From the loose pages of an illustrated Havana Diary febrero/1961

Written in the main cell of the G-2 at 14 y Quinta, in the Marianao district of Havana:

Fri/Sat (no date but it had to have been the middle of April

At 1am the 39th inmate arrived.  The atmosphere in the brig again one of comforting hilarity.  Some 15 (pesos) collected by the 'cooperative' as well as 4 packages of English cigarettes.  A new stream of Rebsoldiers arrived to use the bathroom during the time we were 24 upstairs n smaller room who had spent four days without bathing.  the Havana Riviera--only the maid service missing.

When another officers arrived one voice exclaimed:  "Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised if Fidel himself arrived to piss".

Another page:

Within the framework a profound social revolution, what has been happening (Bay of Pigs) the security measures may be considered normal.  How to reconcilliate (sic) these two sharply divergent views and approach objective reality without subjective or ideological (cultural) distortions is perhaps the most agonizing task of a foreign correspondent covering the Cuban scene.  Constantly one examines initial reactions, weighs them until they are free  of any cultural prejudices.  Then they must be placed in a local context based on past experiences drawn from the same historical setting.  

Postnote:  It is to be noted that I was a student of David Bidney, who in turn was a student of Ernst Cassirer, Franz Boas and Ruth Benedict--arguably the most advanced school of cultural anthropology.