Book VI Print 27: Castro brothers welcome delegates to the American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana; Fidel Castro speech on Huber Matos resignation; demonstrations in support of Castro's arrest of Matos

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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 Prints 26-28: American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana > Book VI Print 27: Castro brothers welcome delegates to the American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana; Fidel Castro speech on Huber Matos resignation; demonstrations in support of Castro's arrest of Matos


10018397

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Title
Book VI Print 27: Castro brothers welcome delegates to the American Society of Travel Agents convention in Havana; Fidel Castro speech on Huber Matos resignation; demonstrations in support of Castro's arrest of Matos
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 row of prints depicts Raúl Castro greeting delegates to the ASTA convention and offering them tiny cups of Cuban espresso at convention headquarters in the Havana Hilton. The second row of prints shows Fidel Castro addressing participants in the ASTA convention on the morning of October 19. Behind him are the United States, Cuban and ASTA flags; behind him is a banner reading "American Society of Travel Agents." Rows 4 and 5 show Fidel Castro later that evening as he addresses a national televised audience on "Ante la Prensa" and denounces Commander Huber Matos for having resigned his post in protest of what Matos alleged was increasing evidence of Communist influence. In this speech, Castro condemns Matos for resigning as a traitor and asserts that his resignation would have served as a prelude to an armed conspiracy. Frames 13-15 of the fourth row show Raúl Castro with Che Guevara at his side sitting in the studio audience. Frames 16 and 17 show Fidel Castro and Antonio Nuñez Jiménez. The last row of photos shows images taken of the mass demonstration before the Presidential Palace organized by state-affiliated labor unions in support of Castro's arrest of Matos and decision to reopen the Revolutionary Tribunals on October 26, 1959. For related images of the ASTA convention, see Prints 26, 28, 34, 41, 45, 51, 65, 73 and 74. For images of Fidel Castro denouncing Matos on television, see Prints 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 42 and 60. For images of the October 25th mass rally, see Prints 34, 41 43, 44, 46, 52, 47, 53, 54,55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 66 and 70.
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 396

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

Identifiers

Orbis Record
614150
Object ID (OID)
10018397

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