Fidel Castro - Letter to Roosevelt

[kevin]

http://history1900s.about.com/library/p ... castro.htm

Mr. Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States

My good friend Roosevelt I don't know very English, but I know as much as write to you.

I like to hear the radio and I am very happy because I heard in it that you will be President for a new [term].

I am twelve years old, I am a boy but I think very much, but I do not think that I am writing to the President of the United States.

If you like give me a ten dollars bill green american, in the letter. Because never, I have not seen a ten dollars bill green american and I would like to have one of them. My address is :

(...)

I don't know very English but I know very much Spanish and I suppose you don't know very Spanish but you know very English because you are American but I am not American.

Thank you very much, good by your friend,
Fidel Castro

If you want iron to make your ships I will show you the bigest (minas) of iron of the land. They are in Majar Oriente Cuba.

[Regit]

Fascinating. I'd heard about that before, but I don't know if I'd ever actually read it.

Thanks for sharing.

[kevin]

Maybe Roosevelt should have sent the kid a ten dollars bill green american.