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SUBJECT Clemand Joseph-Charles Inst Raice US $505
Thousand Defore He Can Escuma II13 Danking And Other
Activities/Cline of Charles's Plans/President
Duvalier Reportedly Eopes To Improve His Image And
Eusiness
DATE DISTR.
NO. PAGES 2
(1953)
To Attract Feroica Capital And Dinances Activity REFERENCES DCS Case 106 67,5400
Of Haltion Government
DATE OF INFO. Hay 68
PLACE & DATE ACQPort-au-Prince, Haiti, May 68
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
SOURCE Naturalized US citizen of Haitian birth. Source maintains close contacts
vith Haitians in the US and with prominent business and political figures
in Haiti and travels at irregular intervals to the Caribbean countries.
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Clchard Joseph-Charles was released from prison during the evening of 25 Apr
68 in return for a "Tensom" of US $603 thousand.
Charlca has been given until 24 May 60 to produce the US $605 thousand. This
cum must be in an irrevocable letter of credit on an American bank in favor
of the National Eank of the Republic of Haiti. It has been intimated that
the 24 May 60 deadline can be extended, chould Charlce to expariencing any
really umucual difficultica in producing the required money.
3. In order to obtain his release from prison, Charles had to sign a memorandum
of understanding that he would produce the US $605 thousand plus some
unidentified real property. These terms were agreed to by both Charles and
bio wife prior to the rolcase. At the same time, Charles wrote a personal
lottor to President Duvelier coking for rolease and promising to hand over
the money and property in question.
b. Charles is now under house arrest in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
5.
Charles's immediate resources consist of about US $100 thousand in cash in
two US banks (no additional data available), various homes, businesses
(essential oilo, an automobile dealership and others (no additional data avail-
able)), buildings, land and about US $400 thousand worth of Haitian government
bonda. He did have another US $300 thousand in personal funds in Haiti. He
can no longer count on this money to help raise the US $505 thousand, however,
because prior to his release from prison the Haitian authorities (no addi-
tional data available) confiscated it.
6. Charles has agreed to raise the US $605 thousand on condition that it be used
to pay off legitimate claims of depositors in his Banque Commerciale d'Haiti.
He has stated that he will permit the money to be paid out only to those
depositors who are able to produce documentary proof that they had deposited
funds in his bank.
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7. Charles and several ascoodates now propose to reorganise the Dunque Commerciale
a'ati, Summly his private preserve, into a comparate entity and to incore
pacto 2n the 03. The associates plan to raise 83 $300 thousand for this
now scmperatica. This cum will to coparate from the US (503 the call will
serve to put the now banking corporation into tusim223. Eccreterial help mad
at least com of the cîz directors of the corporation will to US citizena.
Two of the directors will be Charles himself and Louis Loves.
8.
President Duvalier is reportedly most interested in the cat venture and is
amicus to ccot succeed. He has finally realized that the ecommic cituation
in Haiti has deteriorated so badly during the past 10 months that to must do
something before total bankruptcy occurs. Accordingly, President Duvalier wants
to improve bis "image" in the cycs of the cutside world, particularly in the US,
and by doing co hopes to attract Anvestments and business activities from out-
oide Haiti. Eo apparently hopes that the new, incorporated, Daaque Commerciale
d'Haiti, will help attract such activity to Haiti and is therefore permitting
Charles to proceed.
9. [Collector's Note: 00-D-321/12106-68 described a possible reorganization in
the Haitian Coverment. This reorganization, sponsored by Duvalier, would
place Duvalier on the clevated plans of spiritual civicor and father of the
people and would, on the curches, at least, turn over to a president the day-
to-day management of Inition government affairs. Various IIRS have been
mentioned for the position of president under the possible now system. ] The
name of Luc-Albert Foucard has recently been mentioned frequently in Haiti as
the possible now president under the rumored reorganization of the goverment.
Foucard is a son-in-law of Duvalier and lives in Haiti. He is in charge of
tourism. Some say that Duvalier listens to Foucard and is, to a degree,
influenced by him. I doubt this very strongly.
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