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p. 272 ‘After the CGT…’, Alain Signor to Stepanov, 22 April 1946, RGASPI 17/128/967

p. 272 ‘very weak’, ibid.

p. 273 ‘Such a compromise…’, quoted André Astoux, L’Oubli, p. 93

p. 274 ‘I’d prefer to…’, André Philip, quoted Georgette Elgey, La République des illusions, p. 231

p. 274 ‘a man who has stood…’, quoted Jean Galtier-Boissière, Mon Journal dans la grande pagaïe;, p. 36

p. 275 ‘align France with the Soviets…’, NARA 751.61/3-447

p. 275 ‘The French enjoyed…’, Susan Mary Alsop, To Marietta from Paris, p. 92

p. 276 ‘brutal candour…’, Dean Acheson, Present at the Creation, p. 213

p. 276 ‘When we were convened…’, ibid., p. 219

p. 276 ‘I believe that it must be…’, ibid., p. 222

p. 277 ‘very effective administrator’, NARA 851.105/5-2147

p. 278 ‘At the same time…’, NARA 851.00/7-947

p. 280 ‘Madame de Gaulle clicked away…’, Jacques Soustelle, Vingt-huit ans de Gaullisme, p. 45

p. 280 ‘ladies in mink…’, ibid., p. 48

p. 281 ‘Sister of Hitler’s mistress…’, Charlotte Mosley (ed.), Love from Nancy, p. 180

p. 281 ‘Like the Archangel…’, to Gaston Palewski, 12 April 1947, NMP

p. 283 ‘Churchill, his tail-coat…’, Jacques Dumaine, Quai d’Orsay, 1945–51, p. 120

p. 283 ‘Make no mistake…’, quoted Claude Mauriac, Un Autre de Gaulle, p. 283

p. 284 ‘he was suddenly transfigured’, ibid., p. 289

25. THE SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY

p. 286 ‘Examples of such solidarity…’, Hervé Alphand, L’Étonnement d’être, p. 198

p. 286 ‘There was almost entire agreement…’, 17 June 1947, DCD

p. 286 ‘flagrante et obstinée’, Georges Bidault, D’une Résistance à l’autre, p. 152

p. 287 ‘impressed upon him…’, 30 June 1947, DCD

p. 287 ‘go straight ahead…’, 1 July 1947, DCD

p. 287 ‘seeing Molotov…’, Alphand, L’Étonnement d’être, p. 201

p. 287 ‘All is going well…’, 7 July 1947, DCD

p. 288 ‘lofty and demanding… Ifwedonot get…’, Sir Isaiah Berlin, conversation, 12 August 1993

p. 288 ‘strongly objected…’, 16 July 1947, DCD

p. 288 ‘it was very badly received’, 17 July 1947, DCD

p. 289 ‘as though it were a treasure’, Edmund White, Jean Genet, p. 344

p. 290 ‘a surrealist meal…’, quoted Henri Béhar, André Breton, p. 382

p. 290 ‘We’re ruined!’, quoted James Lord, Giacometti, p. 311

p. 290 ‘It’s wonderful…’, Béhar, André Breton, p. 383

p. 291 ‘such a separation…’, RGASPI 77/3/94

p. 291 ‘France has sacrificed…’, ibid.

p. 292 ‘Comrade Stalin has said…’, RGASPI 77/3/95

p. 292 ‘to avoid problems’, Duclos, RGASPI 77/3 c/98

p. 292 ‘lie’, Thorez, 1 October 1947, RGASPI 17/128/265

p. 293 ‘Information on attack groups…’, RGASPI 77/3/95

p. 293 ‘full of glamorous…’, Celia Goodman (ed.), Livingwith Koestler, p. 58

p. 294 ‘anti-semitic…’ quoted ibid., p. 60

p. 294 ‘received in return a long letter…’, Arthur and Cynthia Koestler, Stranger on the Square, pp. 68–9

p. 294 ‘At times she reminded me…’, ibid., p. 72

p. 294 ‘in which Le Petit…’, Mamaine Paget, letter 4 November 1947, quoted Goodman (ed.), Livingwith Koestler, p. 62. This was published in the magazine Occident in 1948 under the title ‘Les Temps héroïques’.

p. 294 ‘On n’embastille pas Voltaire’, Philippe Dechartre, conversation, 1 July 1992

p. 295 ‘égocentrisme vertigineux’, Claude Mauriac, Un Autre de Gaulle, p. 286

p. 295 ‘a spectacular success’, NARA 851.00/10-647

p. 295 ‘a wonderful new tease…’, 23 October 1947, NMP

p. 295 ‘very pleased with the story…’, 25 October 1947, DCD

p. 296 ‘People talk only…’, André Gide and Roger Martin du Gard, Correspondance, p. 391

p. 296 ‘when supposedly responsible…’, Top Secret to Bevin, 13 November 1947, DCP

26. THE REPUBLIC AT BAY

p. 297 ‘It was a remarkable…’, 28 October 1947, DCD

p. 298 ‘to pull the rug…’, Caffery, 24 October 1947, NARA 851.00/ 10-2447

p. 298 ‘that would bring de Gaulle…’, NARA 851.00/10-2947

p. 299 ‘a sensitive man…’, Édouard Depreux, Souvenirs d’un militant, p. 248

p. 300 ‘Do you realize…’, Roger Pannequin, Adieu camarades, p. 92

p. 301 ‘The strikes were called…’, US Embassy translation of Political Orientation Instruction No. 1 of 26 December 1947, NARA 851.00/ 1-948

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