André BRETON (1896-1966). L.A.S., Ciudad Trujillo May 28, 1941, to Pierre Mabille; 1 page in-4 in green ink on linen paper (fold marks). Passing through Santo Domingo after his stay in Martinique [he will leave a few days later for New York where he will visit Yves Tanguy, whose address he indicates at the bottom of the letter]. "Our stay in Ciudad Trujillo was as pleasant as possible. We can only congratulate ourselves on the welcome we received here from all sides. One does not know enough the excellent organization which presides here over all the public services, the diligence and even the thoughtfulness are the rule there. [...] The modern city, rebuilt after the cyclone of 1930, does not have the physical charm of Fort-de-France: there are, however, beautiful vestiges of the first years of the conquest and, in the museum, very beautiful specimens of ancient Caribbean art, which I have always placed very high. He understands that Masson and Lebeau left the day before for New York on the Duc d'Aumale... " Don't forget, if you go to Martinique, to go and see Césaire at length or until then to write to him: he is a true poet and his meeting illuminated part of our trip. I know that you and he have a lot to say to each other"...