Public Relations Department, Ministry of State, Republic of Cuba (cover designer: unknown), "Cuba Replies to The U.S.A. Note: In Defense of National Sovereignty," November 13, 1959. Offset print, booklet. (

This significant diplomatic document was published by the Public Relations Department of Cuba's Ministry of State on November 13, 1959, during what the revolutionary government designated as the "Year of Liberation." The publication represents Cuba's formal response to a U.S. diplomatic note, delivered to the American Ambassador on November 15, 1959, containing refutations of concepts and opinions voiced by U.S. diplomatic representatives and State Department officials in Washington. The modernist cover design features bold typography with yellow text on a teal background, alongside a powerful photograph of Cuban crowds demonstrating popular support for the revolutionary government's sovereignty stance. Published less than a year after the revolutionary triumph, this booklet documents a crucial early moment in deteriorating U.S.-Cuba relations, as the Cuban government defended its right to "enjoy her full rights and privileges and attain whatever her destiny as an independent nation may have in store for her." The document demonstrates the revolutionary government's sophisticated use of graphic design and international propaganda to counter what it characterized as "unfairly unilateral versions" of Cuban-American relations being spread by "powerful and influential news services" throughout the world.