Inside a Young Fidel Castro’s 1940 Letter to an American President

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Perhaps better than anyone else, Fidel Castro was keenly aware of the fact that the histories and destinies of Cuba and the United States were profoundly intertwined. A fascinating and virtually unknown document housed in the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration demonstrates that Castro was aware of this from an early age.

This post is in partnership with History Today. The article below was originally published at History Today. Perhaps better than anyone else, Fidel Castro was keenly aware of the fact that the histories and destinies of Cuba and the United States were profoundly intertwined. A fascinating and virtually unknown document housed in the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration demonstrates that Castro was aware of this from an early age.