Ngobese This was the most revolutionary and heart warming letter that l have ever read!!
Rgds ST On 4/14/10, Castro Ngobese <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ernesto Che Guevara > Farewell letter from Che to Fidel Castro > ------------------------------ > > « Year of Agriculture » > Havana, April 1, 1965. > > Fidel: > > At this moment I remember many things: when I met you in Maria Antonia's > house, when you proposed I come along, all the tensions involved in the > preparations. One day they came by and asked who should be notified in case > of death, and the real possibility of it struck us all. Later we knew it was > true, that in a revolution one wins or dies (if it is a real one). Many > comrades fell along the way to victory. > > Today everything has a less dramatic tone, because we are more mature, but > the event repeats itself. I feel that I have fulfilled the part of my duty > that tied me to the Cuban revolution in its territory, and I say farewell to > you, to the comrades, to your people, who now are mine. > > I formally resign my positions in the leadership of the party, my post as > minister, my rank of commander, and my Cuban citizenship. Nothing legal > binds me to Cuba. The only ties are of another nature — those that cannot be > broken as can appointments to posts. > > Reviewing my past life, I believe I have worked with sufficient integrity > and dedication to consolidate the revolutionary triumph. My only serious > failing was not having had more confidence in you from the first moments in > the Sierra Maestra, and not having understood quickly enough your qualities > as a leader and a revolutionary. > > I have lived magnificent days, and at your side I felt the pride of > belonging to our people in the brilliant yet sad days of the Caribbean > [Missile] crisis. Seldom has a statesman been more brilliant as you were in > those days. I am also proud of having followed you without hesitation, of > having identified with your way of thinking and of seeing and appraising > dangers and principles. > > Other nations of the world summon my modest efforts of assistance. I can do > that which is denied you due to your responsibility as the head of Cuba, and > the time has come for us to part. > > You should know that I do so with a mixture of joy and sorrow. I leave here > the purest of my hopes as a builder and the dearest of those I hold dear. > And I leave a people who received me as a son. That wounds a part of my > spirit. I carry to new battlefronts the faith that you taught me, the > revolutionary spirit of my people, the feeling of fulfilling the most sacred > of duties: to fight against imperialism wherever it may be. This is a source > of strength, and more than heals the deepest of wounds. > > I state once more that I free Cuba from all responsibility, except that > which stems from its example. If my final hour finds me under other skies, > my last thought will be of this people and especially of you. I am grateful > for your teaching and your example, to which I shall try to be faithful up > to the final consequences of my acts. > > I have always been identified with the foreign policy of our revolution, > and I continue to be. Wherever I am, I will feel the responsibility of being > a Cuban revolutionary, and I shall behave as such. I am not sorry that I > leave nothing material to my wife and children; I am happy it is that way. I > ask nothing for them, as the state will provide them with enough to live on > and receive an education. > > I would have many things to say to you and to our people, but I feel they > are unnecessary. Words cannot express what I would like them to, and there > is no point in scribbling pages. > ------------------------------ > > Written: April 1, 1965 > Transcription/Markup: Brian Baggins > Online Version: Ernesto Che Guevara Internet Archive (marxists.org) 2002 > ------------------------------ > > Ernesto Che Guevara Archive<http://www.marxists.org/archive/guevara/index.htm> > > -- > You are subscribed. This footer can help you. > Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to > this message. > You can visit the group WEB SITE at > http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery > options, pages, files and membership. > To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected]. > You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to > put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to > this address (repeat): [email protected] . > -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. 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