proceed through a weak and an electromagnetic The decays B+ --> D-s(+),(d)e
(+)e(-) and B+ --> D-s,D-d*(+)e(+)e(-) interaction. This is a typical "long
distance" process, usually difficult to compute systematically. We propose
that over a large fraction of phase space a combination of operator produc
t and heavy quark expansions effectively turns this process into one in whi
ch the weak and electromagnetic interactions occur through a local operator
. Moreover, we use heavy quark spin symmetry to relate all the local operat
ors that appear in leading order of the operator expansion to two basic one
s. We use this operator expansion to estimate the decay rates for B+ --> D-
s,d(()*()+)e(+)e(-) .