>In re the Cuban's Revolution's ending Jan. 8, 1959, it could equally be
>argued that that was the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. Fidel Castro had
>carried on guerrilla operations against the Batista Regime for about two
>yeas, and had attempted the first uprising on July 26, 1953.
>
>Batista fled the country on New Year's 1959. Having never got close to
>Havana as a guerrilla leader, Castro took his time arriving in Havana,
>exulting in the adulation of the mobs as he slowly made his way up the island
>to the capital arriving there I thought on Jan. 9---but my memory is getting
>bad.
>
>Before then and until some time later he professed to be just a democratic
>reformer, one who promised free elections, return to the constitution, etc..
>His enemies said he would carry out a "watermelon revolution," green on the
>outside but red inside.
>
>He then proceeded gradually to institute his revolution over a period of some
>two year, eventually admitting he was a Communist. Having studied the matter
>in detail and having been in charge of Cuban affairs in the Department of
>State, I do not believe he was a Communist when he came to power, but that he
>drifted into in.
Interesting. All the external information sounds familiar.
What led you to conclude he was not a communist when he came to power?
>Dane Bowen in Alexandria, Va., researching Bowen, Bacon, Cannon, Carlton
>(Carleton), Chaudoin (Chaudoins), Gye (Guy, Guye), Harris, Porter, Luker,
>Richey (Ritchie, Richie, Ritchey), Sanders (Saunders), Spence, Sloan, Way,
>Weaver, and Wells families.
John S. Quarterman <jsq@quarterman.org>
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