KOENIG Pierre (1898-1970). L. A. S., Paris, 17 June 1949, to General de Gaulle; 1 page in-4 on his letterhead Le Général Koenig. About the inauguration of the Avenue du Général Leclerc. The ministers instructed him to attend the ceremony "in civilian clothes only. I could not accept that a general officer who entered Paris in August 1944 behind you and with Leclerc - and who was also the governor of Paris - should be at your side tomorrow in such ridiculous dress. - So I won't be coming to the ceremony [...] It's heartbreaking for me: I would have been so proud! [But at least I will have the opportunity to proclaim loud and clear on the Passy bridge what we owe you and what you were and still are to us". He will see the General at the Arc de Triomphe and at Mont Valérien "where I will have the opportunity to tell you in person of the loyalty of my affection and all the respectful wishes I have for you"... At the top, de Gaulle wrote: "I saw him. C.G."