 For the Istres-Damas-Le Bourget race, he presented the winners with their prize; Benito Mussolini's son was one of those winners.He became France's youngest "préfet" in the Aveyron "département", based in the commune of Rodez, in January 1937.It has been claimed that during the Spanish Civil War, Moulin assisted with the shipment of arms from the Soviet Union to Spain.