1952–April 1953

AMERIKAN HAFRIYATI PK 14 POLATLI MARCH 20.

1953

Dear J. Roger: Many greetings to Adana from her brother, who is cok guzel. Also to all 3 from me. Do you think we should have two more, white dog & black bitch? Once you're in the business a couple more don't make much difference! And there could hardly be more hairs about the house than there are now.

Tell Geraldine my part of the loan (coins & jewellery) safely delivered; I have a receipt which I will send to her if she wants. There were 8 pieces of jewellery; ten minutes after I turned them over there were 9, when one of Nuri's assistants broke the pin off one of the small earrings. But after that they could hardly complain of broken edges on some of the hoard coins, especially as, as I pointed out beforehand, they were due to their own bad packing when they sent them off. Our things have at least come down out of that leaky attic room, to the big depot below, where they are dry and accessible.

In London - greetings from P. Corbett. In Athens - general greetings. Some much concerned about Pnyx MS - gather most of it turned in. Libby Blegen in hospital with cracked or chipped leg bone. She fell down again. Was in time for B.H.H. birthday party. It appears that D. Oberlin may drew enough to pay for his passage over, so told him to write to you about getting payment for passage back - no doubt he will give details of amount & to whom (probably American Express Athens). He was planning to sail on Nea Hellas at end of July, but as he had not yet seen G H McF to discuss possibility of work in Cyprus, don't know whether he has changed plans. G.H. McF arrived Wed. night, I left Thur. noon; so Thur. A.M. devoted to conference with him & B.H.H. Decided to give Fales, whose latest effort as hopeless as the preceding ones & gives no promise of improvement. The Blegens to therefore to take over the theatre and write for … continues