Anatole de Monzie Autograph

Autograph letter signed, two pages, 5 x 8 inch, on Ministry of Public Instruction and Fine Arts stationery, Paris, 3 July 1925, in French, to Charles Rappoport - correcting his account of de Monzie’s departure from the Exhibition: he states that pro-Soviet shouts as Krassin passed, rather than the singing of the Internationale, prompted his withdrawal, and adds a brief reference to the Bibliothèque Nationale, written and signed in ink “de Monzie”, with letter folds, creasing, a few slightly smudged letters and minor stains - in fine condition.

“Mon cher ami,
j’ai bien reçu votre lettre et lu l’extrait de votre article que je connaissais déjà. Rappoport, vous n’avez pas le sens de la vérité. La vérité, vous le savez, c’est que j’ai quitté l’Exposition parce-que au passage de Krassine des petits camarades imprudents criaient ‘vivent les soviets’ non pas du tout parce-que je fuyais le chant de l’Internationale. Le chant de l’Internationale s’est élevé sur notre retraite officielle.
Rectifiez, svp, cette erreur de petite histoire.
Quant à mes ennemis, ils sont trop nombreux et trop divers pour que j’en prenne souci.
Je vais aviser côté Bibliothèque Nationale.
Amitiés
de Monzie”

Translated:
“My dear friend, I have received your letter and read the extract from your article, which I already knew. Rappoport, you have no sense of the truth. The truth, as you know, is that I left the Exhibition because, as Krassin passed, some imprudent young comrades were shouting ‘Long live the Soviets’, and not at all because I was fleeing the singing of the Internationale. The Internationale rang out as our official party withdrew. Please correct this error concerning a detail of history. As for my enemies, they are too numerous and too varied for me to trouble myself about them. I shall see what can be done regarding the Bibliothèque Nationale. Best wishes, de Monzie.”