Confidential U.S. diplomatic post records: Cuba, 1930-1945 (inclusive), [microform].

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Confidential U.S. diplomatic post records: Cuba, 1930-1945 (inclusive), [microform].

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The records consist of U.S. diplomatic materials relating to Cuba. The records document the role played by Fulgencio Batista, commander of the Cuban constitutional army and later President of Cuba, in political cand military affairs. The documents are from Record Group 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, in the National Archives.

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United States. Department of State

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The Department of Foreign Affairs was established by an act of July 27, 1789 (1 Stat. 28) and redesignated the Department of State by an act of September 15, 1789 (1 Stat. 68). It was the agency of the United States created by law to assist the President in the formulation and execution of the Nation's foreign policy, and in the conduct of foreign affairs and of certain domestic affairs. The Department made plans for peace and security among all nations, participated in the United Nations and o...

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