Alain CUNY (1908-1994). 2 L.A.S., December 29 and 31, 1943, to Jean Giono; 4 pages in-8. Giono gave him great pleasure by assuring him of his friendship. "I would probably never have asked you, and certainly not when I first met you; I wasn't young enough for that. But since you offered it to me, I believed it, and so I regained a kind of hope that I had given up. A second renunciation would, of course, have dealt me a certain blow. But you tell me it is solid and faithful, so I am counting on you. I'd rather think of you without ever appealing to you than to never think of you in solitude" . - He wants to introduce Giono to Marguerite Jamois. "You may be surprised to know such an intelligent woman of the theatre with such a beautiful character; she is the opposite of a casserole dish..."... He also transmits the request of a journalist from the Franciste who wishes to interview him about the education of the masses...