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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...combat boots were washed in rice wine from a ritual jar into which the flesh of a sacrificial buffalo had been dipped. Then, as the beast's severed head and tail lay near by, a montagnard sorcerer summoned divine spirits to witness an oath of friendship, and a rebel officer swore allegiance to Saigon Finally, to seal the pledge, two smiling girls presented Ky with a tray of cop per bracelets, and he was handed a symbolic weapon-a U.S. Army M-l carbine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: The Surrender | 9/24/1965 | See Source »

Having got rid of Wessin y Wessin, the rebels clamored for the ouster of other loyalist officers. Rebel leaders said they would refuse to disarm unless "all the genocide military go-not just Wessin!" The Castroite 14th of June group was openly calling for rebels to keep their weapons, and planeloads of exiles were streaming back to Santo Domingo to participate in a "gigantic" rebel rally this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic: Exile of the General | 9/17/1965 | See Source »

Cynthia, a Sarah Lawrence College graduate, who with her composer husband will make $100,000 in royalties this year, contends that message songs have taken hold because "the kids are much brighter now, a little more In. They really want to rebel, and maybe we can help them as human beings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rock 'n' Roll: Message Time | 9/17/1965 | See Source »

Under the agreement, the loyalist and rebel sides accepted a provisional government headed by Dominican Diplomat Hector García-Godoy, who will serve until elections are held in six to nine months. Both sides received a general amnesty and in turn promised to put their troops under the command of the provisional President. The provisional government was also to "begin negotiations at once" with the OAS for the withdrawal of the 12,000-member peace-keeping force-mostly U.S.-still in the Dominican Republic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic: A Government--At Last | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

...money they needed to pay their troops and civil servants. Other pressure came from Navy Commodore Francisco Rivera Caminero, leader of the armed forces, who warned Imbert to give in or be forced out. Even then, Imbert kept insisting that the proposed settlement was too favorable to the leftist rebels. In a last-ditch flurry, the loyalists one night last week lobbed mortar shells into the rebel zone, touching off a two-hour exchange that left six dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dominican Republic: A Government--At Last | 9/10/1965 | See Source »

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