Word: bastista
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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Manheim quickly spilled his story. Last summer, he said, he had met a Cuban named Jose Duarte. The Cuban, Manheim went on, placed orders to buy arms for the account of Carlos Prio Socarras, whom Bastista booted out of the Cuban presidency last March. Duarte turned over $15,500 for expenses and a $24,000 letter of credit. Manheim told police that he reported the deal to the U.S. State Department, and was instructed to "play along" until the plot was ripe. Over the months, he bought the surplus U.S. Army materiel and rented the gas station, only a grenade...
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