For ten years, Alain Peyrefit met de Gaulle regularly and kept detailed notes of both personal conversations with him and his speeches at government meetings and international conferences, initially as press secretary to General de Gaulle and his minister, preserving for posterity not only the content but also the style of his statements and the tone of his dialogues. Familiarizing oneself with these authentic documents makes a great impression. They present de Gaulle not constrained by protocol and speaking with exceptional freedom and frankness.