Leon Trotsky: Press Statement on Leaving Dunkirk

November 22, 1932

[Writing of Leon Trotsky, Vol. 4, 1932, New York 1973, p. 313]

Sirs:

I am leaving France through which, actually, I had to pass in order to go to Denmark.

Passing through it briefly has only renewed and refreshed the impressions I already had of this country with its old culture and its taste for tough work.

I avoid political interviews so as not to complicate the technical matter of getting visas because of differences of opinion, which nonetheless retain their significance.

The French authorities with whom I have dealt during my short trip have done their duty with a great deal of tact.