Che in the Smithsonian: Why it Matters

I've devoted a lot of words to historical context, but the reason the the brouhaha over the Che recordings made available by the Smithsonian matters is consequence. Let's dismiss the question of our sensibilities. They do this automatically. Let's look at the notion of free and unfettered access to information and scholarly research, which is disingenuous at best. When there is free and unfettered access to only ONE point of view that is de facto propaganda.
When it occurs repeatedly throughout academia, researchers are subjected to a steady diet of propaganda, the results of which Cubans and Cuban Americans see daily as the truth recedes ever more from the current discourse.