Volume 41, Number 16 · October 6, 1994
Dialogue with Castro: A Hidden History
By James G. Blight, Peter Kornbluh
In late June of 1974, three American journalists traveled from Washington, DC, to Havana to conduct what was, for those days, a rare interview with Fidel Castro. One of them, Frank Mankiewicz, carried a short, handwritten letter for the Cuban premier from Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.[1] 'This is a very serious communication and we will, of course, consider it very carefully,' Castro said, after reading the message in his study. When Mankiewicz returned from Cuba he carried a secret reply from Castro as well as a box of premium Cuban cigars, an official gift for Kissinger.
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