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a NOTE: -This document contains Infom! fation atfecting the national defense of the United States within the meaning of the espionage flaws, Title 18, U.S.C., Sec. 793 and 794, . The transmission of the revelation of its contents In any manner to an unauthorized Ei : person is prohibited by law. : (Classification and Control Markings) fs country: DOMINICAN ; SFUBLIC oo ; “8. REPORT wuwaen: . suBJECT: () Possible. ‘Shall Arms ‘Purchases. ‘9. DATE OF REPORT: : ay May 1970 - OATE OF INFORMATION: [Uh nen . PLACE AND DATE OF Aca: Santo Domingo, 1 DOMREP rapnaranesov 8 May. 1970 me i EVALUATION: source _L | __ mronmsvion[ “168. APPROVING AU . source: Dominican Businessman} Secretariat of the Armed Forces; ARMA Observations ,» COL, USMC ‘Defense attachs _aae "Naval Attack: | | 18. SUMMARY: ag ‘ (Lieaby Biank} “1, (C) Back round. 2. (C) Speculators. 3. (C) FAL Cal 7.62MM FAL Cal 7.62MM (NATO) Rifles Rifles “Available. ) Import Authorization for FAL Rifle from Merix A.G. Rifle from Merix A.G. of Gen Germany.” COMMENTS: (C) There is no doubt that the Military are lining up their election promises and arranging to present their bill to the President, if he?s elected. 7 Many. hands are stirring the Arms pot in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC but the "Head Chef*.. Oo) ¥ “4s still General PEREZ y Perez. He's willing to look at all offers presented him by his "Old Colonels" and their contacts, but will still have to see where he . personally stands following the elections. President BALAGUER may want.a new Secretary. . Interestingly, Mr. Cummins of Interarnco, ‘in a. letter to Mr. Enriquez written: “on 29 April 1970 from Monaco, said there. were no surplus FAL rifles available for | sale and new ones would be $140.00 (U.S.) in Belgium... Mr. Enriquez was going to | Brussels to check NATO for possible direct surplus sale rather than throughWerix | sAeG. of.Germany, so it remains to be seen, who will sell what, to whom, and for ~ | -how much kickback, etc... -teow IE COav asor) he a 1047. B01 Ctownigacg on 36360 (Cem miat- ; “1. (C) Background, The Dominican Armed Forces have received the great bulk of thei “modernization from MAAG Military Grant Assistance since the Trujillo era ended in ‘1961. This assistance precluded small arms since the Dominican inventory was loaded ‘with their own Cristobal carbines, Spanish CETME!s, German G-3's, Mauser Rifles and " Carbines, and FAL 7.62 (NATO) Rifles. Prior, during, and following the Revolution _of 1965 many of the Government's small arms and munitions were stolen or diverted to revolutionaries and’ have been used since for terrorist. purposes, mostly in Santo Domingo. The Arms Manufacturing Plant at San Cristobal and the Chemical and Explosives Plant at Villa Mella have been on a caretaker basis since the early - 60's and are not capable of. arms or explosives production without major infusions -of money, new machinery and foreign expertise. Following ‘President BALAGUER's election in 1966 and his’ austerity program, the military. was. forced to draw in thei; ‘-/H 16. DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR: Tye 17. DOWNGRADING DAT A: ots . 18. ATTACHMENT DATA: CINCLANT | oe GROUP-3 0° ‘2. Enclosures | USCINCSO ~,| “powGRADED AT 12-YR INTERVALS | Le (CG) Letter from Q.M, H COMCARIBSEAFRON oo _ Nor AUTOMATICALLY DECLASSIFIED, General of War Materials for | ;; Spy ee =| the Armed Forces to Mr. od poe de Hernan Henriquez dated 21 - pow GRADED’ AT: 12. YEAR INTERVALS: Apr 79,.No. 1145 - NOT AUTOMATICALLY DEC LA ‘SSIEFIED © 2. (U) Authorization from ‘DOD DIR’ '§200 10. oe me _ Secretary of State for Armed i wa cated. T May’ 1970 No fH D 4-D2 oc COUPIDALTTAL,
ssc eR EO LE CONTINUATION SHEET | CONFIDENTIAL | | _  JREPORT NO} ee wine Us vial 2 i) EE WES #PAGE 2. - DOMINICAN REPUBLIC .).°* EC = . | belts and make do with the modernization afforded the ‘lst Bde and later the 9th En | by USMAAG, Theydid receive some. oo - 500 FAL rifles in 1968 through a barter . arrangement with)aterammeo, Alexandria, Virginia. However no major arms pur- : chases have been made since the '65 Revolution, although several unsuccessful attempts were made by U.S. and other Arms dealers periodically to sell various - | weapons systems, ie., FAL, Stoner, AR181!s, etc. Each time the actual arms bids = = | were boosted 10% by whoever was promoting the "deal"; in the old Trujillo manner. *', my 2. (C) Speculators. a. Mr. Sam Cummins, President of Interarmco, Monaco, made his start following : WW II selling surplus war materials to Trujillo. The. "Old Dominican Colonels" H still remember both with affection and greed. Much of the Army is still equipped . '}. with this Interarmco surplus (tanks, armored cars, artillery, machine guns, mortars f etc.). His agent still has 1st chance at any bartering and selling. — b. Mr. Irving Davidson, Washington, D.C., is another power in Dominican sellin circles and much quoted on any type speculation.. He: is considered. the ‘top contact: in the U.S. by Dominican dealers. . Looe J “8 ‘ea Mr. Leland P. Johnston, Minerals Industriates,0 por A, is a mining claims *: ‘speculator in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC but has worked in armament sales. during the - }: | Trujillo era. ; 7 re tl Mr..FernandoXPeguero, his Dominican partner, are active in land, hotel and arms Yo ; : de ana\iree We Lange, Vice_President..of_ Santiago, Inc., Clayton,.Missouri and ~ speculation (AR 18 sales), The Peguero's (father-and 2 brothers) are well connecte | politically, financially, and socially in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. “: @, Mr. Herman’ Henriquez Lora and his brother are arms agents for [nterarmco,. . A. and other U.S. concerns (AR 18, Stoner, FAL, etc). They are personal friends - -of President BALAGUER and General PEREZ y Perez and associates. sie vp Be 32MM (NATO) Rifles Available. Enclosure 1 from Air Force i : elipe ASVeerdomo, Quartermaster—General_of War Materials_for_the On } ': {| Dominican_Armed_Forces, states that his sources have located some 3500 FAL rifles | 4 for sale in a NATO depot, 35 miles south of Hamburg, Germany. The rifles to sell’ “ | at $90.00 (U.S.) each there, or $95.00 (U.S.) each, CIF, Santo Domingo. He wants. 7 the. dealer to go to Germany to verify the information and to return with 2 sample “4 rifles so they can be examined for suitability, "=. | | Dp PR, , - Downie? he. (C) Import-Authorization for FAL Rifle from Merix A.G. of German Enclosure 2 ;, | is an authorization by Major Genera ieee rae erez, Secretary of State_for ‘4 the Armed Forces, to import 1 FAL Cal 7.62 rile, stock and hand grip wooden with 1 flash hider; 5 magazine of 20 shots each; 2. magazine carriers, canvas of 2 magazine] H capacity; one bipod; one canvas sling; one cartridge filler; and one rifle cleaning kit to be obtained from Merix A.G. of Germany, throughRQIDEM International. the///) German Embassy in Santo Domingo put their seal on this importation authorization | nd the Arms Agent departed Santo. Domingo. for U.S.-and later Germany on 7 May 1970. | ' COMMENTS: (C) There is no doubt that the Military are lining up their election ‘} promises and arranging to present their bill to the President, if he's elected. | | Many hands are stirring the Arms pot in the DOMINICAN REPUBLIC but the "Head Chef® . is still General PEREZ y Perez.- He's willing to look atall offers presented him. ‘ by his "Old Cotonels" and their contacts, but will still have to see where he - personally stands following the elections. President BALAGUER may want a new | Secretary. , Interestingly, Mr. Cammins of Interarmco, in a letter to Mr. Enriquez written. on 29 April. 70 from Monacu, said there were no surplus FAL rifles available for | sale-and-new ones would be $10.00 (U.S.) in Belgium, Mr. Enriquez was going to Brussels to check NATO for possible direct ‘surplus sale rather than through Merix " ; A.G..of Germany, so.it.remains to be seen, who. will sell what, to.whom,: and for how |: H much kickback, etc. Bo : De PEM ARE mA ema Unwed wen an
a REPUBLICA DOMINICANA | — o ‘ | Pe SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE LAS FUERZAS ARMADAS oe, “SANTO DOMINGO, D. N- a “efoDO POR LA: ° f ‘ A i “getimado. efior Henrfiquez: . ae Me complace mucho informarle, que he recibito tom: da ia informacién por escrito, que me envid con el Dr.MaAxrilid. de RIZA. es e . Sobre los Fusilés FAL Cal.7e6e (NATO), tengo a= ‘pien informarle, que el domingo 19 de abril de 1970, hemos rec do la siguiente informacién, confirmada-y ratificada,. de mane® que no deje lugar para dudas o malos enfiendidos entre esta. of iéi= na y la fuente informante, de todo orédite, en base a documentos Lea informacién que se nos dié es la siguiente; muy confidencial tf’. “Za NATO, est& reduciendo sus Zuerzas considerablemente, lo ‘qe . -p-dado origen’ @ que las armas que esas fuersas usaban sean rein. tegradas a Loe depésitos de la NATO y estén siendo puestas en ven te a precio atractivo, giendo su estado como nuevas; estas armas se encuentran 6°14 aétualidad en un depSsito de la WATO ‘a 35 mis llas al Sur de HAMBURGO, Alemania; pudiendo ser eubarcadas por, el mismo puerto Hamburgo directo a Santo Domingo. xntre las armas se ‘éncuentran a disponibilidad (3,500) Fusiles [AL Gale7.62 (NATO).:3 culata de madera a un precio de almacén de U8$90.00, siendo sup cio CIF Santo Domingo de US$95.00". or ae ie -— ao a Esto indudablemente, parece coincidir con respecto ¢ ‘op la partida de armas, & la mitmas que usted nos refiere; noso- tros n¢ suramos a ponerlo.2 su conocimiento tal jnformacién,’ a fin de que usted la utilic#. Esto ha despertado tanto, interés: en la Superioridad, que estamos, »ensando en que yo nisno: viaje a Temania, con nuestra fuentes vformativa a fin Ge verificar de 1a artida y apresurar,en cuanss., an necesario. esta txrpnsucisn.MNoso= a ee ninghn: cones yt: ‘thos Gejarlo fuera de esta transa= ‘Cin le estoy -envian= is struce ones supe, syryleg sor ese ue en wnat hee nel No: A to, 5
4 on REPUBLIOA DOMINICANA ; re SECRETARIA | ‘DE ESTADO DE LAS FUERZAS ARM ADAS” se SANTO DOMINGO, DN informacién cuanto, antes; hemos sabido acuilatar y apre= do esta jos que nos * crestade y en al;una forma henos de ciar los servic correspon derlécs Especialmente por el interesante Vv laje: que: yaizo en 1969, . preciscmente para esta operacién. - re wt Deseo informarie aden&s, que ya se han impact ido. instrucciones, © confimmadas, de que nos stan despachnant vién dos ejemplares de dichos: Fusiles, ‘Les cuales Se ominaresoS, tm ‘para’ ‘dar nuestra conformidad; liegarén dentro de las. ped: cima (96) ’ ‘ ’ . ° §fobre este. particular, esperamos. sus prontas novicias: para decisi6én final. _ ms me mou Inmediatamente recibamos los ejemp plares que. nos enviany vide avisaré. Como ‘giempre, estemos ‘terxbajando con nuestro maxvor emne=. frecer las mayores economias @ los fondos de nuestro ‘°.Go= a fin de que nuestra economia sea vulnerada lo’ menos :p gible, por lo menos en el. capitulo: que concierne 2 nuestro (% ‘JOec Usted sabe - “que, esta forna de; trabajo AS mi Sle Dirtgein Gableyrific’ oie CHABERA as ae oreo 05. \ mele ct Se Sicrat
a ae os, oe . REPUBLICA DOMINICANA - SECRETARIA DE ESTADO DE LAS FUERZAS, “ARMADAS Toe “TODO POR LA” “PATBIA": 2 de. mayo: de 1970«. eAUTORITZaAaAC LO N- En base a lo que me confiere el articulo Bro. dela ; “Ley 36 de fecha 17-10-65 sobre com ean Porte y Tenencia de. Armas, autorize al. senor AN HENRI QUEZ, -Cédula. Personal :5: ‘de Taentidad No.2202:Serie lra., do presidente en 1a calle 19 de marzo No. “D.Ne<' a importar para las Fuerzas piblica. Do cana, las siguientes propiedades de armas Ge muestras: “Pusil "Fal Cal.7.62, culata y empuiiadure . . de madera vy. cubre ilamarada; a ‘portaceargadores: ce Lona, res cada uno; Lem Bipode | ‘para el fusil; © ..- as = Corres , de lona para el fusids.”