1948

Athens 5 January 1948

Dear George,

As I wrote John & Sue yesterday in the course of a reply to their letters of Dec 24 & 27, Professor Dinsmoor is not to sail directly to America, as had been his plan, but is to fly to Rome and thence^{17 Jan 22 Jan} to London and to sail on the "Queen Mary" Jan 28th. Since he leaves here by air he may not be able to include the carton of Curium coins in his luggage, of which a maximum weight of 30 kilograms (20 free, 10 at 12/- per km.) is allowed, only. His stopover in Rome complicates matters a bit, since the coins could get left behind at the airfield there and, anyhow, might be in danger the 4 to 5 days of his stay there - there being in Italy. So perhaps you should be prepared for the possibility of yourself having to take them in June. In that case it might be best to have John bring them back to Episkopi in Feb. and to repack them with the old coins re-found since I came away and those from Ermogenios that you wished to add. You would I am sure prefer to have all in one package. Please tell John, if he hasn't left already, that the Piraeus office of the Co. owning the "Kyrenia" declares that she is coming according to the regular schedule with only a delay of only a day or two. If that is true, the information John got - that her sailing from Limassol is to be about Jan 13-14 - must be wrong. However, he has probably learned the facts, whatever they are, before now. Whenever he sails I count on … continues