Letter from Megaw to Schaeffer on measures to end the collaboration between the French and Cypriot missionsArthur Hubert Stanley Megaw

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Printed: GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS

Figure: Government of Cyprus coat of arms; labels: none legible

Printed: DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES.

Nicosia, 20th September, 1951.

Dear Dr. Schaeffer,

Thank you for your letter of 14th. The silver cup which Plenderleith has treated seems to be a most important find on which you are to be congratulated. I enclose a copy of a letter which I have written to Kendrick about its exhibition in the British Museum.

I have reported the impending termination of the combined expedition to the Colonial Secretary and await his observations. I have suggested, and I hope you agree, that the formalities should be embodied in a memorandum dealing with such matters as date of termination, publication, future of the dig house and the guarding of the site, which you and I should agree, and that this should be ratified in an exchange of letters between you and the Colonial Secretary.

I note that we should expect to see you here early next month.

Yours sincerely,

Handwritten: A.H.S. Megaw

Dr. C.F.A.Schaeffer, M.A.,D.Litt., Ras Shamra, par l'Institut Français d'Archaeologie, B.P.14.2/4., Beyrouth.

Handwritten marginalia at left margin: "land purchase" with a long underline and a diagonal stroke