JFK REACTS TO GOOD NEWS FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Palm Beach (JFK+50) On December 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a statement on the situation in the Dominican Republic. The statement read...
"I want to make special note of the most encouraging developments in the Dominican Republic. The solution to the political difficulties in that country...was announced by President Balaguer*...and has now been accepted by the...democratic opposition. "
The statement explained that the solution was the creation of a council of state.
The President described this solution as remarkable considering the fact that the country had just emerged from three decades under a"harshly repressive regime."
The statement concluded with these words...
"The Dominican people...confront a great...opportunity: the construction of a democratic society on the ruins of tyranny."
*Joaquin Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (1906-2002) was President of the Dominican Republic 1960-1962, 1966-1978 & 1986-1996.
SOURCE
"Statement by the President on the Situation in the Dominican Republic," December 20, 1961. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, January 20 to December 31, 1961, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1962.
Palm Beach (JFK+50) On December 20, 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a statement on the situation in the Dominican Republic. The statement read...
"I want to make special note of the most encouraging developments in the Dominican Republic. The solution to the political difficulties in that country...was announced by President Balaguer*...and has now been accepted by the...democratic opposition. "
The statement explained that the solution was the creation of a council of state.
The President described this solution as remarkable considering the fact that the country had just emerged from three decades under a"harshly repressive regime."
The statement concluded with these words...
"The Dominican people...confront a great...opportunity: the construction of a democratic society on the ruins of tyranny."
*Joaquin Antonio Balaguer Ricardo (1906-2002) was President of the Dominican Republic 1960-1962, 1966-1978 & 1986-1996.
SOURCE
"Statement by the President on the Situation in the Dominican Republic," December 20, 1961. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, January 20 to December 31, 1961, United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1962.
Santo Domingo National Palace
Photo by Jean-Marc Astesana (2014)
