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August 22, 1961

Note on Visit of Cuban Children (Including Fidel Castro's son) to Bulgaria

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Deputy Foreign Minister:

 

 

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

22 August 1961

TO CC BCP

“Foreign Policy and

International Relations”

Department

 

From our embassy in Havana [a] report that the group of Cuban children, in which Fidel Castro’s son has been included, departs from Havana on 21 August. Initially the group will visit Moscow and Beijing, and it will arrive in Sofia through Bucharest. The group will travel with a common passport issued for Pedro Diaz, Luis Sanchez, Fidel Castro Diaz, Buenventura Rodriguez, and Rolando Soto.

 

Through the Bulgarian Embassy in Havana the Deputy Foreign Minister learns about a group of Cuban children scheduled to visit Bulgaria. The group of children includes Fidel Castro's son.


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Central State Archive of Bulgaria (TsDA), Sofia, Bulgaria, Fond 1-B, Opis 33, a.e. 580; translation by Julia Cherneva, edited by Jordan Baev. Obtained by the Bulgarian Cold War Research Group.

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