The magistrate was looking for information that Daladier had acted criminally in declaring war on Germany, and the answers that Coulondre gave him were such that he did not appear as a witness at the Riom trial. From 1945 to 1949, he served as the French representative on the Council of Reparations. After World War II, Coulondre published his memoirs De Staline à Hitler : souvenirs de deux ambassades : 1936-1939 in 1950. Bibliography References External links Photo of Coulondre talking to Hitler 12 January 1939 Photo of Coulondre Photo collection of Coulondre Robert Coulondre, ambassadeur chez Staline et Hitler Review of De Staline a Hitler 1885 births 1959 deaths People from Nîmes French Protestants Ambassadors of France to Germany Ambassadors of France to Switzerland Ambassadors of France to the Soviet Union 20th-century French diplomats French memoirists 20th-century memoirists