"....Turning to head back for Cairo, I met Colonel Dassonville, whom I had interviewed and painted aboard ship. He was the Free French War Minister to De Gaulle who frequently made incognito trips to Cairo from his African capital in Brazzaville. After hearing about my difficulty, he entered the plane and shortly peeked from its open side door, motioning me to come aboard. He introduced me to the general and his bearded aides and I was given a comfortable reclining seat. The tri-motor took off and I felt most lucky and grateful to Dassonville. I did no sketching and conversed very little but stared out the plane window. This was one time I could have painted but regrettably didn't.
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CLIFFORD SABER
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Laurent Laloup le mardi 10 juillet 2007 Contribution au livre ouvert de Achille Fernand Hector Dassonville | 
