CUBAN REVOLUTION: CHE GUEVARA NOTE TO MINERVA [?REYES].

A short note, undated, on thin paper, stamped at lower right, "Habana..195..", addressed to Minerva [?Maria Argentina Minerva Mirabel Reyes], one of the famous Dominican Republic resistance fighters], signed "Che", 4 lines , in Spanish, telling Minerva to stay where she is til he [Che] arrives, saying he would like a big snack when they meet. He goes

A short note, undated, on thin paper, stamped at lower right, "Habana..195..", addressed to Minerva [?Maria Argentina Minerva Mirabel Reyes], one of the famous Dominican Republic resistance fighters], signed "Che", 4 lines , in Spanish, telling Minerva to stay where she is til he [Che] arrives, saying he would like a big snack when they meet. He goes on to say that he will explain more when they meet.

A rare survival of personal Che correspondence. Che was more a man of action, and was constantly busy travelling and encouraging resistance fighters around the world, and so personal notes are rarely seen. This note is probably sent to Minerva Reyes, the Dominican Republic freedom fighter, who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo. In November 1960 Minerva and two of her sisters were assassinated by Trujillo's henchmen, while travelling back from the prison where their husbands were incarcerated. Minerva and her sisters were known to Che, one of the sisters named a son after Che.