PROCLAMATION
to the Haitian People
[Reference:
Exhibit in case 67-105
SDF. The exhibits were kept by U.S. Customs and were
considered
confidential. In 1972 Judge Emmett Choate's law
clerk called Customs
and arranged for viewing and copies.
The following is a
translation from
the French. The original French version was to be
used after securing
Haiti, thus the blank spaces for date, place and town.]
HEADQUARTERS OF THE
REVOLUTIONARY ARMY
place
date
PROCLAMATION
1.
Haitian People.
Civilians and Military.
During the course of nine years of an unfeeling
dictatorship, the
infamous regime of Francois Duvalier has inflicted all sorts
of
humiliations on our country, demolished all national
institutions,
accumulated a considerable number of innocent victims, and
violated all
the laws of the Nation. The hour has at last come for
you to
terminate the fury of this tyrant. The first group of
the
invasion forces of the Revolutionary Army has landed,
composed of
civilians, military of the Haytian Army, and other elements
dedicated
to an ideal of justice and liberty. They carry the
combat to the
very soil of Haiti. This army fights in your name and at
your sides to
help you to free our country from gangsterism, from anarchy
and
ignorance, and to instill in the Peace, in Union and
Fraternity an era
of Liberty, Justice and of Progress.
The Town. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . has spontaneously and as one
person, joined
forces with the forces of liberation. With us they
assure the
victory of the democratic forces which bring you full
enjoyment of your
civil and political rights denied you for nine years.
Without
delay, take your place beside the revolution. The time
for action
has come. We make an appeal to the officers and the
soldiers of
the army, who have been humiliated and ill treated for the
past nine
years. We appeal to the military, baffled and
exploited. We
are determined to conquer and we will conquer. No
Duvalierist
force can resist our fire-power. To the Haytian people
we ask:
"Join us!" In the sacred name of our Country, for the
glory of
our heroes, all rise in the Union which makes strength.
Down with the regime of Duvalier. Down with the
dictatorship.
Long live Liberty. Long live Haiti.
EXHIBIT #6
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