BARRIENTOS SAYS OFFER TO EXCHANGE REGIS DEBRAY WAS "DISTORTED"
On returning to La Paz January 12, General Barrientos denied having made any offer to exchange Régis Debray for Hubert Matos, the counterrevolutionary held in Cuba. What he had said on this subject during his visit in Switzerland had been "distorted," he told the press, either
"intentionally or unconsciously."
The dictator's reversal came after
Fidel Castro countered with an offer to
Barrientos and the CIA to exchange 100
live counterrevolutionaries -- take your
pick -- for the body of Che Guevara.
JOAN BAEZ