Tania

by Estrada, Ulises

• ISBN13: 9781876175436
• ISBN10: 1876175435
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-01
• Publisher: Ocean Pr

Summary

The story of the Cuban undercover agent sent to Bolivia in advance of Che's arrival told by a key participant in the revolutionary movement in Latin America. Ulises Estrada was the principal organiser of Che's guerilla mission to Bolivia and the man who trained Tania in her position as Cuba's Bolivian spy. Tania, born Haydee Tamara Bunke to German Jewish refugees in Argentina, became one of Cuba's most successful agents, penetrating Bolivia's high society and attaining direct contact with the President. She was killed in the 1967 ambush of Che's guerilla group.

Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	xiii
PREFACE
Ulises Estrada	1	(4)
PROLOGUE
Luis Suárez	5	(4)
CHAPTER 1 Historical Context	9	(7)
CHAPTER 2 Operation Fantasma	16	(6)
CHAPTER 3 The Tania Case	22	(9)
CHAPTER 4 Operational Training in Cuba	31	(12)
CHAPTER 5 Preparing for Latin America	43	(11)
CHAPTER 6 Tania and Ulises	54	(6)
CHAPTER 7 Failed Cover	60	(9)
CHAPTER 8 The Birth of Laura Gutiérrez Bauer	69	(12)
CHAPTER 9 Tania's First Year in Bolivia	81	(12)
CHAPTER 10 An Encounter with Ariel	93	(9)
CHAPTER 11 Reunion with Che	102	(12)
CHAPTER 12 Tania the Guerrilla	114	(11)
CHAPTER 13 Return to Cuba	125	(12)
CHAPTER 14 "My Little Ita"	137	(12)
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1 Personal Records Prepared for the Tania Case	149	(4)
APPENDIX 2 Tania's Operational Plan for the Cienfuegos Practical Exercise	153	(5)
APPENDIX 3 Tania's Report on the Cienfuegos Practical Exercise	158	(19)
APPENDIX 4 Tania's Message from Prague after her First Trip to Western Europe	177	(3)
APPENDIX 5 Tania's Message from Prague before her Second Trip to West Germany	180	(5)
APPENDIX 6 The Laura Gutierrez Bauer Cover Story	185	(12)
APPENDIX 7 Message to Mercy from Headquarters, Regarding Future Contact with Tania in Bolivia	197	(2)
APPENDIX 8 Mercy's Report on Contact with Tania in Bolivia and Brazil	199	(16)
APPENDIX 9 Tania's Oral Report on her First Year of Work in Bolivia	215	(54)
APPENDIX 10 Document Denying Tania's Links to the Stasi	269	(2)
APPENDIX 11 Document Denying Tania's Links to the KGB	271	(1)
APPENDIX 12 Document Denying Tania's Links to Soviet Intelligence	272	(1)
APPENDIX 13 My Battle For Truth: An Interview With Nadia Bunke	273	(8)
APPENDIX 14 Nadia Bunke's Letter to Fidel Castro, Requesting that Tania's Remains be Buried in Cuba	281	(2)
APPENDIX 15 Fidel Castro's Reply to Nadia Bunke	283	(1)
APPENDIX 16 Fidel Castro's Speech at the Burial of the Remains of Che Guevara and his Companeros	284	(4)
APPENDIX 17 Ramiro Valdes's Speech at the Burial of the Remains of Tania and Other Internationalist Combatants	288	(9)
NOTES	297	(32)
LIST OF ACRONYMS	329	(1)
LIST OF ALIASES	330