Evening star., 1962-01-04
Chief Of 0AS
Flies 10 Start
DonlinicanAid
BY GEORGE SHERMAN
Star Staff Writer

BY GEORGE SHERMAN
Star staff Writer
Projected hemisphere aid in
reconstruction of the Domini-
can Republic moves forward to-
day when Secretary General
Jose Mora of the Organization
of American States begins a
flying visit there.
Before departing from
Friendship Airport this morn
ing, Mr.. Mora issued a state
ment saying he hopes to arrive
in the capital of Santo Domin-
go Immediately" after GAS
sanctions against the Domini-
can Republic are dropped.
The Council of the OAS is to
meet here this afternoon to lift
the economic and diplomatic |
boycott that has been in force
since August, 1860. More than
the necessary two-thirds ma
jority of the 81 members is GER
tain to be obtained.
Cites OAS Responsibility
Mr.. Mora said the OAS has a
moral responsibility" to assist
the Dominican people in their
work of reconstruction once the
situation prompting the sane
tions has ceased to exist.
The sanctions originally were
imposed against the dictator
ship of late Generalissimo Ra-
fael Trujillo Molina for plotting
to assassinate President Romu-
10 Betancourt of Venezuela.
A new seven-man Dominican
Council of State, including rep
presentatives of the democratic
opposition, took office on jan
uary /. Diplomatic circles here
are convinced the process of
wiping clean the political slate
of the Trujillo era is in full
swing.
To Consult on Needs
Mr.. Mora said the object of
his visit is to consult with the
Dominican authorities about
their needs in the "field of
technical assistance"
Close on his heels, a top
flight United States panel of
experts led by Theodore Mosco-
so, head of the Latin-American
division of the new United
States AID agency, will leave
for Santo Domingo on Sunday.
This group has been described
as re-planning" mission to
investigate what aid the Do
minican Republic needs under
the inter-American Alliance for
Progress sponsored by the Ken
nedy administration.
Bank Chief to Visit
Felipe Herrera, president of
the Inter-American Develop
ment Bank, also is scheduled |
to make a personal visit to in
vestigate the possibility of low
cost loans for Dominican re-
construction.
The Inter-American Develop
ment Bank, with assets of over
81 billion. is the hemisphere
institution which also admin
listers a 1894 million Social
Progress Trust fund voted by
Congress for the Alliance for
Progress.
Secretary General Mora's
visit is to last four days. Sources
close to him say he will meet
with Dominican President Jo-
aquin B laguer and Rafael
Bonnelly, the chief representa-
tive of the democratic opposi-
tion on the new Council of
State.
President Balaguer, who is a
holdover from the Trujillo re-
gime, has said he will resign
once the OAS sanctions are
lifted. OAS sources expected,
therefore, that most of Secre-
tary General Mora's dealings
would be with Mr.. Bonnelly.
who will become interim Presi-
dent, and m m b ers Of his
group, the National Civic
Union.
Experts Gather Data
In his statement here, Mr..
Mora noted that experts of
the OAS are busy collecting
data which will be used in
planning a technical cooper
alton program in both econo-
mic and social fields.
A source close to Mr.. Mora
said a major aim of his visit
is to lend more prestige to
these efforts Of the experts.
While all these preliminary
planning steps are under way,
the greatest immediate advan-
tage to the Dominican govern
ment will come from an eSti-
mated $35 million extra in
sugar sales in the United States
during the first six months of
1862.
Department of State Off
cials say the Dominican Re-
public will qualify in February
for its share of the sugar quota
taken away from Cuba. BY
that time diplomatic relations
with the Caribbean nation will
have been resumed.