June 12, 1964
“Year of the Economy”
Compañera Haydée Santamaría
Director, Casa de las Américas
Havana
Dear Haydée,
I instructed the Writer’s Union to put that money at your disposal as a compromise measure, so as not to let this trifle become a struggle over principles that are much more far-reaching.
The only important thing is that I cannot accept a cent from a book that does nothing more than narrate incidents from the war. Do whatever you wish with the money.3
A revolutionary greeting,
Patria o muerte
Venceremos
Commander Ernesto Che Guevara