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General de GAULLE organizes the National Resistance. August 1940.

“The Association of Friends of French Volunteers has just been formed, in order to morally and materially help French volunteers and their families, by welcoming all initiatives, individual or collective, from all countries.”

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Charles de GAULLE (1890.1970)

Letter signed to Yvonne Salmon.

A page in-4° on paper with its header from Carlton Gardens.

London. August 23, 1940.

« The Association of Friends of French Volunteers has just been formed. »

In the early hours of the national resistance, General de Gaulle requested the services of Y. Salmon to work for the Association of Friends of French Volunteers.

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“Mademoiselle, The Association of Friends of French Volunteers has just been formed , in order to morally and materially help French volunteers and their families, by welcoming all initiatives, individual or collective, from all countries. Lord Lloyd has done us the honor of accepting the Presidency of the Patronage Committee ; I now come to ask you to be part of this Committee. Nothing can be happier for our Association than to begin its activity under the auspices of a name like yours. Please accept, Mademoiselle, the expression of my respectful homage. C. de Gaulle. »

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We attach the carbon copy of Y's response. Salmon dated August 28:

“My General, Having spent a few days in London where I now work at the Association of the French of Great Britain, as a Member of the Council, I only found yesterday evening, very late, your letter of August 23. She deeply honored me and it is with joy that I agree to be part of the Committee of the Association of Friends of French Volunteers. I can assure you that I will do my utmost to serve this association with as much dedication as possible. Please accept, General, the assurance of my respectful feelings. Yvonne Salmon. »

Yvonne Salmon (1885-1965) offered her services to General de Gaulle the day after the appeal of June 18. An active propagandist for Free France through the Alliance Française, she gave countless conferences and published in 1943, in London, the first biography of the leader of Free France entitled “General de Gaulle”