The Senate Internal Security Subcommittee, Sen. Judiciary Committee, held at least one hearing on communist infiltration of the Dominican Republic before and during the Juan Bosch administration.
Gen. Wesin Y Wesin testified about what he saw. I don’t have the volume in front of me but I should be able to find it tonight and will post its’ accurate title, date, etc.
There were much more communist infiltration than publicly known, and Bosch became a hardcore communist sympathizer despite the media’s attempts to portray him as just a Dominican moderate.
Bosch was actually a historical successor to President Arbenz of Guatemala who was ousted in a funny little coup in 1954 because he was appointing and letting Communists take over key positions in his government.
One of the best writers on this is the late Daniel James (A friend), who wrote a book on this very subject, which included captured communist documents (totally ignored by leftist historians today). Don’t remember the name of his book but I will try to find it.
Danny covered Latin America for decades.
Please ping me to info on the Daniel James book.
If a president tried to overthrow the Bill of Rights all at once, he'd be dead by supper time. But shave off a layer of the second amendment every few years, enact speech restrictions here and there; you know, for the children, and half the people won't even notice.
Here is the Senate testimony of Gen. Wessin Y Wessin I mentioned.
“Testimony of Brigadier General Elias Wessin Y Wessin (This volume is a continuation of the hearings series on the “Communist Threat to the United States Through the Caribbean” (MM - which numbered over 20-25 volumes over the years). Hearings, Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws, Committee on the judiciary, 89th Congress, 1st Session, October 1, 1965 (Subdoc # 54-548 O).
From the Foreword:
“This testimony by Brig. Gen. Elias Wessin y Wession is one of two volumes of testimonuy dealing with the Dominican Crisis, which represents a continuation of the subcommittee’s series of hearings on the “Communist Threat to the United States Through the Caribbean.” The companion volume contains the testimony of Juan Isidro Tapia Adames.”
Testimony was taken in Executive Session on Oct. 1st (Wessin) and Oct. 15th Adames, and released for publication on Oct. 19, 1965.