TLS signed “Charles A. Lindbergh,” one page on onionskin, 8.5 x 10.25, July 11, 1967. Lindbergh writes to French aviator Colonel Louis Castex (1896–1968) in Paris. In full: “The article on page 43 of the June 10th issue of Paris Match has just been brought to my attention. I am shocked and disappointed to see this result of our meeting at my wife’s chalet in Switzerland last year. As you know, I invited you to the chalet as a result of a request by our mutual friend M. Paschoud. It was clearly understood that my invitation was in relation to the book you were writing about certain events in the history of aviation. It was in no sense a press interview. Had you requested a press interview, I would of course have declined in keeping with my long-established policy of not taking part in press interviews. It is ridiculous to say that at our meeting in Switzerland, ‘after thirty years of silence,’ I revealed the background of my 1927 New-York-to-Paris flight. I spent fourteen years writing a book about this flight and its background. (‘The Spirit of St. Louis,’ published in 1953.) As I told you during our discussion, and in a letter afterward, I was unable to improve on the accounts and descriptions incorporated in the book. I have always tried to assist authors who were working seriously in research related to incidents and developments with which I was acquainted. In this connection, during the last thirty years I have often discussed details of my 1927 New York-to-Paris flight, as I did with you. It was always with the understanding that accuracy be maintained, and sensationalism avoided. I will not attempt to discuss farther the inaccuracies involved in the Paris Match article.” Intersecting mailing folds (vertical fold touching two letters of first name), otherwise fine, clean condition. Auction LOA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
