Book VI Print 73: Fidel Castro giving televised speech denouncing Huber Matos; American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana

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Manuscripts and Archives > Cuban revolution collection (MS 650) > Series I: Andrew St. George Photographs, Films, and Papers > Photographs > Contact Book VI > Book VI Print 73: Fidel Castro giving televised speech denouncing Huber Matos; American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana


10018443

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Title
Book VI Print 73: Fidel Castro giving televised speech denouncing Huber Matos; American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana
Creator
From the Collection: Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
Contributor
From the Collection: St. George, Andrew, 1924-2001
From the Collection: Stone, David C.
Published / Created
1959 October
Description
Top rows of images show Fidel Castro giving a televised address to the nation on October 19, 1959, in which he denounced Commander Huber Matos of treason and of being a puppet of counterrevolutionaries for attempting to resign his post in protest over the increasing authoritarianism and influence of Communists within the new government. Audience members in the studio include (frames 9-12), Raúl Castro and Che Guevara, apparently present to lend moral force to the speech. Bottom rows of images were taken early that day, before the submission of Matos' resignation, when United States Ambassador Philip W. Bonsal (frames 16, 17, 13, 14, 15) and President Osvaldo Dorticós addressed participants in the annual convention of the American Society of Travel Agents, being held in Havana. Premier Fidel Castro also spoke at the inaugural session that morning. See also Prints 26, 27, 28, 34, 45, 51, 65, 66 and 74.
Provenance
Purchased from Andrew St. George in 1969 and from David C. Stone in 1970. Gift of Adolfas Mekas, 2010. Transferred from the Latin American Collection Curator, 2016.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been partially digitized.
Language
Multiple languages

Item Location

Repository
Manuscripts and Archives
Call Number
MS 650
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Container / Volume
Box 4, folder 442

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Citation
Cuban Revolution Collection (MS 650). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
614150
Object ID (OID)
10018443

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