The World - News from June 30, 1985
Cuban President Fidel Castro, 58, said that in the event he dies or becomes incapacitated, his brother, Raul, because of “his experience and revolutionary merits,” will take power in his place. In a Playboy magazine interview, Castro said that Cuba’s leadership decided on Raul Castro, 54, years ago because he “is the most capable (and) not exactly because he’s my brother.”
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