JOHN XXIII Angelo Giuseppe RONCALLI, future (1881-1963). L. A. S., Paris, 7 January 1950, to General de Gaulle; 1 page in-4 headed Apostolic Nunciature in France and with the Vatican coat of arms; in French. "Never forgetting the difficulties of the first hour of France's resurrection, and the exceptional and indelible merits of the One who knew how - in the words of Pope Innocent III - to "pollicite et potenter" turn the destiny of this great nation towards its new future", he offers him his wishes for the New Year. At the top of his letter, de Gaulle wrote: "J'ai répondu".