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Interesting document signed three times by Fidel Castro as Prime Minister of Cuba, dated 15 September 1959. On Cuban Republic Presidential letterhead, document establishes laws to deal with the chaos immediately following the Cuban Revolution on 1 January 1959, specifically the escape of male juvenile prisoners after security fled the prison. First paragraph of document translates in part, ''...The abandonment of their functions of the director and many instructors of the Institute for the Reeducation of Male Minors on January 1 of this year, as a result of the overthrow of the tyranny, produced in said institute...a great state of confusion that brought as a consequence the evasion of a large number of minors with a breach of the security measures to which they were subject...''
Document goes on to deal with the consequences of the escape of the young prisoners, and the penalties involved. Signed ''Fidel Castro'' on the last page, and initialed by him on the first two pages. Also countersigned by the President and Minister of Justice, with the blind-stamped embossed seals of the three offices over their respective signatures, and blue ribboned seal underneath. Three page document measures 9'' x 13.5'' on three sheets. Single fold, and some chipping along left edge, overall in very good condition.
Fidel Castro Legal Document Signed as Prime Minister From 1959 -- Regarding the Chaos Immediately Following the January 1959 Revolution
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