Includes index.

I become an ambassador -- The early days -- The Santiago incident -- Difficulties with Batista -- Fidel Castro and the CIA -- The tight rope -- Censorship and propaganda -- The break up -- Assassination and confidence -- Washington press conference -- Broken promises and deceptions -- The election and intervention -- Guantanamo Naval Base -- American intervention and the fall of Batista -- The communist pattern -- The elections that failed -- State Department ambiguity -- The removal of Batista -- The mob takes over -- Castro takes over -- Duties and technique of an ambassador -- What does it all mean?.