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...also gave some clues to the scope of counterrevolutionary effort in his own country. In Las Villas province, 2,005 rebels had been captured or killed since 1961, he said, and in the struggle, 295 soldiers of his "anti-bandit battalions" had been killed. When Castro turned to the economy, the crowd fell silent under some withering criticism from the Maximum Leader. Cubans, cried he, "are going at 25% of their capacity 80% of the time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cuba: Exporter of Communism | 8/6/1965 | See Source »

...robust, taciturn ex-army officer who holds eight medals for valor. Luca planned to use tough paratroopers as ground assault troops, set up small, highly mobile units equipped with machine guns, walkie-talkies and police dogs. The Italian treasury appropriated one million lire a month for the special anti-bandit campaign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Beautiful Lightning | 9/12/1949 | See Source »

...leave now to direct the anti-bandit campaign! If I succeed I will retire to my birthplace near Ningpo-thereby proving to the world and to the nation that I have no ambition to establish a dictatorship nor another dynasty, as charged by my reactionary enemies. If I fail, I will die fighting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Dear White House Friend | 6/15/1931 | See Source »

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