Fidel Castro’s assumption of power, January–April 1959


267. Telegram From the Embassy in Costa Rica to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.00/3–3059. Confidential; Priority. Repeated to Bogota, Caracas, Ciudad Trujillo, Guatemala City, Havana, Managua, Mexico City, Panama City, Port-au-Prince, San Salvador, and Tegucigalpa as circular telegram 1128, March 31. (ibid., 737.00/3–3159)


268. Letter From the Chief of Naval Operations (Burke) to the Commander in Chief, Atlantic and U.S. Atlantic Fleet (Wright)

Source: Naval Historical Center, Burke Papers, Personal File (Wright). Confidential; Personal.


270. Telegram From the Embassy in Cuba to the Department of State

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 737.00/4–359. Official Use Only; Priority.


271. Memorandum of a Conversation, Department of State, Washington, April 4, 1959

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.3711/4–459. Drafted and initialed by Stevenson.


272. Memorandum From the President of the Cuban National Bank (Pazos) to the Embassy in Cuba

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.3711/4–959. Official Use Only. Transmitted as an enclosure to despatch 1140 from Havana, April 9. Also summarized in telegram 1158 from Havana, April 8. (ibid., 033.3711/4–859)