[7] NEW STAGE BEGINS TODAY. We arrived at the farm A by night. The trip was quite good. After having entered, by way of Cochabamba, Pachungo and I, adequately disguised, made the necessary contacts and traveled in two jeeps for two days.
On nearing the farm we stopped, and only one of the vehicles approached so as not to arouse the suspicions of a nearby landowner who has been spreading the rumor that our enterprise might be dealing in the manufacture of cocaine. Strange as it may sound, the ineffable Tumaini is pointed out to be the chemist of the group. On approaching the farm during the second trip, Bigotes, who had just learned of my identity, almost ran off a cliff, leaving one jeep stranded on the border of the precipice. We walked approximately 20 kilometers and arrived somewhat past midnight at the farm where there are three party workers.
Bigotes made it clear that he is willing to collaborate with us, whatever the party might do, but he is loyal to Monje, whom he respects and seems to care for. According to him Rodolfo is also willing, and Coco as well, but adds that it is necessary to try to convince the party to fight. I asked him to help us and requested that he not inform the party until Monje, who is traveling to Bulgaria, has arrived. He agreed to both.
[8] WE SPENT THE DAY in the heavily wooded area by the creek, scarcely 100 meters from the house. We were attacked by some kind of tree ducks, which don't peck but are very bothersome. We have come across the following species here: sheep and cattle ticks, tree ducks, gnats, marigui and mosquitos. Bigote pulled his jeep out with the help of Argañaraz and promised to buy some pigs and chickens from him. I intended to write a report of the incidents, but left it for next week when the second group is supposed [9] AN UNEVENTFUL DAY. We made an exploration following the course of the River Nacahuasu (really a creek) with Tumaini, but we did not reach the source. It runs through [10] PACHUNGO AND Pomic went out to explore with one of the Bolivian comrades, Serafin. They went somewhat farther than we and they reached the fork of the creek (and a stream) that seems to be good. On returning they stayed in the house loafing and were seen by Algarañaz' driver, who had brought back the men with some purchases they had made. I reprimanded them severely and we decided to move to the woods the following morning where we shall make camp permanently. Tumaini let himself be seen because he is considered to be just another employee of the farm. This will not do; it is necessary to find out whether they will permit us to bring more men, at least our own. I shall feel more at ease with them.
[11] AN UNEVENTFUL DAY was spent in the new camp on the other side of the house, where we slept.
The infernal insects force one to seek cover in the hammock under mosquito netting (which only I have).
Tumaini went to visit Argañaraz from whom he bought some things like chickens and turkeys. It looks as though there are no great suspicions on his part yet [12] ANOTHER UNEVENTFUL DAY. We made a brief exploration to prepare the ground that will be used for camp when the six of the second group arrive. The zone that was selected is on a mound and is located approximately 100 meters from the beginning of the tomb, and there is a hollow nearby where several caves can be dug for stowing food and other objects. By this time the first of the three groups of two, into which the band has been divided, should be on their way here. By the end of the coming week they should have arrived at the farm. My hair is growing, although very sparsely, and the grey hair is turning blond and is beginning to fall; my beard is growing. In a couple of months I shall be myself again.
[13] SUNDAY. Some hunters, farm hands of Argañaraz, went by our lodging. They are men of the woods, young and single, [14] A WEEK IN THE CAMP. Pachungo looks somewhat unadapted and sad, but he must get over it. Today we began work on a tunnel into which everything that could be compromising will be placed; it will be protected against humidity as well as possible and camouflaged with a log grating. The one and-a-half meter deep well is already finished and work on the tunnel is well under way.
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sand to OR 200 DO CO COU romising into it. During the night, the rain forced me to See from my hammock, which gets wet because the nylon cover is too small. There was nothing else new.
[16] THE TUNNEL WAS FINISHED and the entrance well-hidden; only the path has to be camouflaged; we shall move the things to our little house and store them tomorrow, sealing the entrance with a grating of sticks and clay. The sketch of this tunnel, marked No. 1, can be found in document I. The rest is the same as usual. We can expect news from La Paz, anytime after tomorrow.
[17] THE TUNNEL IS FILLED with all the articles, including some canned food, that could compromise those in the house, and it has been camouflaged quite well.
There was nothing new from La Paz. The boys in the house talked with Argañaraz, from whom they bought some things, and he insists on participating in the cocaine business.
[18] NO NEWS FROM LA PAZ. Pachungo and Pombo explored the creek again but are not convinced that it is an appropriate place for camp. We will explore it again with Tumaini on Monday. Argañaraz came and stayed quite a while repairing the road and taking stones from the river. The way it looks, he is not suspicious of our presence here. Everything occurs monotonously: the mosquitos and the sheep and cattle ticks are beginning to cause bothersome sores on the infected bites. It is quite cold in the early hours of the morning.
[19] NO NEWS FROM LA PAZ. Nothing new here: we spent the day in hiding because it is Saturday, a day when the hunters are about.
[20] At NooN, Marcos and Rolando arrived. Now there are six of us. Right away, we started to go over the details of the trip. They came later than expected as they had not been notified until last week. They are the ones who travcled the fastest, by way of San Pablo. The arrival of the other four is not to be expected until next week.
Rodolfo came with them and made a good impression on me. Apparently he is more decided to break with everything than Bigote is hete and so case of yea r concerning authority. 1 wrote to Ma and made so e recommendations (documents I and Il), an also wrote to Papi answering his questions. Rodolfo came back early in the morning.
[21] THE FIRST DAY of the enlarged group. It rained hard and the moving to our new location gave us a good soaking.
We are already settled. The tent turned out to be a canvas truck cover which becomes wet through and through, but it protects us to some extent. We have hammocks with nylon covers. Some more arms have come; Marcos has a Garand, Rolando will be given an M-l from the stock.
Jorge stayed with us, but in the house; there he will direct the work to be done in order to improve the farm. I requested that Rodolfo send us a reliable agronomist. We shall try to make this last as long as possible.
[22] TUMA, JOrGE AND I made an expedition along the Nacahuasu River to inspect the newly discovered creek. The river could not be recognized due to yesterday's rain and made it difficult reaching the desired spot. This is a small stream of water with a well-closed outlet; it could be utilized for a permanent camp if it were prepared adequately.
We returned at a little after 9 in the evening. Nothing new here.
[23] WE INAUGURATED THE OBSERVATORY which overlooks the small house at the farm so as to be forewarned in case of inspection or troublesome visitors. While two go out on exploratory missions, the rest have to do three-hour guard duty. Pombo and Marcos explored the firme of our camp as far as the creek, which is still swollen.
[24] PACHO AND RoLAnDo went out to explore the creek; they should be back tomorrow. Last night, two of Argarañaz' farm hands "came strolling by" and paid an "unexpected visit" on us. There was nothing strange; however Antonio, who was on an expedition and Tuma, who officially lives in the house, were absent. Pretext: hunting.
Aliucha's birthday.
OtRo or three men, they turned out ti be from the malaria prevention service and left as soon as they had taken blood samples. Pacho and Rolando arrived very late at night. They had found the creek on the map and explored it, following the main course until they found abandoned camps.
[26] BEING SATURDAY, all of us remained quartered. I asked Jorge to make an exploration of the river bed on horseback to see how far it reaches; the horse was not here and so he went on foot to request one from Don Remberto (20 to 25 kilometers). By nightfall he had not returned. No news from La Paz.
[27] JORGE HAS NOT APPEARED YET. I issued an order to keep watch all night long, but at 9 the first jeep from La Paz arrived. Joaquin and Urbano came with Coco, and they also brought a Bolivian, a medical student called Ernesto, who has come to stay. Coco went back and brought Ricardo, Braulio, Miguel and another Bolivian, called Inti, who is also going to stay. Now there are 12 rebels in all, plus Jorge who acts as owner; Coco and Rodolfo will be in charge of contacts. Ricardo brought disturbing news: El Chino is in Bolivia and wants to see me and send 20 men. This will bring problems, because we will be internationalizing the struggle, without having taken Estanislao into consideration. We agreed that he be sent to Santa Cruz and that Coco would pick him up there and bring him back here. Coco left in one jeep early in the morning and Ricardo followed in the other in order to continue on to La Paz. Coco should pass by Remberto's to find out about Jorge. In a previous conversation with Inti, he said that he does not think Estanislao will join the uprising, but that he seems to have decided to cut ties.
[28] IN THE MORNING, neither had Jorge appeared, nor had Coco returned. They came later on; nothing had happened; they had just stayed on at Remberto's. Slightly irresponsible.
I called the Bolivian group together that afternoon and brought up the question of the offer to send 20 Peruvians; they all agreed to having them sent, but not until we had begun operations.
[29] WE WENT OUT to study the possibilities of the river and to explore the creck that will eventually be our new campsite.
The group consisted of Tumaini, Urhano, Inti and myself.
The creek was very safe but depressingly obscure. We shall try to find the other one which is located an hour away.
Tumaini fell and apparently fractured his ankle. We arrived at the camp at night, after having measured the river. No change here; Coco went to Santa Cruz to wait for Chino [30] MARcos, PACHO, MIGUEL AND PoMBo went on a mission with instructions to explore a more distant creek; they should be away for two days. It rained hard. In the house no changes.
MONTHLY ANALYSIs: Everything has turned out quite well. I arrived without difficulty, and so did half of the men, although they were somewhat delayed; Ricardo's main collaborators will fight against all odds. The panorama looks good in this isolated region where everything indicates that we shall be able to stay here practically as long as we deem necessary.
The plans are: to wait for the rest of the men, to increase the number of Bolivians to at least 20 and to begin operations. We still have to find out what Monje's reaction will be and how Guevara's people are behaving.
•[1] THE DAY PASSED UNEVENTFULLY. At night, Marcos and his comrades arrived, having made a longer run 'than had been ordered, cutting through the hills. At 2 in the morning 1 was informed that.Coco and another comrade had arrived. I put this off until tomorrow.
[2] CHino, in a very effusive state, arrived early. We spent the day chatting. The point of the matter is that he will go to Cuba and report the situation personally. Within two months, five Peruvians will be able to join us, that is, once operations have begun; for the time being, two will come, a radio technician and a physician, who will stay with us for some time. He asked for arms and I offered to give him a BZ, some mausers and grenades and to buy an M-1 for them. I also decided to help them send five Peruvians to establish a liaison in order to pass arms from the other side of Titicaca to a region near Puno. He told me of his troubles in Peru including a daring plan to free Calixto, which seems a little fantastic to me. He believes that some of the survivors of the guerrilla are operating in that area but is not absolutely certain of it because they could not reach the zone. The rest of the time was spent exchanging information of the presidency, who has offered to help us because he is Inti's brother-in-law. The network is still very primitive [3] NOTHING NEW. There are no exploratory expeditions because it is Saturday. The three farm hands left for Lagunillas to run some errands.
[4] NOTHING NEW. Everybody is quiet because it is Sunday. I am giving a short informal talk concerning the war and our attitude toward the Bolivians who will soon be here.
[5] NOTHING NEW. We had intended to go out today, but it rained all day long. There was some alarm caused by several unannounced shots fired by Loro [6] APOLINAR, INTI, URBANO, MIGUEL and myself went out to start the second cave near the first creek. Miguel has come to replace Tuma, who has not yet recovered from the fall. Apolinar has declared that he is joining the guerrilla, but wants to go to La Paz to settle some personal affairs. He was given permission to go but was recommended to wait a while. We reached the creek shortly before 11; the trail was camouflaged and an exploration was made in order to find a suitable place for the cave, but it is rocky everywhere, and the creek trickles through pure stone beds when it runs dry. We put the exploration off until tomorrow. Inti and Urbano went out to try their luck at hunting deer, for food is very scarce and it has to be stretched until Friday.
MIGUEL AND APOLINAR located an appropriate place and put themselves to the task of building the tunnel; the tools are inadequate. Inti and Urbano returned with empty hands but at dusk Urbano brought back a turkey which he had shot with an M-1, but since we already had food we left it for tomorrow morning's breakfast. Today we have reached the end of our first month's stay here, but for reasons of convenience, I shall write the synthesis at the end of each month.
[8] WE WENT UP TO THE firme crowning the creek, accompanied by Inti. Miguel and Urbano kept working on the well. In the evening, Apolinar replaced Miguel. Marcos, Pombo and Pacho arrived at dusk, but Pacho was far behind and very tired. Marcos asked me to remove him from the vanguard if he did not improve. I marked the path to the cave, which can be found on sketch II. I left them the most important tasks to carry out during their stay. Miguel will remain with them and we shall return tomorrow.
[9] WE RETURNED SLOWLY in the morning, arriving close to 12 Pacho received the order to stay when the group returned We tried to make contact with camp 2, but could not. There was nothing else new.
[10] THE DAY WENT BY without any new events, except for the first batch of homemade bread. I talked with Jorge and Inti about some urgent tasks. No news from La Paz.
[1] THE DaY ELAPSED with nothing new, but at night Coco appeared with Papi. He brought Alejandro, Arturo and a Bolivian, Carlos. The other jeep remained behind on the road, the same as always. Later they brought the physician, Moro, Benigno and two Bolivians: both of them cambas from the farm in Caranavi. The night was spent making the customary commentaries about the trip and about the absence of Antonio and Felix, who should have arrived already. After discussion with Papi, it was decided that he still has to make two more trips in order to bring Renan and Tania.
The house and the warehouse will be disposed of and $1000 will be given as aid to Sanchez. He will keep the small truck and we shall sell a jeep to Tania and keep the other one. Another trip has to be made to bring arms, and I gave the order to carry everything in only one jeep, so as to avoid making the switch which can be more easily discovered. Chino left for Cuba, apparently with great enthusiasm and expects to come back here when he returns. Coco stayed here in order to go and look for food in Camiri, and Papi has left for La Paz.
A dangerous incident occurred. A hunter, El Vallegrandino, discovered a footprint made by one of us, found a glove which Pombo lost, saw the tracks and apparently told someone. That changes our plans and we must be very careful. El Vallegrandino will go out with Antonio tomorrow to show him where he set his elk traps. Inti told me that he did not trust Carlos, the student, as he began a dis
[12] I SPOKE WITH the entire group, giving them a lecture on the realities of war. I emphasized the need for discipline and unity of command and warned the Bolivians of the responsibility that they had undertaken in violating party discipline in order to adopt another line. I made the following appointments: Joaquin, as second military chief; Rolando and Inti, as commissars; Alejandro, as chief of operations; Pombo, services; Inti, finances; Nato, supplies and arms; and for the time being, Moro, medical services.
Rolando and Braulio had gone out to warn the group that they should wait there quietly until El Vallegrandino had made the exploration with Antonio or had set his traps. They returned at night; the trap is not very far away. They got him drunk that night and he left contentedly with an entire bottle of Singani in his belly. Coco returned from Caranavi where he had bought the necessary food, but he had been seen by several people in Lagunillas, who were surprised by the quantity of it.
Marcos arrived with Pombo later, the former with a wound on his superciliary arch, which had happened while he was cutting a stick. Two stitches were taken.
[13] JOAQUIN, CARLOS AND THE DOCTOR went out to join Rolando and Braulio. Pombo accompanied them but under orders to return today. I gave the order to cover the trail and to make another, starting from the same place but coming out at the edge of the river. It was carried out with such success that Pombo, Miguel and Pacho got lost on returning and continued along it.
Apolinar will go to his house in Viacha for a few days; he was given money for his family and was spoken to, recommending absolute secrecy. Coco took leave at dusk, but the alarm was given at 3, because noises and whistling were heard and a dog barked; it turned out to be Coco himself, lost in the woods.
[14] AN UNEVENTFUL DAY. Vallegrandino went by the house to inspect the trap, because he had set it yesterday, contrary to what he had said before. The path in the woods was pointed out to Antonio so that he could take Vallegrandino along it, in order to avoid suspicion.
[15] NOTHING NEW. Measures were taken to leave (eight men) and become permanently installed in camp 2 [16] IN THE MORNING, Pombo, Urbano, Tuma, Alejandro, Moro, Arturo, Inti and 1, heavily laden down, left the camp to stay. The journey was made in three hours. Rolando stayed with us and Joaquin, Braulio, Carlos and the doctor returned. Carlos has proven to be a good walker and a good worker. Moro and Tuma discovered a cave in the river that had rather large fish and caught 17, which will provide a good meal; Moro injured his hand on a bagre. We looked for a place for the second cave, as the first one is already finished, and then stopped our work until tomorrow. Moro and Inti tried to hunt for the elk by themselves, and went out to spend the night lying in wait.
[17] MORO AND INTI only brought back one turkey. We-Tuma, Rolando and I-engaged ourselves in the making of the second cave which should be ready tomorrow. Arturo and Pombo explored a site to place the radio and then began work on the road to the entrance which is in rather bad shape. At night it began to rain and continued until daybreak.
[18] THE RAIN CONTINUED throughout the day, but work was carried on in the cave: the required depth of 2.5 meters has almost been reached. We inspected a hill in order to install the radio plant. It looks rather good; we can not be certain until the tests have been made.
[19] IT WAS RAINY AGAIN today, and the weather did not entice one to walk, but close to 11, Braulio and Nato arrived with the news that the river was fordable although stil! deep.
On the way out, we ran into Marcos and his vanguard who had come to stay. He will be in command and has received the order to send three or five men, according to the possibilities. We reached our destination in a little more than three hours. Ricardo and Coco arrived at midnight and brought Antonio and El Rubio with them (they were not able to get passage last Thursday); as well as Apolinar, who has finally come to join us. Besides, Ivan came to discuss a whole series of matters. I practically did not sleep all night.
[20] VARIOLe POINTE were heino discussed and all was in order had gone by the place an hour before an had not reported anything. We took it for granted that Vallegrandino had taken it up there and had thrown it down and ran away for some reason or another. A sentry was placed in the rear and two men were sent to detain the hunter if he came back. In a while the news came that the deer had been dead for a long time and was wormy. Later Joaquin returned and confirmed that he had seen him. Coco and Loro brought Vallegrandino so that he could see the animal, and he admitted that it was an animal wounded by him several days ago. This concluded the incident.
It was resolved to hasten the contacts with the man from Information whom Coco had neglected and to have Megia serve as the contact between Ivan and him. This one will maintain relations with Megía, Sanchez and Tania and the one from the party who has still to be selected. Perhaps, he could be from Villamontes, but it has not been determined yet. A telegram was received from Manila stating that Monje is on his way up from the south. They have established a system of contacts, but it does not satisfy me because it clearly shows that Monje is not trusted by his own comrades. They will send a message from La Paz at 1 in the morning, if they have already gone to meet Monje Ivan has the possibility of doing business, but the sloppy passport which he has prevents him from doing so; the next step is to improve the document, and he should write to Manila to have this taken care of quickly by his friends.
Tania will soon be here for further instructions; I shall probably send her to Buenos Aires.
It has definitely been decided that Coco, Ricardo and Ivan will leave Camiri by plane and leave the jeep here. When they return they should telephone Lagunillas to report that they are there; Jorge will go at night to inquire for news and will look for them if there is anything positive. Nothing could be received from La Paz at 1. They left for Camiri early in the morning.
[21] LORO DID NOT LEAVE ME the maps made by the explorer so that I still do not know what type of road there is to Yaqui. We started out in the morning and the walk was carried out without any mishaps. We shall try to have everything here on the 24th, the day when the party is to be held. On the way, we passed Pacho, Miguel, Benigno and Camba who were going to bring the clectric plant. At 5 in the evening, Pacho and Camba came back without the plant, which they had left well-hidden in the woods, because it was too heavy. Tomorrow, five men will leave here to bring it: The supply cave was finished: tomorrow we shall start on the one for the radio.
[22] WE STARTED THE CAVE for the radioman, at the beginning with great success, in soft ground, but soon we came across a hard vein which did not allow us to advance.
They brought the electric plant which is rather heavy, but it has not been tried out due to the lack of gasoline. Loro sent word that he was not sending maps because the report was verbal and would come to deliver it tomorrow.
[23] WE WENT OUT with Pombo and Alejandro to explore the firme on the left. We shall have to break trail, but it gives me the impression that it is easy to walk through. Joaquin came with two comrades, announcing that Loro could not come because the pig ran away and he had to go looking for it. There's nothing new about the journey made by El Lagunillero. In the evening, the pork arrived, good sized, but the drinks were missing. Loro is not even capable of getting these things; he seems to be very disorganized.
[24] A DAY DEDICATED to Noche Buena. There were men who made two trips and arrived late, but we finally gathered together and had a good time: some overdid it. Loro explained that the trip of El Lagunillero had not been fructiferous and the only thing positive was the note, which wasn't very precise.
125] BACK TO WORK. There were no trips to the starting camp. It has been christened C 24, which was proposed by the Bolivian doctor. Marcos, Benigno and Camba went out to cut their way through the firme on our right, coming back in the evening with the news that they had seen something that looked like a barren pampa two hours away; they will reach it tomorrow. Camba came back with fever. Miguel and Pacho opened some paths on the left in order to mislead and made a trail to approach the radio cave. Inti, Antonio, Tuma and I continued on the cave for the radio. which is very difficult because it is a slab of stone. The rearguard took charge of making their camp and of hunting for a position-observation point both ends of the approaching river: the site is very good.
[26] INTI AND CArlos went out to explore as far as the point called Yaqui on the map. The trip is calculated to last two days. Rolando, Alejandro and Pombo continued on the cave. which is very difficult. Pacho and I went out to inkilled plus the one yesterday; apparently there are many Tuma, Arturo, Rubio and Antonio went out hunting and Braulio and Nato stayed to keep watch in the other camp They came with the news that Loro had overturned in the jeep and with the explanatory note announcing the arrival of Monje. Marcos, Miguel and Benigno went out to continue building the path of the firme but didn't come back during the entire night.
[27] WE WENT OUT WITH TuMA to try and find Marcos. We were walking toward the west for two-and-a-half hours until we reached the source of a small stream descending from the left side; there we followed the footprints down rather high cliffs. I expected to reach the camp this way, but hours elapsed and I did not arrive. After 5 in the afternoon we reached Nacahuasu, some five kilometers below camp 1, and at 7, the camp. There we found out that Marcos had spent the previous night there. I did not send anybody to notify them, because I thought that Marcos had told them of my probable route. We saw the wrecked jeep; Loro had gone to Camiri to look for some spare parts. Accord ing to Nato, he fell asleep at the wheel and overturned.
[28] WHEN WE WErE LEAVING for the camp, Urbano and Anto nio arrived looking for me. Marco had gone with Migue to open a path to the camp through the firme and had not arrived; Benigno and Pombo went out looking for me taking the very same path that we had. When I reached the camp, Marcos and Miguel were there; they had slept in the firme as they could not reach the camp; the former complained about the way they had treated me. It seems that the complaint was directed against Joaquin, Alejandro and the doctor. Inti and Carlos had returned without having found an inhabited house, only an abandoned one which presumably is not the one marked on the map as Yaqui.
[29] WE WENT TO THE BARREN HILL With Marcos, Miguel and Alejandro in order to observe the situation. It seems to be the beginning of the Pampa del Tigre; it is a chain of mountains of uniform height and bare hills, located at some 1500 meters. The firme on the left must be rejected because it takes the form of an arch towards Nacahuasu. We came down and reached the camp in an hour and 20 minutes. Eight men were sent to look for supplies but did not bring the entire load. Rubio and the doctor replaced Braulio and Nato. The former built another path before coming; this one starts with some stones in the river and leads to the No work was done on the cave. boro left for Camiri [30] DESPITE THE RAIn that had fallen, which caused the river to rise, four men were sent to dispose of the things that were left in camp I; it was left clean. There was no news from outside. Six men went to the cave and put away everything that was to be stored there. The oven could not be finished because the clay was soft.
[31] AT 7:30 THE DOCTOR arrived with the news that Monje had arrived. I went with Inti. Tuma. Urbano and Arturo The reception was cordial but tense. The question: Why are you here? was in the air. He was accompanied by "Pan Divino, the new recruit. and Tania, who came to receive instructions, and Ricardo, who is going to stay.
The conversation with Monje was initiated with generalities. but he soon brought up the fundamental questions. summarized into three basic conditions:
1) He would resign from the leadership of the party, but would succeed in obtaining at least its neutrality and would bring cadres for the struggle.
2) The political and military leadership of the struggle would correspond to him as long as the revolution had a Bolivian environment.
3) He would handle the relations with other South American parties, trying to bring them to a position of supporting the Liberation Movements (he gave Douglas Bravo as an example).
I answered that the first point was up to him as secre tary of the party, although 1 considered his position erroneous. It was vacillating and expedient and served to protect the historical name of those who should be condemned because of their submissive position. Time will prove that I am right.
As to the third point. I had no objections to his attempting to do that but it was doomed to failure. Asking Codovila to support Douglas Bravo was the same as asking him to condone a revolt within the party. Time here will also be the judge As to the second point. I could not accept it in any way. I would be the military chief and would not accept ambiguities concerning this. Here the discussion turned into a stalemate and ended up in a vicious circle.
We agreed that he would think it over and talk to the
ng or supporting the party. Everyone one to stay and is surprised hun At 12, we made a toast, pointing out the historical importance of the date. I answered, taking advantage of his words, and marked this as the new Grito de Murillo of the Continental Revolution, and said that our lives did not mean anything when faced with the deeds of the revolution.
MONTHLY ANALYSIs: The team of Cubans has been completed successfully, the morale is good and there are only little problems. The Bolivians are fine, although they are few in number. Monje's attitude can hold back the development on one side but contribute on the other, by releasing me of political entanglements. The next steps, besides waiting for more Bolivians, consists in talking with Moises Guevara and the Argentinians, Mauricio and Jozamy (Massetti and the dissident party). on New Year's Day and followed up by explaining some of the tasks which must be carried out in order to improve our organization. At the end, Ricardo told me of something which took place between him and Ivan, in front of Tania, in which they cursed each other, and Ricardo ordered Ivan to leave the jeep These disagreeable incidents among the comrades are spoiling our work.
[7] THE EXPLORERS LEFT. The gondola was made up of only Alejandro and El Nato; the rest were doing camp duties; the electric plant and all of Arturo's things were moved; an additional little roof was made for the cave and the well was repaired. Also, a little bridge was made over the creek.
L10] a day: Marcos with the vanguard on the hut, the rearguard and the center on the trenches. Ricardo, Urbeno and Antonio tried to improve on the path opened yesterday, but without success because there was a steep cliff between the hill that leads to the river and the firme.
No trips were taken to the old encampment.
[16] WORK WAS CoNTiNUED on the trenches, which still have not been finished. Marcos has almost completed his task, constructing quite a good little house. El Medico and Carlos replaced Braulio and Pedro, who arrived with the news that Loro had returned and was coming with the mules, but he did not appear, in spite of the fact that Aniceto went to meet him. Alejandro has symptoms of malaria.
[17] A DAY OF LITTLE MOBILITY; the first line trenches and