"I have the honor of drawing your kind attention to the application for naturalization of Mr. Pétridès, whom I have known for several years and whom I have always seen demonstrate feelings of attachment to France."
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Sacha Guitry (1885.1957)
Signed letter to the President of the Paris Chamber of Commerce.
A page in-4° on paper at his address on Avenue Élisée Reclus.
Paris. January 29, 1943.
Sacha Guitry supports the application for French naturalization of the Cypriot art dealer Paul Pétridès.
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"Mr. President, I have the honor of drawing your kind attention to the application for naturalization of Mr. Pétridès, whom I have known for several years and whom I have always seen demonstrate feelings of attachment to France. Please accept, Mr. President, the assurance of my highest consideration. Sacha Guitry."
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Born in Cyprus, Paul Pétridès (1901-1993) settled in France in 1920 and quickly became an influential art dealer, notably for Maurice Utrillo. He obtained French nationality on September 19, 1943.
We are attaching a letter from Georges Bonnet, former minister, also supporting Petrides' application for naturalization.