GAULLE Charles de. 2 L. A. S., 19 and 31 December 1967, to his son Captain Philippe de GAULLE in Lorient; 3 and 2 pages in-8 headed Le Général de Gaulle, envelopes enclosed. 19 December. "Everything I have learned, first from your firing and exercises in the Mediterranean, then from your cruise in the Atlantic, has given me the best impression of the Suffren and her Commander. Once again - and it was on a very important occasion - you gave me all the reasons to justify my paternal pride. The malicious gossip that some people have tried to exploit about what you said in Rio is of no importance whatsoever. The more you rise and appear, the more this will happen. There's nothing despicable or inevitable about that. [...] In Paris, there's nothing really new. The political, social and economic year is drawing to a quiet close as far as our country is concerned"... 31st December. "My dear Philippe, I would like to thank you for your affectionate greetings. All mine, the best in the world, go to you as well as to Henriette and your children. I will not fail to add those I have for the beautiful, good and powerful Suffren. The fact is that this ship and her commander behaved magnificently in the trials they had to endure. I am very grateful to you for the new reasons for paternal pride and military satisfaction that I have been able to find there"... LNC, III, p. 939 and 944.