Book III Prints 76-80: "Operation Truth" press conference with Fidel CastroYale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives1959 JanuaryengspaThese prints document Fidel Castro's record five-hour press conference for foreign reporters participating in "Operation Truth" in the ballroom of a Havana hotel. "Operation Truth" represented Fidel Castro and the revolutionary government's response to the furious attacks in the foreign media and by United States officials on the summary trials and executions of former officers, police agents and intelligence agents responsible for state repression under Fulgencio Batista. Launched as a counter-campaign meant to bring the press to Cuba to witness the trials and their popularity among Cubans, "Operation Truth" paid the travel costs out of Cuban government coffers of all foreign reporters who would come. Fidel Castro at center; others present include all of the members of the original revolutionary government, including President Manuel Urrutia and Minister of the Treasury Rufo López Fresquet. See also Prints 81-91.