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".''I'. ?jo*qpni,." pATwaxiN^ opposite sides of thb •Bt6?GRA»i« ’ • UNBEKNOWNST TO BACH OTHER. THS GUERRILLAS .HAD BEEN•*.. •/ •*• . : *. . • . ̂ *' > V *». ' .’*v v .* , ? ' • . • ‘V • \

' . OHDERED BY ERNESTO •’CHS" GUIVARA TO REMAIN SOUTH 07 THB RIO* * * ’ ̂ ̂» ♦ ■» , • | * ?* * ' , ̂ * ( ' 1 t t « • j•V GRANDKrBOT, BBCAUSE OF TO® SEVERS.HARDSHIPS ENCOUNTERED,\ HAD,

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.JCROSSm POINT AND A RED,CLOTH WAS' THB DANGER SIGN, 17 DISPLAYS]) ' COT THE OPPOSITE BANK AT THB FORD. THE PEASANT ACCEPTED- THE

** % %% * ' * * « # ' »' itissiqs AND CROSSED THB RIVER, ROTNINO .INTO, THB ARMY TROOPS ON THE OTHER SIDE.'. HE Wijs THEN PEIU3UADBD. T O . PLACE THB WHITE CLOTH

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or THE RIVER. THIS WAS NEAR THB VADO DEL YESO, ABOUT’19-028,. *

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WERE UNABLB TO DEFEND ’THEMSELVES. AFTlER THE BATTUS, THE ARMYVnrfir oot TO recover t o b b o d i e s, one of thb c u b a n s , presumably /"JOAQUIN," WAS STILL ALIVE AND KILLED A SOLDIER BEFORE HE HIMSELF WAS KILLED WITH A BURST 07 BOLIVIAN MACHINE GUM. FIRS," RESULTING INTHBONLY BOLIVIAN ARMY CA8UALTY OF THB .ENGAGEMENT.

* * ̂ V •' • *S. TUB BODIES OF THB FOLLOWING GUERRILLAS WERE RECOVKRED"'AND BROUGHT TO VALLE GRANDS: '"JOAQUIN," "ALEJANDRO," "BRAULIO," MOISES GUEVARA, "PALO" AND "WALTER." FREDI ERNESTO MAIMURAHURTADO AND JOSS CASTILLO CHAVEZ < "LOCO") WERB TAKEN ALIVB, BUT* ''\r \*". .. ' iUAlirimA1 DIBD Ofr HIS WOUNDS ON:HIS WAY.'TO OR AT VALLEGRANDE,

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COMMENT|RECOVERED, HAVING BEEN WASHED DOWNSTREAM.ACCORDING TO THB PRISONER, CASTILLO, WHO, CROSSED.THERIVER IN

v '• ' • ’ ' A 'i".l: v \ / ;* \ . 1 •’ : >• ‘..4. .FILB m a yrrt-Y M i m 1' ’TANIa V" • "TANIA" WAS WOUNDED BUTT COiJLDN'T DisjmCAGB HTO KNAPSAqc'. '• HB SAW' hER BBING CARRIED DOWN THB RIVEB BY TBB CURRENT.) -.. V ; "...;’r

COMMENT:'- "JOAQUIN. " A CUBAN MAJOB AHDMEMBEBOF. THE *- t mmm' CENT»*T COMMITTES QF .TSB- COMMUNIST- PARTY OF CUBA-. WAS PROBABLY»*. '• » .vl*i ‘ • .«* > s . »«V '-t

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MOISBS GUSVARA IS A FORMES MEMBER OF TftB; CENTRAL COMMITTEB OF 'THH PKO-CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY Og’ BOLIVIA. "PALO1* WAS . IDENTIFIED BY wUSEBIO TAPIA ARUNI AS A§ Bpj3KACUINO. QUISPB AND "WALTER'* ASVALTER ARANCIBIA AYALA, BOTH BOLIVIANS.- FREDI MAIMURA HURTADO 13 i. BOLIVIAN or JAPANESE DESCENT WHO RECEIVED HIS MEDICALTRAINING IN CUBA, RETURNED TO BOLIVIA IN EARLY 1967.); . • -.,v* ; I *• ' * •/"v‘ ' ■7. FIELD DI3SBM: STATE, ARMY, AIR, CINCSO

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a. WHKN iIHEY ARRIVED IN THE NANCABUAZU CAMP, THERE WERE ONLY

••AHTOHlbv?* ^Aimrao,'V •’BL 'eHlifo,« ’•EOSTAQuip'* AND "COCO"

V ̂ PMSSBWr.* TOE BIGHT N E W ;GUERRILLAS WERE WELCOMED BY "ANTONIO,"

T H A T ’TUMCW" ("CHE".GUEVARA) BAD LEiT 6n -A MISSION IN1 ..,» Tr?;-?. * """ 'll'. i*

I:'; TBgfolO .GBANDB REGION AND WOULD BE;BAtX Ht 30-43 D A Y S T H E I R_____ '» i "'I T’V~ONLY-TRAINING IN THE NANCAHCAZU CONSISTED 07 DAILY LONG HIKES;

'' 3i- ; WHitji TtiK NgWGUERRILLAS WERE WAITINGFOR THBRETURN ’ OB"» * ▲_ __ - -- * - ... . ̂ ..... _ . i.K' •» 1 .•... iniunL'.' *t '.nl».*n t M lf t rnTOOAV’TUMOK.^JULES REGIS DKBRAY AND CIRO ROBERTO PUST08ARRIVED IN.... 'V . - W .'. • •'• • ....... ̂iii ..... . T . . j ;

'cw s'ta k ta u xt^ w i- "tanU" — itt— r < •, ev. .DEBBAY, WAS CALLED "DALTON" AND BUSTOS, "CARLOS." COUMENTt

CASTILLO ^ H E HAD, SEEN DEBBAY AND BUSTOS‘ ‘ “• * * * • «__1 * *. • . 1 - . ‘ > .

CABBY GUNS. AND THAT DEBRAY HAD BROUGHT MAPS AND LETTERS TO THE. . v ; , • '• • ______ ________________ u—• vr.v.-Vj-,-' CUBANS-;!*

• • . . . • .••. � . . . . � ' 1v • “ I•^i-V'.4.." '’?RAM0N,S" ARRIVAL WAS PRECEDED BY THREE DAYS BY THE ARRIVAL

07 "MARCOS" AND IBB VANGUARDIA GROUP.’ "RAMON" ARRIVED LATER

H sj . ..vlW^ra ABOUT 30 MEN; **RAMONM WAS VERY ANGRY WITH VMARCOSV. AJID,AS THE

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GAVE A SPEECH IN WHICH HE SAID IBS STRUGGLE IN BOLIVIA WOULD> '

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