Lot no. 244
GAULLE Charles de.
2 L. A. S. "Ton Papa", 14 September and 11 October 1951, to his son Lieutenant Philippe de Gaulle (in Port-Lyautey); 2 and 5 pages in-8 on the letterhead of Le Général de Gaulle.
Before his incognito trip to Morocco.
14 September. "My dear Philippe, My thoughts are with you and Henriette, with dear, beautiful little Yves, with noble, bold Charles. You wouldn't believe how much joy and pride the birth of your second son has given me! [...]
I hope the Lancasters start arriving. Keep me informed"...
11th October. "We expect to arrive in Casablanca on Wednesday 24 October [...] on an Air-Maroc plane (a freight plane on which we will be the only passengers). We asked Mme de Montalembert if she would like to make the trip with us, and if she could. It turns out that the company wants to be ultra-ultra-gracious. [...] Commandant de Bonneval is to accompany me. We plan to leave on Saturday or Sunday.
All the arrangements and information for the landing, disembarkation and return, which are very discreet, have been entrusted to Colonel Michy, Director of Air-Maroc [...].
Mum, myself and Commandant de Bonneval will be staying at a property in the boondocks 40 kilometres from Port-Lyautey, put at our disposal by Mr and Mrs Rollier, who normally live in Rabat [...].
I would ask you to come to the airfield when we arrive, bringing a car that I have asked Maurice Maillot to hire me, with a driver, for the duration of our stay. We'd like to have dinner at your place that evening, in Port-Lyautey, and then go to the Rollier residence [...] During our stay, we'll go and see the Maillots in Rabat and the Bouillets in Port-Lyautey. That's about it. Unless we can also, without too many complications, see Mme Chavent, if that's not too far away.
Finally, you should know that I have written to General Guillaume to warn him, telling him that I insist on absolute secrecy. He will no doubt send someone from his house when we arrive.
LNC, II, p. 1032-1033.
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