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DECLASSIFIED
E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E)
Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972
BYNLTH NAR6 Date 6.26.75
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
WASHiNGTON
SECRET
December 12, 1945
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
PROPOSED NAMING OF TOWN IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN HONOR
OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
The Department expressed to the Dominican Embassy on
December 4 its surprise at a Dominican Government-sponsored
project to change the name of the Dominican town of Dajabón
to "Presidente Roosevelt". It was explained to the Embassy
that in view of the lamentable events which occurred in the
vicinity of this Haitian-Dominican border town approximately
eight years ago, the Department felt it particularly
inappropriate for this town to bear the name of President
Roosevelt. (In 1937 thousands of Haitians who had temporarily
crossed the frontier were massacred in cold blood by the
Dominican Army reportedly on orders from President Trujillo.)
The Department is now informed by the Dominican Embassy
that Ambassador Garcia Godoy will return in a day or so from
the Dominican Republic, where he has been on leave, and is
under instructions to take up in Washington the matter of
naming the town. It is thought that he may endeavor to see
you to discuss the question or may attempt to present the
Dominican Government's point of view through an intermediary.
Should the Ambassador endeavor to place the matter
before you, it is recommended that he be informed that for
the reasons indicated we would consider the initiative
singularly inappropriate. It may be added that should the
name of this town be changed to PresidenteRoosevelt, it is
believed our failure to prevent it would arouse adverse
comment on the part of our press, and also unfavorable com-
ment in many of the other American Republics.
Alen hunion