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    "ocrText": "BEGI ASCIEIED\nTHE FOREIGN SERVICE\nOF THE\nwe\n8: ne #1852. of Blace , MARS 3(E) Aug. and Date 9.\n2273\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA\nhy\nADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO\nAmerican Embassy,\nCiudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic,\nAugust 5, 1952.\nSONPIDENT IAL\nMy dear Mr. President:\nNow that I have spent a few weeks in the Domi-\nnican Republic, I wish to avail myself of your kind\ninvitation to send you my impressions of Ciudad\nTrujillo and of the local situation.\nMay I say first of all that I am extremely\npleased with the fine residence which the Govern-\nment has provided for me. The house is beautiful,\nimpressive, and at the same time most comfortable.\nThe surrounding grounds are very fine indeed.\nCiudad Trujillo is a clean and modern city in a\nsplendid setting. Moreover, it still enshrines\nmany colonial monuments of first importance, including\nthe Palace of Diego Columbus and the first cathedral\nchurch of the Western Hemisphere. The Dominicans are\na friendly and open people who have made me feel very\nwelcome here.\nMuch more important than the physical surround-\nings is the fine staff which I found here. If this\nForeign Service establishment is representative of\nall of our others, I can only say that critics of\nthe Department of State and the Foreign Service have\nmuch to learn about the excellent work which repre-\nsentatives of our country are doing abroad.\nThus far there has been only one fly in the\nointment of my content. A newspaper reporter to\nwhom I gave an interview on the afternoon of the\nday on which I presented my credentials brought out\na jumble of distortions and inventions which has\ncaused me no little embarrassment. Among other\ninventions\nThe President,\nThe White House.\nDECLASSIFIED\no. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and >(D) or (E)\nDept. of Scate letter, 5-7-77\nPROJECT NLT 49.59\nny He MARS.D"
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