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Lot 1347:
Rene Coty
LS 8.5" x 13" 2pp January 16, 1954
Paris File Foreign
French president (1954-59). From 1923 to 1940 he served in the legislature, first as a deputy and then as a senator. In 1940, when France fell to the Germans, he voted to hand all power to Marshal Pétain. After a wartime spent in retirement, Coty returned to the legislature and in Dec., 1953, was elected president as a compromise candidate. In the crisis over Algeria in May, 1958, he threatened resignation if Charles de Gaulle were not made premier; he left office with the creation (1959) of the Fifth Republic.
Rene Coty signs a beautiful Letter of State announcing his election as President.
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Printed Letter of State Signed, "R Coty", 2p, front and verso, 8.5" x 13", in French, January 16, 1954, Paris. Addressed to the President of
Bolivia.
In full the letter reads, "Rene Coty President of the French Republic, President of the French Union to His Excellency Mr. Victor Paz Estennssoro, President of the Republic of Bolivia. Dear and Great friend, I have the honor to let your Excellency know that the Parliament Congress meeting in Versailles, having elected me President of the Republic December 23, 1953, I took up office today in power bestowed to me by the constitution. I would like to assure Your Excellency that all my efforts will be directed towards maintaining and strengthening the excellent relationship existing between France and Bolivia. I would be pleased to be able to count on the precious support of Your Excellency in accomplishing this task so beneficial to the interests of Our two countries. It is with this conviction that I ask you dear and great friend to please be assured of my high esteem and my constant friendship. Done in Paris, January 16, 1954. R Coty."
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