327. Editorial Note
On May 13, a Federal Grand Jury indicted John Joseph Frank on charges of having acted as an unregistered agent of the Government of the Dominican Republic in the United States. In circular instruction 4732, November 22, the Department informed various Embassies of this action. The instruction reads in part: “Evidence in possession of this Government indicates not only that Frank prepared intelligence reports on people such as the anti-Trujillo scholar, Dr. Jesus de Galindez, Department of Justice officials privately believe Frank was involved with Major General Arturo R. Espaillat and Gerald Lester Murphy in the kidnapping of Galindez on March 12, 1957, but they have been unable to date to prepare a sufficiently watertight case that would support indictments for conspiracy to kidnap.” (Department of State, Central Files, 511.00/11–2257)