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Don Plourde original five-page handwritten letter sent to Frank Sturgis, dated September 28, 1993, written while Plourde was incarcerated and addressed directly to Sturgis (“Hi Col. Frank”). The letter is accompanied by the original addressed mailing envelope, postmarked Dothan, Alabama, and bearing Plourde’s inmate identification details.

The content of the letter is detailed and politically charged. Plourde discusses Cuban nationality issues, noting distinctions between Marielitos, Cuban citizens, and Cuban-Americans, and states that such distinctions “didn’t make any difference” to authorities—writing that if one was born in Cuba, they were “handled rudely in chains.” He comments critically on U.S. government policy, media silence, and public relations surrounding Cuban prisoners, suggesting that human-rights arguments were selectively deployed and that figures like Fidel Castro (“Wilfredo” as referenced in context) understood how to manipulate television and press conferences.

A significant portion of the letter recounts firsthand prison events involving Cuban detainees, including a detailed narrative describing guards entering cells in the early morning hours, forcibly removing prisoners, confiscating personal property, and loading shackled Cuban inmates onto buses under heavy armed guard. Plourde describes the process with specificity—cell doors opening, verbal commands, handcuffing, denial of basic hygiene, and the presence of armed officers—providing a rare eyewitness-style account of detention procedures during a volatile period of U.S.–Cuba relations.

The letter also references paramilitary and intelligence-adjacent figures, mentions knowledge of individuals involved with the D.E.A., and reflects familiarity with exile networks, enforcement units, and prison authorities. Plourde writes candidly about loyalty, betrayal, and who “stands by you when the chips are down,” naming individuals who provided financial and moral support during incarceration. He expresses strong anti-government sentiment, explicitly stating he “wouldn’t lift a finger for the U.S. Government,” and frames his experience as political rather than criminal.

Interwoven with the political narrative are personal passages describing prison labor, horticulture programs, food cultivation, and daily routines, which contrast sharply with the letter’s darker political and military observations and further humanize the writer’s experience.

Fine condition overall.

Frank Sturgis (1924–1993) was a former CIA operative and anti-Castro paramilitary who became infamous as one of the five Watergate burglars arrested in 1972 at the Democratic National Committee headquarters. Beyond Watergate, Sturgis has long been a subject of JFK assassination conspiracy theories due to his intelligence connections and murky activities in Cuba. Some theorists, including New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, suspected him of involvement or knowledge relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. Though no official evidence ever linked him directly to the crime, his association with key figures and covert operations has kept his name prominent in speculative accounts of the event.

A remarkable, content-rich handwritten letter offering rare, first-person insight into Cuban prisoner handling, U.S. detention practices, and the ideological world surrounding Frank Sturgis.

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