Cuban dictator Fidel Castro once tried to cadge a $10 bill out of the President of the United States. In a November 1940 letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 12-year-old Castro sought the cash because, he stated, he had never even laid eyes on some beautiful American green. We're sure FDR took a pass on this Cuban aid request and probably also didn't follow up on Lil' Fidel's offer to broker some iron exports. (3 pages)

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