{"product_id":"12152","title":"1944 Free French Havana Letter on Liberation of Paris \u0026 French Cultural Revival Signed Philippe Grousset to Cuban President José A. Barnet, CFLN to Republic Transition","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn offer is an original typed and signed letter addressed to Dr. José Agripino Barnet, former President of the Republic of Cuba and President of the Comité France-Amérique in Havana.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSigned by \u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePhilippe Grousset\u003c\/span\u003e, a Free French official in Havana, the letter thanks Barnet for a publication commemorating the centenary of Anatole France and notes its transmission to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris. Grousset references activity on July 14 (Bastille Day) and the recent Liberation of Paris, while invoking Anatole France and Louis Pasteur as dual symbols of France’s intellectual and scientific identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDated \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e“\u003ci\u003eLa Havane, le 1er Novembre 1944\u003c\/i\u003e,” and issued on the letterhead of the “\u003ci\u003eComité Français de la Libération Nationale – Délégation de Cuba”, \u003c\/i\u003ethe correspondence reflects the deliberate use of cultural figures as instruments of diplomatic signaling in the immediate post-Liberation period.\u003cspan style=\"mso-no-proof: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"\u003eHistorical Context\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe document captures an administrative and symbolic moment in the reconstitution of the French state following the Liberation of Paris (August 1944). The original CFLN (Free French) letterhead includes a stamp of the \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“Délégation de la République Française Cuba,”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e reflecting the transition in status from Free French authority to the restored French Republic. This visual and bureaucratic overlay is central to the document’s significance, recording on a single sheet the reassertion of French state authority abroad during the final phase of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAddressed to a former Cuban head of state actively engaged in Franco-Cuban relations, the letter operates at the intersection of wartime diplomacy, exile governance, and elite transatlantic networks. It is a concise and highly legible artifact of Free French activity in Latin America at the moment of transition back to sovereign authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSingle sheet, typed, with original ink signature. Moderate handling wear including light creasing, minor edge wear, and even toning. The official purple over-stamp is bold and fully legible. A clean and well-preserved example of working diplomatic correspondence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katz Fine Manuscripts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748259397938,"sku":"12152","price":825.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/8612\/8618\/files\/0012152_1.png?v=1788891202","url":"https:\/\/katzfinemanuscripts.com\/products\/12152","provider":"Katz Fine Manuscripts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}