World War II-dated ALS in French, signed “C. de Gaulle,” three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, December 6, 1939. Handwritten letter to a friend, remarking on the progress of Joseph Stalin and the ineptitude of the League of Nations, in full (translated): “It is now behind the League of Nations that the democracies hide their collective weaknesses. After having made this entity a hollow organization whose primary object was to defend a peace that no one had made the effort to guarantee by worthy treaties, now the nations governing the world rely on this Society whose only achievement is to have promoted a certain tourism on the shores of Lake Geneva. Who can believe that Stalin will stop the march of his army in the face of world indignation at the sole request of this aggregate of states that nothing but their partisan interests binds. Destroyed by the very people who wanted and carried it, this Society now finds itself thrown into this war like the last rampart that good offers against evil. There is a collective neurosis here that future generations will analyze with incredulity and severity. Don't forget, my dear Antoine, to send me the notes we talked about during our last meeting. Receive my dear friend my best thoughts.” In fine condition, with a couple of small stains.
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