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[[seal]] SERVICES AMÉRICAINS D'INFORMATION ET DE RELATIONS CULTURELLES 2, RUE ST-FLORENTIN, PARIS-1er August 11, 1971 Mr. Robert Reid 233 Lafayette Street New York, N.Y. 10012 Dear Robert Reid: I just called your Paris hotel and heard that you left this morning for the States. I am very sorry for I would have preferred to talk with you than to write the sad news I must forward to you. Colette Roberts was so ill lately that her friend in the Lot took her back a few days ago to the American Hospital in Neuilly (suburbs of Paris). Unfortunately, nothing could be done and she died there this morning... Now I have to refer this sad news to Mme Baltrusaitis and I do not feel like it. It is Madame de Harting whom you met with Mme Baltrusaitis at Colette Roberts' a while ago who called me just an hour ago. She asked me your name and said she will write to you. If you like her son's address, it is at present: Richard Roberts c/o Madame Françoise de Talmas 26, rue du Commandant Mouchotte 75 - Paris (14ème), France. Your smile was so cheerful last Monday that I hate the idea I had to cut it off by such a letter. Sincerely, Christiane Botrel Christiane Botrel Fine Arts Section