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# Intelligence Information report![CIA logo]This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.**CONTROLLED DISSEM****CONFIDENTIAL****NO DISSEM ABROAD****COUNTRY** Haiti**REPORT NO.** 00-B-321/24207-69**SUBJECT** New Opposition Group Allied With Clemard Joseph Charles/Outline of Charles's Future Political Plans**DATE DISTR.** 27 AUG 1969**NO. PAGES** 2**REFERENCES**Supplement to: 00-B-321/06913-6900-B-321/14515-69**DATE OF INFO.** Late Jul 69C-DC9-55300**PLACE & DATE ACQ.** Port-au-Prince/Late Jul 69THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION**SOURCE** Naturalized US citizen of Haitian birth, who makes frequent trips to Haiti. Source maintains close contact with Haitians in the US and with prominent business and political figures in Haiti.1.  Opponents of Haitian President Francois Duvalier have formed a new political opposition group. The following are members: Colonel Cayard (Commandant of the Haitian Coast Guard); Captain Daniel (assistant to Cayard); Gérard Constant (Haitian Army Chief of Staff); Colonel Kesner Elain (in charge of Haitian Army quarter-master depots); and Colonel Gracia Jaermes (Commandant of the Presidential Palace Guard). [ See 00-3-321/05913-69 (paragraph 2-e) and 00-B-321/14515-69 (paragraph 3) for earlier data concerning some of the members of this group. ]2.  This group is now working with Clemard Joseph Charles and has formulated, largely under the direction of the latter, a tentative political plan for the organization of a post-Duvalier Haiti. The group is anxious to act, because some of the members, notably Daniel and Cayard, fear that they will be arrested in the not-too-distant future. The entire membership displays, however, the trait common to all Haitian opposition groups: they will not act until President Duvalier dies, becomes totally incapacitated or is overthrown by somebody else. Jacques is an important addition to the group. He is completely loyal to President Duvalier, but has no use for the other members of the Duvalier family. Consequently, he will play no active part unless the President in some manner disappears from the scene.3.  This group still wishes to exercise power during a transitional period following President Duvalier's departure (see 00-B-321/14515-69 (paragraph 3)). Charles does not want to hold any political appointment during this transition period, but plans to recover his position as the head of the Haitian Chamber of Commerce and travel abroad, to raise money for foreign economic assistance to Haiti. He plans to establish a political party, to be known as TOP (Travail,![classification markings]The dissemination of this document is limited to civilian employees and active duty military personnel within the intelligence components of the USIB member agencies, and to those senior officials of the member agencies who must act upon the information. However, unless specifically controlled in accordance with paragraph 8 of DCID 1/7, it may be released to those components of the departments and agencies of the U. S. Government directly participating in the production of National Intelligence. IT SHALL NOT BE DISSEMINATED TO CONTRACTORS. It shall not be disseminated to organizations or personnel, including consultants, under a contractual relationship to the U. S. Government without the written permission of the originator.CHARLRES