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the Lapierre interview not bringing me to stop the area. Decidedly the date chosen this year is a very bad date from every point of view. around 16h00 visit of Karageorghis who proposes to take our workmen to Salamis rather than to let them leave for other jobs without hope of recovery. He would have them return to us at the resumption of the area !!! This morning before the departure, I had doubled the trench from 5 S to 1 N and from 7 N to 12 N, and I spent the day trying to continue, without success. We will have difficulty erasing this stupidity with the workmen and will lose part of our credit with them for the years to come. Telegram and letter to Mr Schaeffer. "No credit from embassy workmen unpaid stop area act urgently Paris . K."
after dinner received telegram from Mr Schaeffer following my 2nd report.
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