COCTEAU Jean L.A.S. "Jean Cocteau", 10, rue d'Anjou April 1927, to Lucien François; 1 page large in-8 (slight folds). To the Belgian-born fashion journalist, writer and playwright Lucien FRANÇOIS (1904-1963): "I would like to accept and please you, but unfortunately I refused this article to Dial, Querschnitt and the Soviet newspaper. I'd look like a cad. Besides, I refused for a profound reason: we cannot talk about this period lightly. To break out of his silence would lead to far too many things"....