MANUEL URRUTIA: (1901-1981) President of Cuba from January to July 1959. Urrutia resigned his position after only seven months, owing to a series of disputes with Fidel Castro, and emigrated to the United States shortly afterward. Rare D.S., `Urrutia´, one page, La Habana, 10th February 1959, Year of the Liberation'', in Spanish. The typed document is a decree, according to which Doctor Manuel Urrutia Lleo, in his capacity as President of the Republic of Cuba, states that the council of Ministers has approved the law nº 57, containing two articles stating in part `We declare dissolve from first day of present month of February of the present year, the Presidential Palace Secret Services..´ Countersigned at the base by Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona and by the Interior Minister Luis Orlando Rodriguez. The document bears at the base a large and attractive blue paper seal of the Cuban Presidency with ribbons affixed. Three binder holes to the left border with pinholes too and small tears to the edges not affecting the signatures. G Jose Miro Cardona (1902-1974) Cuban Politician who served as Prime Minister for a very short period of six weeks. He was appointed by President Urrutia in January 1959 but unexpectedly resigned in February 1959 and was replaced by Fidel Castro.