JUIN Alphonse (1888-1967). 2 L. A. S., Paris, 31 December 1951 and 29 December 1953, to General de Gaulle; 2 pages in-8, the 1st on his letterhead Le Général d'armée Juin Inspecteur général des Forces armées françaises; autograph apostilles from General de Gaulle at the head. Protest against the alliance of the R. P. F. with the Communists. 31 December 1951. Wishes for the General and his family, and also "for the country to whose recovery you have dedicated yourself with all your intelligence and all your strength and which is today inseparable from yourself. The paths of its destiny are still very uncertain because they have not yet been clearly defined in the confusion of parties and the clash of passions. You know this better than anyone"... 29 December 1953. Wishes for the General and his family, and also "for our country, over which your now legendary silhouette will always loom, whatever happens. - A poor country, terribly divided against itself and searching for its soul, lost between the sordid interests of the few and the indifference of the many. I despair at the ever-increasing mess. It seems that everything is doomed to decay and general paralysis; all because no government, born of the imbecilic regime we have given ourselves, can find in itself enough strength and continuity to impose a resolutely national policy and make the most of the cards we have left, which are not without value. A sad record indeed for the end of a seven-year term. But we'll talk about all that again one day soon, if you don't mind"... Autograph notes by de Gaulle at the head of each letter: "I have replied".