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Raoul avait dit a PhilippeAghion qu'il avait changé le "h" dans son nom par le "l" pour que, dans la position qu'il occupait dans la représentation de la France Libre à New York, son nom ne puisse pas gêner les Aghion restés en France pendant l'occupation allemande
Raoul Aglion, rallié au Général de Gaulle dès 1940, envoyé en mission aux Etats-Unis, y fut délégué de la France Libre, chargé des relations avec les personnalités politiques américaines et la colonie française de New York. Après la création du Gouvernement provisoire d'Alger, il fut nommé conseiller juridique à l'ambassade de France à Washington et participa aux grandes conférences internationales d'après guerre.
AGLION (Raoul) - L'épopée de la France Combattante.
Préface de Jacques Maritain. New-York, Éditions de la Maison Française, 1943, 460pp, portrait photo du général de Gaulle en frontispice. Envoi au professeur Basdevant, dont la lettre de démission (en 1941) est reproduite en annexe.
1941 War in the Desert: The Battle for Africa
Before World War II, Mr. Aglion was a professor at the Ecoles de Hautes Etudes in Paris. He also was a jurist in Paris and wrote numerous books, including legal dictionaries and a book on Anglo-Saxon trust law.
In addition, he held a variety of government posts, including appointments to the cabinets of Commerce and Finance ministries.
He was serving as attache to the French Legation at Cairo when World War II began. He resigned his post in September 1940 in disagreement with the policy of the Vichy government.
During the war, Mr. Aglion served as a delegate of Charles de Gaulle in the United States, where he represented the Free French government in exile.
After the war, he was appointed to the French Embassy in Washington, and helped coordinate postwar planning. He also participated in drafting the charter of the United Nations.
Raoul Aglion, respected diplomat, jurist, and author, on March 14, 2004. Mr. Aglion served a distinguished life of service. During World War II, he was appointed Delegate of General De Gaulle to the United States. After the war, he participated in drafting the constitution of the United Nations, and addressed the closing session of the General Assembly in 1945 in the name of France. His work for the U.N. included serving as Director of the Economic Department. He was also one of the first Chiefs of Mission sent to various countries to establish peace and justice and to help the poor and dispossessed. Mr. Aglion was the recipient of medals and honors too numerous to mention from around the world, including Officier de la Legion d' Honneur of France. After his service to the U.N., Mr. Aglion's diplomatic career included Counselor to the French embassies in Cuba and Venezuela, Charge de Mission in the cabinet of the Prime Minister of France, and Commercial Counselor in Los Angeles. Mr. Aglion is the author of many books on law and history, the most recent of which, "Roosevelt and de Gaulle" was awarded the history prize of the Academie Francaise. Beloved husband, father and grandfather, he is predeceased by his wife, Suzette Aglion,
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AGLION
Raoul Emmanuel
WELFLING Germaine ( ~ 1887 - 1962 )
