Word: dominicans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Robert McNamara on foreign policy. However, despite columnists' occasional claims that the President and Bundy could not get along, the two seldom disagreed on major decisions. Bundy was picked by Johnson to go on a fact-finding mission to Saigon last year, was later dispatched to the Dominican Republic for what proved to be an ineffectual attempt at peace talks during the height of the murderous fighting there...
...almost every conceivable commodity from beans to bazookas, reopened defense plants that have lain idle for a decade, rushed in scarce equipment from units all over the world. With 45% of its strength deployed overseas.† the Army is prepared at the crack of a shot for another Dominican Republic, another Lebanon-even another Viet...
...Half the Korean peak (80,000), one-tenth World War IIs highest level. † Other countries with major U.S. Army units: West Germany 225,000, South Korea 50,000, France 16,000, Dominican Republic 7,000, Italy 5,000, Japan...
...Santo Domingo from Puerto Rico two months ago to start what looked like a presidential campaign-though he insisted that he would not be a candidate. He claimed he would "channel the capacity of the people," and huddled with old political cronies. At one huge rally organized by his Dominican Revolutionary Party (P.R.D.) he demanded the withdrawal of OAS peace-keeping troops, even said the U.S. should pay $1 billion "indemnity" for its part in the OAS intervention.* For all the nationalistic talk, many Dominicans regard Bosch's belated reappearance-after more than 3,000 had died following...
...important political organization. Trouble between Bosch and Miolán dates back to 1962. Shortly after he was inaugurated President, Bosch began ignoring Miolán and started undercutting the party organization in favor of playing messiah to everyone, including the extreme left. When Bosch was ousted by the Dominican army in 1963 and both men took asylum in Puerto Rico, the split grew wider. After the April civil war erupted, Miolán publicly called for intervention to "prevent the genocide of the defenseless population of our capital," and later he launched an anti-Bosch whisper campaign throughout...