PAUL VI: (1897-1978) One future Pope writes to another future Pope

PAUL VI: (1897-1978) Pope of the Catholic Church 1963-78. T.L.S., G B Montini, to the recto of his personal printed correspondance card as Substitute for General Affairs to the Secretary of State, Vatican, 16th March 1945, to Angelo Roncalli, Apostolic Nuncio in Paris, in Italian. The future Pope Paul VI writes to introduce Colonel Rinaldo Fiore Vernazza ´che viene in Francia, inviato dal Governo Italiano, per assistere i Militari Italiani che vi si trovano´ (Translation: ´who has come to France, sent by the Italian Government, to assist the Italian military personnel stationed there´). Annotated to the verso in the hand of Roncalli in black ink with the name of the Hotel Rafael at Cherbourg. A few small staple holes to the left edge and with a light vertical crease to the centre, otherwise VG

John XXIII (1881-1963) Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. Pope of the Catholic Church 1958-63, who previously served as Apostolic Nuncio to France 1944-53.