 In April 1963, relations were brought to the edge of war by the political enmity between Duvalier and Dominican president Juan Bosch.Bosch, a leftist, provided asylum and support to Haitian exiles who had plotted against the Duvalier regime.Duvalier ordered his Presidential Guard to occupy the Dominican Embassy in Pétion-Ville, with the goal of arresting a Haitian army officer believed to have been involved in Barbot's plot to kidnap Duvalier's children.