D O C . 1 6 5 O N I N A U G U R A T I O N O F I I I C 3 0 3 [8]Einstein had initially opposed locating the institute in Paris, yet his concerns were temporarily assuaged (see Einstein to Betty Neumann, 6 and 8 August 1924 [Vol. 14. Doc. 300]). The director of the new institute was Julien Luchaire, whose appointment Einstein strongly opposed (see Einstein to Hendrik A. Lorentz, 2 March 1925 [Vol. 14, Doc. 452]). In a conversation with the Paris correspondent of the Berliner Tageblatt, Einstein expressed his satisfaction with the election of Hendrik A. Lorentz as the new president of the ICIC. He stated that he would not have included this criticism of undue French influence had he foreseen Lorentz’s elec- tion (see Berliner Tageblatt, 18 January 1926, EE). [9]Henri Bergson had been the president of the ICIC from its inception until his resignation in August 1925 (see Renoliet 1999, p. 72, and Vossische Zeitung, 15 January 1926, ME). [10]Latin for “I have spoken and saved my soul.”