Oral history transcript, Raul Castro, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Raul Castro, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

65

Description:

Biographical information; how Castro became the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador; Castro's interaction with Fidel and Raul Castro of Cuba and confusion regarding Castro's name; Castro's opinion of, and involvement in, the relationship between El Salvador and Honduras; Castro's preparations for LBJ's visit to El Salvador; the successful outcome of LBJ's visit to Central America; the success of the Common Market, the Agency for International Development and the Alliance for Progress in El Salvador as opposed to Bolivia; increased emphasis on education in El Salvador and Bolivia; how Castro related to people in El Salvador and Bolivia; tension caused by El Salvadorans moving into Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua; how Castro was moved from El Salvador to Bolivia; LBJ taking Castro's butler to work at the LBJ Ranch; Castro's relationship with Bolivian president René Barrientos; Che Guevara and Jules Régis Debray in Bolivia; the CIA's possible involvement in Che Guevara's death; Che Guevara's diary; Antonio Arguedas Mendieta; the effect of the CIA's alleged involvement with Guevara and Arguedas on U.S.-Bolivian relations; bomb-throwing incidents at Castro's home while he was ambassador to Bolivia; problems getting U.S. aid into Bolivia, especially due to the additionality clause; Castro's communication with the White House and secretary of state; Nelson Rockefeller's visit to Latin America; the 1969 coup in Bolivia; the expropriation of Gulf Oil in Bolivia; President Alfredo Ovando of Bolivia; the circumstances of Castro stepping down as ambassador of Bolivia; political and economic instability in Bolivia; Bolivian interest in an interior trans-Andean road and development of a port for Bolivia.

Contributor:

Castro, Raul H. (Raul Hector), 1916-

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Raul Castro

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details