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Box 15

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Contains 2 Results:

State Department-foreign affairs-Cuba-general, 1958-1959

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and printed material concerning the Civil War in Cuba. Representative Rivers condemned the rebels as Communists and supported the Batista regime.

Dates: 1958-1959

State Department-foreign affairs-Cuba-general, 1960-1962

 File — Box: 15, Folder: 2-9
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and printed material concerning the growing fear of Cuba as a Communist state and the spread of Communism to the Western Hemisphere. Representative Rivers fiercely condemned Fidel Castro and urged "bold action" be taken by the United States to eliminate the threat. Also included are copies of an anti-Castro Cuban newspaper published in Miami Beach, Florida.

Dates: 1960-1962