But he refused. I tried to simplify matters, I suggested that he talk about his prison and that I register what he said, and then I put it to him again, but he insisted on rejection. His point of view was that he could not reveal the secrets that were entrusted to her, and that if the memoirs were free of these secrets, it would be nothing but the narration of things known to all people, and therethat there is no justification for writing by a new author.