The Death of Che Guevara: Declassified

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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB5/

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[Leozinho]

I didn't see anything new there (Declassified in 1997, it seems.)

However, I was struck by this analysis. I think it was spot on to have been produced only a week after Guevara's death. (Italics are mine.)

"OCTOBER 19, 1967: Intelligence and Research’s Cuba specialist, Thomas L. Hughes, writes a memorandum to Secretary of State, Dean Rusk. Hughes outlines two significant outcomes of Che Guevara’s death that will affect Fidel Castro’s future political strategies.

One is that "Guevara will be eulogized as the model revolutionary who met a heroic death," particularly among future generations of Latin American youth. Castro can utilize this to continue justifying his defiance of the usual suspects--"US imperialism, the Green Berets, the CIA."

Another outcome is that Castro will reassess his expectations of exporting revolutions to other Latin American countries. Some Latin American leftists "will be able to argue that any insurgency must be indigenous and that only local parties know when local conditions are right for revolution." (Intelligence and Research Memorandum, "Guevara’s Death--The Meaning for Latin America", 10/19/97)"