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Paz as a liaison for the National Liberation Army of Peru.
    4 .Orlando Jiménez Bazán (Camba) and Julio Méndez Korne (Ñato). The term Cambas refers to the indigenous people of the eastern region of Bolivia.
    5 .The farm belonged to the guerrillas and was located in the Caranavi area of the Nor Yungas province, state of La Paz.
    6 .Tomás Rosales, from Vallegrande, Bolivia.
    7 .Clear brandy made from grapes.
    8 .Although this appears indistinctly with Arabic and Roman numerals, it refers to the same camp.
    9 .Freddy Maymura Hurtado (Ernesto).
    10 .Mario Chávez.
    11 .Pedro Domingo Murillo was a Bolivian patriot who led the first struggle for independence from Spain in 1809.

JANUARY 1967
January 1
    In the morning, with no further discussion, Monje informed me that he was leaving and would present his resignation to the party leadership on January 8. According to him, his mission was over. He left looking like he was being led away to the gallows. My impression was that when Coco told him that I would not budge on strategic matters, he held onto this point to force the break, because his arguments are inconsistent.
    In the afternoon, I brought everyone together to explain Monje’s position and to announce that we would unite with all those who want to make the revolution happen. I predicted difficult times ahead and days of moral anguish for the Bolivians, and that we would try to solve problems through collective discussions or through the commissars.
    I worked out the details of Tania’s trip to Argentina to speak with Mauricio and Jozami and to bring them back. I worked out Sánchez’s tasks with him and resolved to leave Rodolfo, Loyola, and Humberto in La Paz for now. Loyola’s sister 1 will stay in Camiri and Calvimonte 2 in Santa Cruz. Mito 3 willtravel through the Sucre region to see where he might establish himself. Loyola will take charge of the finances and has been sent 80,000 pesos, 20,000 of which will go toward a truck that Calvimonte will buy. Sánchez will contact Guevara to have a meeting with him. Coco will go to Santa Cruz to meet with Carlos’s brother 4 and put him in charge of receiving the three who will come from Havana. I wrote Fidel the message that is in Document CZO II.
January 2
    We spent the morning encoding the letter. The others (Sánchez, Coco, and Tania) left in the afternoon when Fidel’s speech was over. He talked about us in a way that makes us feel even more committed, if that is possible.
    In the camp we worked only on the cave. The rest went to retrieve things from the first camp. Marcos, Miguel, and Benigno left to scout out the north; Inti and Carlos went to explore the Ñacahuazú until they ran into people (presumably in Yuqui); Joaquín and El Médico [Moro] will scout the Yaqui River up to its source or until they encounter people. They all have a maximum of five days.
    The men arrived back from the camp with the news that Loro had not returned after dropping off Monje.
January 3
    We worked on making a roof for the cave, but did not finish it. We will do it tomorrow. Only two men went to pick up a load and they brought back the news that everyone had leftlast night. The rest of the compañeros devoted themselves to making the roof for the kitchen, which is ready now.
January 4
    A day without major news; people went to get supplies. We finished the roof of the cave for the radio operator. We postponed target practice because of rain.
January 5
    We continued transporting supplies. Several trips still have to be made. The cave was finished with all its additions (including a smaller cave for the generator). We tested the rear guard’s rifles and some of those belonging to the center group; all are good except for Apolinario’s rifle. The scouting parties have all returned. Inti and Carlos walked along the Ñacahuazú until they came across some people; they found several houses, among them those belonging to two