Louis ARAGON (1897-1982). Autograph manuscript, signed at head, Aragon vous parle: D'une plaie que la France a au côté, [1960]; 4pages in-4 with erasures and corrections. On the Algerian War and the first French atomic bomb (February 1960; article published in n°748 of France Nouvelle, weekly of the French Communist Party). "So, that's it. We've got the bomb. Some people, they sit up straight, they feel taller. It's a funny thing. But not me. [...] But the problem is that it's not us who have the bomb, but a government defined by a constitution where the democratic guarantees to restrict the use of atomic bombs are pretty thin"... Aragon fears the use of the bomb by rash rulers or soldiers. He worries about the comments that followed the bomb explosion at Reggane, which would strengthen France's position in the Atlantic camp. But first and foremost, we must put an end to Algeria: "The Algerian war is a festering sore on France's side. The greatness of a country is first and foremost its health. France's wound must be healed. That is true patriotism. A sore after five years is called an ulcer. France must be healed, this war must be stopped. And not in five years, but in three. We must do it now. [...] we must put an end to the Algerian war right away.