolerant towards tbe régime as possible, it cannot have hiled to observe that the people has been frightened ald paralysed by the most absolute terror. “1 do not intend to analyse the steps taken by President Balaguer. such as the abolition of certnin monopolies and of the payments exaoted by the Dominman Party, the appointment of ambassadors whose crimes warrant the severest punishment (Jobn Abbes Uarcfa, Hugo Villanueva, etc.), or the remedial measures which confirm the existence of what had been denied; nor shall we discuss the ‘suicides’ of entire families and the outrages of most of the foreign correspocdents, who confined themselves to transmitting the press releases issued by the Dominican Government for the base purpose of misleading public opinion in the United States and the rest of the continent. We shall likewise refrain from discussing the discreditedefforts of certain persons of dubious international reputation, such as Leland Rosemberg. Porfirio Rubirosa (proceeded against in New York from 1936 to 1946 in connexion with the murder of Sergio Bencosme), Igor Cassini, eto. “You will realise how much ingenuity is required in ordar :o hoodwink a people, an international orgn:ization and world opinion with the statement that Lzesident Balaguer is offering to democratize tlie ::Lntry. ,‘Qch a development is impossible as long as the ii.’ 2 factors 1 have mentioned continue in exiates% i’or in such circumstances democracy is inooriGeivablc: and neither the return of the exiles nor Q ths first place, bistory does not record a &-,gle case in which a did not recover its 10s &d. you bave witnessed suoh recovery in every revolution and with a11 peopies, lmding t0 very serious conflicts of rights and interests when tbe property in question was in the hands of foreigners. The wronged people always tries to Obbin COmp@+ sation. This is a bistorica~y proven Social fact. If peoples act in this way in the case of le@ly acqtired interests. how could they fail to a& in cases of outright lcoting such as chat pra~tised by Trujiilo? “The Dominican peOple cari recover its prOpel%y from tbe >ujillos without creating international conflicts. i\ny truce or concession to the Balaguer Government would result in this incalculable fortune being transferred to foreigners-as is already bsginning to happen-and eventually it would have t0 be reclaimed at the cost of conflicts which might bave serious consequences and possibly lead to fatal results. “Tcday the dispute is hetween a people which has hsen robbed and its Dominican exploiter.?.. Tomorrow it Will be between a people which had been robbed and foreign swindlers or figure-heads. Yecondly, tomorrow a series of conflicts might lead the Dominican revolution along a path far removed from its present purpose, which is to establish representative demooracy in the Dominican Republic, “At îhis historic moment, America cari help oui‘ di-mocratic forces to complete the Dominican revolution and cari prevent thïs urgent task from being nndermken by other forces relying on doctrines and Powers alien to the continent of AmeriCa.n 41. After the making of these statements, the battle in the OAS was engaged. The National Civic Union Was formed, and gradually ever more obvious progress was made towards the democratization of the Don~nican Republic. The culmination was the de- Parture Of the entire Trujillo family and the recent dissolution of the Dominican Party, one of the three Pillars of the dictatorship. 43. Today the armed forces are subordinate to the civil Power and are beginning to be purgsd, to the satisfaction of the Dominioan Oppooition. The economic empire still exists, but is beginning to be restored to the Dominican people. Unfortunately, hecause of broadcasts from Cvba, the Dominican Public is devouring itself and its fetishism in leading it to destroy, unneoessarily, pré ‘yy frdm which it might benefit later on. 44. The Civic Union’s communiqué was foliowed by an event whicb filled the Dominican people witb hormr. Ir too was reported in the Diario Las Améri- L, in ils issue of Tbursday. 23 November 1961, raifer t:his heading:. “Joaqufn Balaguer calls the murder of che six political criminals a ~horrifying act’ t+. SLx gersons wcre murdered-Mr. Modesto Dfaz, xl-. Salvador Rstrella Sadhala. Mr. César Estrella Sa&:d%. BIr. Roberto Pastoriza. Mr. Hmlscar Tejecla anti Jli. Ikumel Caceres IMichel-all of whom had tallien iI;irt in the consplracy of 30 May in whlch Generalissimo Trujillo lest bis life. Juan Ton~% Dfaz, Antonio de la Maza. Amado Gar&a Guerrero and Pedro Livio Cedeno had already been murdered. 45. How could this terrible tbing have happensd? Today a witness in Puerto Rico-the brother of Pedro Livio Cedefio, one of the murdered men-bas made a statement. According to this, two Cabinet members who were recently dismissed by President Ba]&guer cari testify tbat the horrible deed was ordersd by General Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Martfnez, the son of the dictator. before his departure. 46. The Opposition would have given a great deal to save the lives of these six prisoners, to whom the Domhïican people owsd a debt of gratitude because, together with their fellow-conspirators, they began the present movement in the Domlnican Republic with the justified killing of the tyrant Trujillo. 47. Although the psyohological impact of the United F%ates fleet prevented a horrible blood-bath in the Dominican Republic, 1 myself regret that this fleet did not arrive in time to prevent the massacre. 48. A couutry consists not of soil, but of the people who live in it. These are our brothers, 0u.r cbildren, our childhood companions-they represent o-ur traditions. Chat is the purpose of destroying everything Of value in a country? The extermination of the Dominicari people was a frightful thing; today, ithas stopped. If the United Siates fleet helped to stop it. then 1 say emphatically: blessed be the moment when the United States fleet reached Dominican waters. 49. 1 mcsc now correct some of the ideas 1 expresser! :n the statement which 1 bave just quoted. Toàq, -i admit that President Balaguer is makmg tremerdoüs efforts and that he is in a difficult positien il. !lis task of constructing a different system, fellowing upon a régime of which almost a11 Domiuieans were unwilling or unconscious victims andwhich they helptd to build. Now that the cbains which bound them to this régime are broken and the forces whioh made daadlock inevitable have disappeared, the Daminican Republic is preparing for democratic life, Pr’bularly since President Balaguer has declared tiat a transitional Government Will soon be formed and that a place Will be found in it for the Opposition, carlos Sti~chez y S&nchez, has put before you. 1 did sot corne heïe to make statements of a legal nature. because I am not in touch with such problems. 1 came to e@ain to you the tragic situation of the &miniCan people. YOU must realize that thls is a siok snd hesitant peoplc. Listen. 1 beg ycu, to the bMadcasts traosmitted night after night from stations in Cuba ti the Domluican people; observe that their purpose iS ~0 luflame thc Domlnican people, now anxi~us and uncertain, with a view to its resortlng t0 violence and insurrection. 51. The Domiuican Opposition does net want thés. The Domiuicar. Opposition does nOt want firingsquads or looting. The Dominioan Opposition wanta to forget tbe hatred and passions whioh have kept us in thraldom for thirty-one years; it desires that we should solve as brothers among ourselves and as brothers of the other peoples of America.,the grave problem facing us today. The Domlnican people Will appreciate help given in this spirit. That is what. at this crucial and anxious moment in OUF histcry. 1 request of you.

Listenlng to the statements just made by the so-called representatives of the Government of the Dominioan Republio was certainly an unusual experience. 53. In the first place, we wish to point out that Cuba bas not submitted to the OAS any request for sanctions against the United States Government. but bas simply made an informative statement giving our Government’s vicws on the events with whioh we are concerned. It was tJ the SecuriLy Council that the Government of Cuba turned, instructing me to request sanctions against the aggressor and the immediats withdrawal of the lnterventionist forces. 54. In fact the statements of the so-called Dominioan representatives show that the r6gime whlch they represent is fast disintegrating. 55. I waut to warn members of the Council against the tactics which the representative of the United States Government used at the 980th meeting, making rldiculous charges against the Revolutionary Government of Cuba and its leaders. We are not discusslng here the threats of aggression of the United States Government against the Revolutionary Government of Cuba, or the chsputes between the îsvo Governments. Thwe matfers have been assigned to the First Committee of the General Assembly and Will be disoussed there. I’erhaps one day the apartheid policy praotised in the United Stntes Will also be disoussed. 56. These are not the questions which have brought us here today, and we should not digress from the act of potential intervention by the United States 5s. There are now 103 Members of the United Sations, nnd only eleven of these 103 States make up tho Szurity Council. Tbe important duties which the Ch:~~?er entrusts to this Council fa11 upon only eleven Xembers of the Organixation. Thus it is perfectly clear that these eleven Members represent not only themselves, but the other Ststes which are not mem-. bers of this Counoil. None of these Ststes which are not members of the Security Council is a great military Power, and most are small States without any military power at all. 59. Article 24 of the Charter recoguizes this situntion when it says, referring to Members of the United Nations: II . . . its Members confer on the Security Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of agree lonsibil thatitl ’ peace and its duties u ncil acts on security, and nder this resp their behalf”. carrying Security iity the 60. Thus the members of the Security Council are those whom we, the small States, have empowered to proteci our independence and territorial integrity from a11 aggression or fore@ intervention. 61. Moreovcr, if we want tbe rule of international law to extend to the four corners of the earth we must stsrt by praotising the principle of tbe legal equality of States. Another reason why the SIX.::! States must be defended against aggression by great Powers is that those Powers have great fleets, large air forces, aircraft-carriers, rackets, bombs and nuclear weapons, while we in the small States bave Orly the moral support lent us by the decisions of international organizations and our determination to die defending our countries if they are threatened by a great Power. 62. Since the threat of United States aggression against our country is now more imminent than ever, we have proclaimed this watchword: “Our country or death!” The United States representative might mention this to his President, who admires Teddy Roosevelt su much. if the United Ststes Government carries out its plan to attack Cuba, let it bear in mind that it vdll have to pass over the corpses of more than six million Cubans, and that a people who are ready to die are preparrd to oonquer. Let it know that its gold eannot buy us Jr its strength intimidate US. 63. .It 1~s bean said here that our Government raised this ser:<3us question in the Security Council as an sot oî :EL ccld war, using these events to attack the 64. ‘~nother argument used here to exonerate the iltemn:ional criminal is that the ships did not enter into territorial waters and the aircraft did net invade the comtry s air space, although the United States press hns wora itself out publishing reports of both kinds of encroachment: the violation of air space and the violation of territorial waters. 65. Let us assume for a moment that neither the air space nor the territorial waters of the Dominican Republic have been violated. Let us assume that these powerful United States forces-whose presence has not been denied and which, astonishïngly, have even been blessed by a representative who claims to belong to the Dominican opposition-did not encroach upon the country’s frontiers. How would the Member States represented here react if a neighbouring great Power were to assemble powerful military forces at its frontiers? Probably any Member State, and any other self-respecting State, would niobilize a11 its military resources and denounce these acts to the international Organization. 66. If the Charter does not lie and States are equal hefore the bw, why should the small countries threatened by United States aggression in the Carib- ùenn bc refused protection? 1s the United States to be measured with a different yardstick from any other aggressor, or is aggression not aggression when it is committed by the Government of the country where the Uaited Entions has its Headquarters? Can any member of this Council claim that the United States Government’s actions are in accordance with the principles of the Charter? 67. The Dominican Republic must be free, in spite of Balagder, the Yankee marines andso-called represeulativcs of Lhe opposition, because the Dominican ~ople are determined that their country shall be frce. Cuba will not be conquered because, as our b~lovcrl leader, Fidel Castro, has said, our people thomsclves wjil tale arms to defend our sovereignty. 6s. Rut the world could be spared many anxious Il?i)nlCl‘ts nnd much loss of life if the United Nations :,‘F;:i:l .,..:licil i s dedicated to the task of ensuring secur:!! :a,:’ sll, !mrticularly the small countries which nii>si ::s,ed il, were to restrain the aggressor and n~~k~ !iim tlesist from his interference. If such an 2tliiilc!~-~ \Vi:re talten, how greatly the principles of the Chartir would iti strengthened, and with them the ‘W?LÏL: JI tlle \,ropld! 79. 1 disagree with these assertions from bath the qux!i:alive and the quantitative point of view. but 1 cari understand them. There is no doubt tbat the same forces which supported Trujillo tcday support Bala- !gui’ ‘i‘, and the best proof is that we have seated here :L +lïesentative of Balagner who yesterday represzn:ed Trujillo. That those forces, which have nothing tc do with rhe Dominican people, are identical. is clear from the fact that the views of the United Sta%es representative today coincide with those of the representative of Balayer, just as they coincided witb those of Balaguer when he was representing Trujillo. It is net for nothing that the marines who put Trujillo in power and kept him there are now attempting to save Trujillo and to repeat the exploit by putting Balaguer in power. 71. With a11 due respect, 1 must say that we cannot accept tbe attitude of those who defend and give their blessing to foreign intervention in their own country. Despite the denial given by Mr. Sanchez y S&nchez, 1 should li!re to know to what Mr. Balaguer was referring when, in his speech of 19 November to the Dominicans, he urged them to support him agabst the serious threats which existed “to the sovereignty of the countrYtt. When he said that, on 19 November, the United Stntes forces were already in sight of the Dûminiçan Rep~‘bliC. 1 suppose he did not think that there was a threat from any country in the shape of that pot-erful expcdiiionary force. 72. 1 bave read in the press today that Mr. Balaguer had not asked for those forces to be sent. What are we to assume? Did he know of them or net? If he kuew and had not asked for those troops to be sent, then why were they sent? It seems tous that Balaguer toc is giving the United States representative the lie. When people do not keep to the facts in their assertions, these interesting contradictions arise. 73. The representative of Balayer assured us that bis Government would not permit any kind of intervention and that there was no intervention inhis countrY, while the United States representative agrees that bis Government’s forces were sent and says that this was done with the knowledge and consent of AIy. Ba!~guer, ns a moral support for the Balaguer ré$mc. 1s t!le :‘toresentative of Balaguer also giving the Uuitcd Stai.:? :epresentative the lie? HOW cari he differ sc radia- ..!y with those who are giving such @Xtivf> :niiitn; ,f support to his regime? i4. But thcre :3 more. The United States represmativ+-and &is is very interesting-spoke of au investie:~Ling committee of the OAS. It seems that the 75. I bave asked the President to circulate to memhers of the Security Council photostat copies of a communication from the United States immigration authorities [S/4999], whioh shows that the Government of that country, since 2 June 1961 and even before, has prevented Domiuican citizens from leaving for their own country; that attitude was adopted immediately after the death of the tyrant Trujillo. This is documentary proof of United States interference. 1 hope that the United States reprssentative does not dispute the authenticity of that document. 1 understand that the United States newspapers themselves have referred to the matter. 76. 1 do not think that those who were out of the Dominican Republic on 2 June cari be called followers of Trujillo. Who was being helped by that arbitraiy measure preventing the return to their country of some Dominicans, the majority of whom wers agaiust Trujillo? 1 do net think 1 need toanswer that question. It is obvious that by that action the Government of ílie United States was helping the Trujillo system, and this assistance still continues, because the prohibition is still in force against a distinguished group of Dominicans. 77. For what purpose do the Council members think Xr. Balaguer came to the United Nations? Was it to address the General Assembly at a time when his country was undergoing a serious upheaval? No. that gentleman came here to negotiate the survival of bis regime with the State Department and to promise concessions in return. The Assembly was merely a pretest. 76. In some of the under-developed countries of the area, in moments of crisis, there occurs between those who are abject supporters of Washington, behind the people:s back, what we might cal1 a struggle for the lackey’s livery, a struggle to determine who is the most abject and cari best serve the interests of \Val1 Strect. Many came to cegotiate unconditional snbjection. Bnlaguer offered the best security and enlergod victorious; therefore he cari Count on the bnited Ststes ïleet to ensure the survival of the Truji:lo system. What he doss not Count on is his I>sople Ilis slogan might well be Vhe Trujillo system wirhour i’rujillo’~ which would indeed be very easy in an arer where several régimes of the Trujillo type ex:st with United States support. Km Ths non-aligned countries which met recently .=: Belgrade, from l-6 September 1961, with the ‘xperience of their peoples in the struggle against 80. :t is interesting to note in the Declaration of Be!JïadeU paragraphs which are applicable to the case before us. “x11 peoples and nations have to solve the problems of ihcir own political, economic. social and c~ltural system? in accordance with their own condilions. need n td potentialities. Furthermore. any attempt at B .posing upon peoples one social or potitical systela or another by force and from outsida is a direct threat toworldpeace”[sectionII]. ” . . . [The participants in the Conference] . . . recommand the immediate, unconditional, complete anci fina! abolition of colonialism, and resolve to make a concerted effort to put an end to a11 types of neo-colonialism and imperialist domination in all its forms and manifestations” [section III, para. l]. ” . . . demand that an immediate stop be put to armed action and repressive measures of any kind directed against dependent peoples, to enable them to exercise peacefully and freely their right to complete independence and that the integrity of their national territory should be respected” [section III. para. 21. ” . . . demand the immediate termination of a11 colonial occupation and the restoration to the people concefned of their territorial integrity wherever it bas been violated in Asia, AfricaandLatinAmerica, and the withdrawal of foreign forces from their national soil” [section III, para. 51. n . . . raaffirm their conviction that: “(a) Al1 nations have the right to unity, selfdctermination and independence by virtue of which right they may determine their political status and freely pursue their economic, social and cultural development without intimidation of hindrance. “(h) . . helieve that the right of Cuba as that of any other nation freely to choose the political and social system best suited to its own conditions, needs and possibilities should be respected”. . . [section III, para. 131. ” . . . express their determination that no intimidation, interference or intervention should be brought to bear in the exercise of the right of selfdetermination of a people, including their right to pursue constructive and independent policies foTJ&e attainment and preservation of its sovereignty” [section III, para. 141. 81. The facts are very clear. The Government of the United States has by its attitude violated various articles of the Charter. TO begin with, it bas violated Article 1, paragraph 1, which sets out the purposes of the United Nations, and also paragraph 2 of the sama Article. ,‘?ie speaker read Article 1. paragraphs 1 and 2 of tic charter.] g o%lararion of rhe Heads of Sutes or Covernments of Non-AlI@ed CQuntries. signed at Belgrade on 6 September 1961. 83. la Charte charte notamment les articles ticle 83. That Government has violated not only the Charter of the United Nations. It has also via!:..,. ;he Charter of the OAS, including articles 1, 5 !b), 6. 8 and 15.v 1 shall read only article 15 becauscr do not v&h to weary the Councik “No Stan? or group of States has the right to intervene, directly or indirectly, for any reason whatever, in the interna1 or external affairs of any other State. The foregoing principle prohibits not only armed fcrce but also any otber form of interference or attempted threat against the personality of the State or against its political, economic and oulturnl elements.” 54. Article 17-it too is of interest-states: 84. ‘The territory of a State is inviolable; it may not be the ohject, even temporarily, of militsryoccupation or of otber messures of force tsken by another State. directly or indirectly.. . .” Etats 85. Article 18 of the Charter of the OAS is also heing violated. as are many other articles. 66. For a11 those reasons, and because of the threat to peace and the independence of small States constituted hy the precedent which is being set by the interventionist forces of the United States Government, we ask the mzmbers of the Security Council to tahe a decision condemning the United States for those aggressive and interventionist acts. and demanding the immediate withdrawal of the regular forces of the United States Government which are carrying out these acts in contravention of ir&rnational law.

1 should like to tel1 the representative of Cuba that the Dominican Republic, than!ts to ihe energy of its leaders. is not disintegrating. The Dominican Republic is busy integrating, and the most outstanding representative of the opposition has accordingly corne here to confirm myearlier etatemeut that at this very moment we have the com- PIete support of the Dominican people. 66. Somothing the representative of Cuba said reveeis the eagerness of bis oountry to interfere in the donlestic and foreign affairs of the Dominican Republia. He said that distinguished Dominicans have been Prohibited from returning to the country. The memh%s of the Security Council should be informed that those “distinguished DominicansW are registered ! Communists and well-known agitators. d 5% Al1 those in the Dominican Republic who stand i for enduring values are now on the side of President i- 3/ tmd Nations. Treaty Series, VOL 119 (1952). NO. 1609. 40. !VC hnve here a curious situation, indeed a cd:nic onc. It scems that the Dominican Republic is iring I*eprcsonted by Cuba. The representative now :tddressi:lg the Council doas not represent the Domiuica: GovcrmWnt, and the alternate representative does no: ropresent either that Government or the qposit km ~1% anything else. Cuba alone represents thcb Dominicnu Government. 1 should like to be able 10 oblige the Cub.au representative, bnt 1 cannot do ~~1. l’hc Dominican Republic is represented here by 11s. !n ihat cnpacity we cari state emphatically that ~i:ile il is trI:e that we have not asked United States vessels to pair01 Dominican waters we have found their aciio!l net only acceptable but welcome. Let me inform the Cuban reuresentative that in tbe unrestricted exercise of -our sovereign right we could perfectly well have requested such assistance in the Dominican Republic’s territorial waters because it is our country and not Cuba which has sovereignty over those waters. If the representative of Cuba, who is an esperienced jurist, had begun by drawing on his so!id knowledge of the law for a definition of interven:ion he would have remembered that intervention _- ___. -.. is iliegal interference-1 repeat, illegal interferenceby one State in the domestic or foreign affairs of acother. When permitted by a sovereign State. however, such action is not illegal. 91. m’e bave already said that we did not request süch action. But we shall not give the representative of ~132, or Cuba itself, the satisfaction of telling those IJnited States vessels to withdraw. They are out there on the high seas. They have a right to be there. The sea is i:es communis open to transit by ships of ali ilags. Ships flying the United States flag may do whnt they please there. But the Cuban representative may be sure that if their presence is foiltig some plan of Cltba’s the Dominicans are delighted to have them there. 92. Fortunately, the representatives here in the Security Council are not only adults but also distinguished jurists whose expert knowledge humbles me. Yet it is precisely that expert knowledge of theirs which reassures me, for tha Cuban representative’s delikrately confusing dialectics are not going to lead this Council to recognize that there has been interventiou where there has been none or thal the United States has threatened the Dominican Republic when the latter says that ii does not feel threatened. 93. Nor has the United States violated the principle of non-intcrve-n:ion laid down in article 15 of the Charier of 1% Organization of Americau States. 1 dc llot sco how rhat cari be claimed. In order to be in the !~osition of hnving violated international law, the iTnitr:d Stntes would bave had to act contrary to OUI ~~r:ish~~s. ;ls it is, we ourselves cannot request the Un::~2 Statés to withdraw from waters which are be!:o~:~i tl;e Dominican Rspublic’s .territorial waters: d:K if we, who are the owners of our toast and OUI t+rrttorinl waters, cannot make such a request, sinlply because the United States has not entered OUI territorial waters, how cari such a request bs made abaolutely certain. is not I but he who is representing the Dominican “The Members of the United Nations entering into such arrangements or constituting such agencies shall make every effort to achieve specific settlement of local disputes through such regional arrangements or by such regional agencies before mferring them to the Security Council.” 97. That was not written by me. It was written into the Charter and bas been accepted by 103 countries Of the world. However, this provision of the Charter bas heen somewhat stretched. made more flexible as it were, in order to permit the United Nations tc ba seized of certain matters which are of a regional character. 1 am not against that practice. Anything ~~hich serves in any way to facilitate the peaceful aettlement of international disputes deserves our full aPProva1 and respect. But that is not the case now. In this specific case what has happened is that Cuba, hasing itself on the same arguments and the same alleged intervention (an intervention of its own manufacture], has already submitted the question of United 5ta& vessels and entry by the United States intc Bominican territorial waters to the OAS, and 1 see no reaaon why this august Council should be bothered with a restatement of the same case. A case cannot be tried in hvo courts. why, therefore, has the question heer. raised here? Simply to produce a new incident in ihe coid war. - g6. 1 would ask Cuba and the Cuban representative t. leave us in peace, within the United Nations anC 99. secrets, le qui m%ttrigue, iuquiéte donc sentant 99. If that action has foiled some secret operation it bas nothing to do with me. Cuba will know more about that than the Dominican Republic. What intrigues me is the fnct that Cuba is SO aggravated by tbe presence cf those Sl;ips. Why is it SO aggravated? 1 shall leave jt !o :he ropresentative of Cuba to reply. 100. demande-t-il se du Congo. 20 h 30, la suite nous prendrons ce soir 100. The PRESIDENT (translated from Russianh Does nnyone else wish to speak? At 3 o’clock we have a meeting of the Security Council on the Congo question. Perhaps, therefore, we could agree to continue the discussion of this item tonight at 8.30. If 1 hear no objections, 1 shall adjourn our meeting on the present item and we will continue discussing it at 8.30 tonight in order to avoid having to schedule a meeting for tcmcrrow.

Speaking Ïor my delegation, it would be more convenient if we did not meet tonight at 8.30. and 1 would suggest that the next meeting on Cuba should take place at 3.00 p.m. on Monday. 102. Xr. STEVENSON (United States of America): 1 cannot be here on Monday: 1 Will be elsewhere; and as 1 am an interested party here, 1 would suggest that we meet on Tuesday afternoon.

If there are no objectians, let us meet the wishes of the interested party and have our next meeting on Tuesday at 3 p.m. It was SO decided. The meeting rose at 1.5 p.m.