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the Executive after having been convicted through
due process of law in the courts of the Dominican
Republic On the other hand, by June (date of
the above mentioned Report), the Dominican Gov
ernment had concluded the agreements with the
Government of Brazil, which solved the problem
created by the persons who in the Socaled position
of eXiles in the Diplomatic Missions of Brazil
and Ecuador These agreements are dated March 18
and June l, 1860. The case of the student Jose
Ramirez Miranda should be pointed out. Ramirez,
pursuant to the Brazil Dominican Republic agree
ment of April g. 1960 voluntarily accepted the guar
anteeS offered by the Dominican Government in
the sense that he was not being prosecuted on any
ground. He now lives unmoleSted with his family
in San Cristobal Dominican Republic.
Another fact that has not been taken into
consideration is the invitation made once more by
the Dominican Government to nationals residing
abroad, to return home to carry their political
activities With regards to this it is interesting to
point out that group of Dominican citizens have
accepted this invitation and have returned to the
country recently. Upon their arrival, they immedi-
atey began proseyting political campaign. They
are making their political platform known under
the protection of the constitutional guarantees in
force in the Dominican Republic. The political
Manifesto-made known to the Council of the Or
ganzation of American States, in conjunction with
the Memorandum containing the commentaries OF
the Dominican Government to the Peace Commit
tees Report-which this group has Handed out in
the streets without any interference at ALL is ma
terial evidence of their activities.
Unless the purpose of the June 6, 1860, Report
of the Peace Committee is one of which we are yet
completely unaware, it is absolutely Incompetent
sble why the Peace Committee expressed itself in
such terms in the above mentioned document re-
garding sovereign State
1t is not true, as the Committee affirms, that
"it was not until May 31st of this year that the
Committee could obtain information of positive acts
of clemency of the Dominican Government, for by
the 28th of that month, a total of 88 persons had
been pardoned. It is difficult to understand how
the Peace Committee, which claims to have received
information regarding the Dominican situation
from all conceivable sources, could ignore these
positive facts, and pretending to ignore them un-
Justly and arbitrarily expose to the adverse judg-
ment of international public opinion, Government
which has been lending it its effective cooperation
in the performance of its duties by virtue of Reso-
luton w of the Fifth Meeting of Consultation.
Counter Demand of the Dominican Government
The June 6 Report of the Peace Committee
acknowledges that through its Representative to
the Committee, the Dominican Government:
Suggested the advisabity that the Committee
study the question of violations OF human rights
in the Caribbean area in its general aspect and
not in relation with only one of these cOun-
tries"
In spite of this, the Committee has arbitrarily
ignored the counter demand of the Dominican Gov
ernment and has exclusively limited itself to making
pronouncementS on the alleged violations OF human
rights in the Dominican Republic, pretending to
ignore the violations of human rights perpetrated
in other American countries located in the area OF
political tensions of the Caribbean.
The Committee has not taken into consideration
the facts contained in documents making the rounds
of this continent. These documents syseically set
forth the grave violations committed in the past
and which are now being committed in certain
country located ih the Caribbean neighboring the
Dominican Republic. This situation which affects
both natives and foreigners is creating besides, q
specific problem of paramount Importance in re-
CARDS to theipe and security of the Hemisphere
What is more, the Peace Committee has received nc
minican case to the effect that prisoners condemned
on political grounds are being set free.
How is it possible that the Peace Committee
limit it's announcements to the reduced number o1
political prisoners in the Dominican Republic, wher
in fact, substantial number of them have been sci
free, and not show similar preoccupation about
the political prisoners of the "Isla de Pinos" anc
about the prisons in the Venezuelan Guiana. This
| does not mean that we advocate or propose that 6
similar pronouncement to that made in the June
Report be dictated against those countries What
we label as flagrant intervention in the interna
| affairs of the Dominican Republic, we would con
slider also as such with regards to those countries
no matter how well founded our difference with
them might be-
Sources of Information of the Peace Committe'
The Peace Committee states in its Report tt
have received testimony from Dominican exiles wht
have recently left the country. 1t mentions, among
them, eX-officerS, businessmen and induStriallStS
! The Committee adds that it does not consider con