GAULLE Charles de. 2 L. A. S. "C." and "Ton Papa", 2 and 28 January 1952, to his son Lieutenant Philippe de Gaulle (in Port-Lyautey); 2 pages in-8 each headed Le Général de Gaulle. 2 January, to Philippe and Henriette. "My best wishes go out to you from the bottom of my heart at the start of this New Year. You can tell yourselves that your young household and your two beautiful little boys are the light of a life quite full, for me, of worries and melancholy. But while I believe that 1952 will be quite turbulent for the French as a whole, I remain unshakeably optimistic about the ultimate fate of our country"... 28 January. "I am following the matter of your command very closely, as you would expect. However categorical Commandant Lahaye was when he told me that you would be commanding the 6F in Oran, I have come back to the matter and will soon be asking Admiral Auboyneau to obtain the necessary details from Admiral Nomy. The atmosphere here is more cowardly than ever. The regime is dragging itself along in an odious impotence, having absolutely only one aim: to avoid de Gaulle by all means of inertia, de Gaulle being the symbol and synonym of effort"... LNC, II, p. 1052 and 1057.