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Correspondence Between Ruth Brooks and Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding U.S.-Cuban Relations, 1960

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State Archives of Florida, Series S776

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Date

1960

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Letters (correspondence)

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Correspondence Between Ruth Brooks and Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding U.S.-Cuban Relations, 1960

Subject

Revolutions

Revolutions and socialism

Revolutionaries

International relations

Revolutions--Public opinion

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Letter from Ruth Brooks to Governor LeRoy Collins concerning U.S.-Cuban relations, underscoring the danger of the situation and urging that the Cuban people should be supported and the Castro regime should be removed. Governor Collins' response is included.

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Brooks, Ruth, 1907-2004

Collins, LeRoy (Thomas LeRoy), 1909-1991

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State Archives of Florida, Series S776

Date

1960

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letters (correspondence)

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eng-US

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s776_b074_f17_06

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Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

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Cuba

Bartow (Fla.)

Polk County (Fla.)

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Subject - Corporate

Florida. Governor (1955-1961 : Collins)

Subject - Person

Ruz, Fidel Alejandro Castro, 1926-2016

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Brooks, Ruth, 1907-2004. Correspondence Between Ruth Brooks and Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding U.S.-Cuban Relations, 1960. 1960. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346399>, accessed 1 February 2025.

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Brooks, Ruth, 1907-2004. Correspondence Between Ruth Brooks and Governor LeRoy Collins Regarding U.S.-Cuban Relations, 1960. 1960. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/346399>

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