Falangist Leader Jenaro Riestra went to Havana from Spain last week with a consul generalship for himself, a present for Cuban President Colonel Fulgencio Batista. Neither made a hit.
University of Havana students whipped up a resolution demanding nonrecognition of the new Consul, fearing he would use his diplomatic immunity to promote Cuban fascism. Other Cubans stirred up so much trouble that police barred all visitors from the pier when the Marques de Camillas pulled in. Then shrewd Boss Batista heard his present was to be a sword from the Spanish Falangist Party and...
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