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Contains two sheets. Top frames show Phyllis and Marvin Minoff admiring the view of La Rampa, a commercial and entertainment strip in el Vedado, a neighborhood of Havana, from a viewing window at the Hotel Caprí. Bottom images show Jean Paul Sartre, his wife and equally prominent intellectual, Simone de Beauvoir, and several unidentified men talking and lounging poolside at the Hotel Nacional. Sitting on the floor at de Beauvoir's feet is Robert Taber, CBS News correspondent and previous collaborator with St. George for stories on Raúl Castro's guerrilla column in the Sierra Maestra in July 1958. These hotels are within walking distance of one another in el Vedado, Havana. For more on the Minoffs, see Prints 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 37, 41 and 42; for more on the Sartre and de Beauvoir visit, see Prints 10, 13 16, 18, 19 and Book VIII.

Scenes from the first conference on Latin American literature organized by sectors of Cuba's revolutionary government. Present are Vilma Espín, Raúl Castro's wife and president of the soon-to-be founded Federación de Mujeres Cubanas. Speakers include Miguel Angel Asturias, the Guatemalan writer who would win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1967, as well as Pablo Neruda, the great Chilean poet, also a winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1971. The conference was organized, in part, by Carlos Franqui and other contributing editors of Lunes, a literary and cultural supplement to the official state newspaper, Revolución. Lunes was later eliminated in 1961 for taking positions on the role and nature of cultural freedoms contrary to those espoused by government leaders, especially Fidel Castro. See also Prints 5, 23, 24, 28, 43-52 and 55.

Middle frames of this sheet show Jean Paul Sartre, his wife and equally prominent intellectual, Simone de Beauvoir, and several unidentified men talking and lounging poolside at the Hotel Nacional. Sitting on the floor at de Beauvoir's feet and standing and leaning against the door in the top row of frames and bottom is Robert Taber, CBS News correspondent and previous collaborator with St. George for stories on Raúl Castro's guerrilla column in the Sierra Maestra in July 1958. See also Prints 10, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19 and Book VIII.

Honeymooning couple, Phyllis and Marvin Minoff, whom St. George accompanied to Cuba for a story on the decline in foreign tourism. Here they are seen cavorting at Varadero beach. Very bottom images show the Minoffs at the Hotel Caprí casino. See also Prints 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 37, 41 and 42.

Unidentified foreign female, probably a tourist, sitting in one of the chairs in the center courtyard of the Hotel Nacional, el Vedado, Havana. Top frames show her in the company of an unknown shirtless man of advanced years, possibly her father. The second row of frames shows Simone de Beauvoir, Jean Paul Sartre, and another unidentified foreign couple having lunch poolside at the Hotel Nacional. See also Prints 10, 13 16, 18, 19 and Book VIII.

Contains one sheet and one strip. Frames at the very top of the sheet show a street demonstration staged by the Socialist Youth (Juventud Socialista) on San Rafael Boulevard in Havana. Their signs show their support for the government's recent call that all workers contribute one day's pay to the purchase of arms and military weapons for the national defense of Cuba against counterrevolutionary forces. The second and third row of frames show one of the privately-owned shops that line one of the corridors near the main lobby at the Hotel Nacional, el Vedado, Havana. Bottom three rows of frames show an unidentified foreign female tourist sitting in one of the chairs in the center courtyard of the Hotel Nacional. For more images of the Minoffs, see Prints 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 37, 41, 42 and 94. For more images of the unidentified tourist, see Print 18.

Street scenes of Carnival in the heart of Centro Habana on El Prado. These images formed part of a story that St. George was doing forTime magazine. The story focused on the honeymoon visit of a couple from New York named Marvin and Phyllis Minoff. The story focused on how recent Cuban government policies and worsening relations with the United States had resulted in the collapse of tourism, which until that point, was largely based on United States travelers. All photographs in this series were taken in mid- to late-February 1960. See also Prints 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 37, 39, 41, 42 and 94.

Contains three sheets. The Minoffs walking on the Malecón, or sea wall, after doing some souvenir shopping in Havana. Phyllis Minoff carries a small, handcrafted souvenir doll in one hand. See also Prints 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 37, 41 and 42.

Contains two sheets. The Minoffs at a beach resort in Varadero. A series of photographs shows them examining what appears to be a souvenir item of a sculpted garza or type of crane common to Cuba's mangroves. The man who is showing them the souvenirs may be trying to sell them; these sculptures were often carved from white coral. Top frames of second sheet show the Minoffs on the beach with the hotel visible in the distance. See also Prints 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 22, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 37, 41, 42 and 94.

Contains two sheets. Phyllis and Marvin Minoff at the beach resort pictured in Print 21. Frames 15 and 16 of the second sheet are particularly significant because they show two very young teenage boys who are carrying automatic weapons, ostensibly because they are militiamen assigned to protect the shore from any possible sabotage or unauthorized landings by counterrevolutionaries. See also Prints 1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 31, 37, 41, 42 and 94.