Anti-Castro Agent Surveys Opposition Literature

Anti-Castro Agent Surveys Opposition Literature

Photograph

Andrew St. George

Maker
American, b. Hungary, 1923–2001

Anti-Castro Agent Surveys Opposition Literature

Montevideo: Here the Issues of Our Hemisphere Meet


1961
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 1/2 × 9 7/16 in. (16.5 × 24 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0017
Inscriptions Typed in black ink on applied label, verso BC: (Montevideo) 7/61 8) ANTI-CASTRO AGENT SURVEYS OPPOSITION LITERATURE. \ Dr. Max Azicry-Levy, a 26-year-old exiled Cuban political \ worker representing anti-Castro organizations sponsored by \ the U.S., is surrounded in his MOntevideo hotel room by piles \ of political literature from Cuba and the Soviet Bloc, \ including three different editions of Che Guevara's famous \ guerrilla instruction book (Guerra de Guerrillas.) [underlined] U.S. \ government is aiding anti-Castro organizations to put more \ and more such anti-Communist political delegates into the \ field all over Latin America, but such pro-Western agents \ fight against overwhelming odds. Jigsaw puzzle before Dr. \ Azicri-Levy is a Cuban government giveaway. When assembled, \ it reveals the bearded head of Communist guerrilla leader \ Che Guevara. \ Credit: Andrew St. George © 1961 MAGNUM PHOTOS
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