in early 1942 he met jean moulin "rex", envoy of general de gaulle, who was parachuted in the evening of 1 january, and peter churchill, who arrived at his house on 10 january at the start of his first mission in france, and again on 21 april on his second mission when he brought two radio operators isidore newman «julien» for the urchin network and edward zeff «matthieu» for the spruce network, from april to july 1942 he hosted maurice pertschuk, a young officer of the soe, future head of the eugène-prunus network in toulouse and its region.