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Kudos for a brave, succinct July 30 report of Santo Domingo groaning under Dictator Trujillo. I was in Port-au-Prince in 1938 when I heard of the incredible butchery of innocent Haitians ... I viewed the remains of hundreds of slain men, women and children at the uncharted Haiti-Santo Domingo border...
...think it would be interesting to know what steps Dictator Trujillo took to suppress your damning sketch...
...more amused than I was to hear that as a transit passenger on [a] Pan American flight ... I was searched in Ciudad Trujillo airport and my copy of TIME, July 30, taken away from me forcibly. I insisted on its return, calling the U.S. Embassy for help, and thus missed my plane to Curaçao. After the ruckus was over, the magazine was returned...
...Trujillo visited the U.S., was received, though coolly, by Franklin Roosevelt. During the visit, Trujillo's publicitymen explained that he had refused a third term out of respect for the U.S. tradition...
Even with such stuff to soothe him, Trujillo has found the job of a dictator wearing. Despite nonsmoking, temperance in drink and lots of expensive medical attention, he is tired. In March, he handed over the "executive power" to General Héector (El Negro) Trujillo, 42, youngest of the six Trujillo brothers. * Last week, shortly after Rafael's no-fifth-term announcement, the Dominican Party dutifully nominated Hector for President. Unless Rafael changes his mind, Hector will inevitably be elected. But Big Brother will be watching him. Sooner or later, Rafael Trujillo will probably...