Lae 4 TUM Wt BL BLEW AWAY TRUJILLO TR SM PM LLL a Ce aoaI. Dominicans, having lived under Trjllo since 1830, thought they knew how to survive ina dictatorship,” says Pedro Leyva, the distinguished Caribbean essayist. “But inthe late Fi ties Trujillo grew deranged. The re- ime began to degenerate, There were mass arests and unspeakable atrocities the sadism ofthe police acquired re- voltng sexual overtones. Those years of teror taught Dominicans to swallow their voices, to shutter thelr faces, 0 disown their shadows, The supersti- tious campesinos whispered that be- fore any man could stand up to Truji- lo, the Virgin Mother would have to sranthim anew shadow.” ‘Whatever Trujillo. wanted was done; whoever opposed him was de- stroyed; wherever he entered, he dominated,” recalls German Ornes, the editor of Santo Domingos largest daily. The axiom applied equally to public and private affairs, Even serious and reputable biographers such as Robert Crassweller discuss Trujillo's r= lationship with women in terms of “thousands of conquests.” And al- though the recent uptrend in oll prices is sad to have launched some glandu- lar Mideastern magnates on the quest for similar records, oly El Benefactors biographer could add (as the precise Crassweller does). the ‘unmistakable Trujillo touch: “They were almost always virgins.” Groups of young girls were brought to his palatial residence two or three times a week for sexual orgies; the 30 May, 1961 agen tertan The Boss. colder The Big One grew, the younger his paramours. To cater to the Geneve lssimo's spectacularly carnal demands the National Palace maintained fly staffed Office of Procurement whose scouted the Carib \world in the search for new girls to en= Generalissimo Doctor Rafael Leoni- as Trujillo, Benefactor ofthe Father land, High Chief Commander of Grouind, ea and Aie Forces, Grand Pa- tron of Arts and Letters, Father of the [New Nation—how shall one describe him? To say that he ruled the Domini= can Republic for thity-one years asthe El Benefactor worked a full day right up to his last one- absolute master of life and death does not begin to tell it. For this extraor nary strongman proved himelf a more durable despot than Hiler, more pa- tiently cunning than Joseph Stalin, more feared than Benito Mussalini~ and a great deal richer than all three eparted dictators combined In terms of raw, naked power over the destinies of his subjects, Truillo was the most powerful man alive, In stead of the traditional "God willing’ Dominicans learned to say "God and “Trujilo willing” when giving voice to their hopes and plans. Drinking foun tains bore signs reading, "Trujillo Gives and the THEPLAYERS ° Colonel jn Abbes Commandant of dreaded 1M. the Dorin: ‘ean Wliltarylmeligence Service ‘Colonel Cals Castle Armas Guatemalan deat, CLA, et murcered on ordert ot Raoe! Tria Fe Aovengo Berry Wimpy") Us plo. adventurer, owner of the popular supetmarket "Wimpy ein Sante Domingo. Romulo Betancourt President of Venezuel: democratic leader so became us sainaton tpt of Rael Tilo murder Richard Ball Senior CA fii of Clandestine Services who ‘ssid ht planning Yulee asasiation te Brown? CLA ion Plato Cox CA aon ‘Gud DY Alessandro Top leader (Cel Commitee member) of Domincan andro eanee: digused os nun smuggled (ut by GIA aboard US. denroyer io testy secretly bore U's Congresson Trejo strocies Henry Dearborn US. diplomat who served at chit American representative n Sant Domingo in 16% ‘Br. fesus de Galiodex Spanish aul chal nd Columbia Unt. ary lecurer Active CLA, lizon wh the Basque tearats. Gepte Zacain de Crue ember of Palace milay salt el Trees and eat fe 0 the igh of he ‘Sasraion May 3 1967 ‘Qe del Masa Doriican plot who panicpated in abn eektnapplng Murphys copie < Enrique de Marchena Dominican Ambstsader a United Nations who nated negotiations with Sovet Union in 56, Allen W- Dulles Dicer of Centra inelignce Agere Ray Everett CA. deep cover agent workings peani-o brok- erin Sus Domingo, Major General Roman Fernandes Miniter of Armed Forces. Husband of Trufle'sfvorte niece, Conspietor panne for ‘im tase power ater death of Tvl Desmond Fagerld Senior C..A. oficial, eventally Western ‘Hemtihere Dition Che/ Ini. Clandenine Series Branch win Holman CLA, lon, President John F. KennedySwaniK eh) Col. John Abbes—Trujillo's torture talent-scout. mote than four hundred suits; hundred-odd specially designed u forms; over one thousand neckties, and real properties in farming, cattle ‘anching, shipping, banking, anspor tation, manufacturing and wholesale ‘commerce which made him worth well ‘over $500 milion. Some estimates of “Trujillo's wealth peg it nearer to a bil- alive by the American prese year after year. Moreover, Or. de Galindex this doctorate was awarded in absentia to the demonstrative applause of thou- sands of scholars and students) turned ‘out to have had discreet but intimate affiliations with the U.S. Central ine telligence Agency. Trujillo's agente had done something exceedingly unwise; they had challenged the powerful ‘As Trujillo's power grew so did American intelligence establishment his paranoid obsession with real or po- tential opponents. sands of spies, intelligence officers, ret agents and informers on The ‘One's payroll there was a fullime