[A few insights into the history of the correspondence between Freud and Ferenczi. "The intrications of the different couches"].

The author has given an account of the history of these documents, as from the step taken in 1948 by Ferenczi's widow Gizella who was living in Berne at that time and who contacted Anna Freud in the aim of obtaining the letters addressed by her husband to Freud. One step followed another, and after a number of circuitous moves and hesitations, and, as Michael Balint remarked upon, an intrication of "a different couches", all the protagonists encountered the obstacle of a reticence working to protect the private lives of people still living ... Today, after the formation of a committee for the publication of these 1,300 letters which constitute a veritable human and psychological treasure trove, the psychological and legal barriers surrounding their publication seem to have been done away with and, financial backing having been found, the moment when these valuable documents will be published appears to be near.