la publication Qui ? Résiste
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Notebook we handle with great emotion and asbestos gloves. A notebook crumpled, worn and stained in places (some passages are illegible) into which, as he went along, he stapled various documents, handouts, press cuttings and items of private correspondence in addition to his own notes.
The reader will surely excuse a number of oddities and lapses of style, which seem to grow in number as the author's radiation dosage increased: we have left the text in its entirety, unedited, so that it retains its character as an exclusive testimony and a show of touching humanity. But we are convinced that the reader will not be offended by this; what would one not give to obtain quick and honest information from (radio-)active journalists?