Note the request and sender.
Mr Franklin Roosvelt, President of the United States.
My good friend Roosvelt I don’t know very English, but I know as much as write to you. I like to hear the radio, and I am very happy, because I heard in it, that you will be President for a new (periodo). I am twelve years old. I am a boy but I think very much but I do not think that I am writing to the President of the United States.
If you like, give me a ten dollars bill green american, in the letter, because never, I have not seen a ten dollars bill green american and I would like to have one of them.
My address is:
Sr Fidel Castro
Colegio de Dolores
Santiago de Cuba
Oriente Cuba
From each according to his abilty to each according to his need. I will give Fidel points for consistency.
And the postscript:
If you want iron to make your sheaps ships I will show to you the bigest (minas) of iron of the land. They are in Mayari Oriente Cuba.
Imagine the happy archivist that found this.
I think Obama should send Fidel Raul the $10.
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FIdel Castro was a capitalist as a 12 year old! http://t.co/dMM0EGfp
‘My good friend Roosvelt, If you like, give me a $10 bill green american,’ Letter to US Pres from Fidel Castro, aged 12 http://t.co/9bgEfYGt
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An extraordinary Letter of Note, from Fidel, pre-baseball career, to FDR: http://t.co/7tYmHcZT. (via @cblatts)
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Huh. Color me ignorant.
Correction: Fidel is not dead. Just not President anymore. Anbd likely not in the best of health. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20024018
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Fidel died. His brother Raul is President.
Why not send it to Fidel? Or am I missing a joke here?
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