A 14-year old boy wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt that told the US President that he held him in great esteem and asked FDR for a ten dollar US bill. This boy would grow up to be one of the best known political figures of the 20th century. Who was he?

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Fidel Castro? http://newsmine.org/content.php?ol=coldwar-imperialism/castro-at-12-asked-fdr-for-10-dollars.txt Dec 26 09, 7:36 PM

star_gazer

Correct! That ten bucks would have saved the US a lot of trouble! A letter written by the 14-year-old Castro to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, expressing admiration and asking for a $10 bill. Castro writes, "If you like, give me a ten dollar bill green American, because never, I have not seen a ten dollar bill," signing the letter, "Thank you very much. Good by [sic]. Your friend, Fidel Castro." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_Castro Dec 26 09, 7:48 PM

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It says in my reference that he was only 12 years old, though... Dec 27 09, 11:48 AM

star_gazer

Mine says he was 14. Lets call it 13. Dec 27 09, 8:32 PM

Zbeckabee

Castro was 14 years old at the time: Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) Letter dated: November 6, 1940 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidel_castro http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/FCR_to_FDR_letter_complete.jpg Dec 29 09, 8:34 AM