 Complete the following phrase:  Director of the center of studies and second in command of the École navale at Brest in 1933, he served then in the cabinet of François Piétri, minister of the Navy  19341935, then commanded the cruiser Émile-Bertin in squadron in the Atlantic. Capitaine de Vaisseau in October 1936, he received in October 1937 the command of the Jean-dArc and the application school of the enseignes de vaisseau with whom he conducted a tour around the world 19371938 and a second campaign in the Atlantic and the Pacific. He exercised the functions of military governor of Polynesia 19381939. He was accordingly assigned to studies section of the État-Major general. In anticipation of the war which was expected, he was sent to London to coordinate future operations with the Royal Navy. He held his own views regarding the 