GAULLE Charles de. L. A. S. "Ton Papa", 28 August 1951, to his son Lieutenant Philippe de Gaulle (in Port- Lyautey); 2 pages in-8 headed Le Général de Gaulle. Sur les lourdeurs du monde. "I think that the material issues that complicated Henriette's and your early stay in Morocco are now more or less sorted out, and that you are preparing for the birth of your second baby without too many worries. I want you to know that Mum has done everything imaginable to make this happen. Keep me up to date on what's happening with the base and the flotilla. The atmosphere is heavy all over the world. As for France, this sort of self-denial in which it is prostrate, as far as major affairs are concerned, is only slowly dissipating. As far as I'm concerned, despite the mediocre results of the recent elections, I'm still counting on the recovery and I'm continuing to forge the instrument for it. But there are mountains of goo to be stirred up"... LNC, II, p. 1030-1031.