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MISSION ARCHAEOLOGIQUE FRANCAISE
Le Castel Blanc, 14 Rue Turgot, St.Germain-en-Laye, (Seine et Oise).
1st June 1948
The Colonial Secretary, Colonial Secretary's Office, Cyprus.
Sir,
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated March 5th, concerning the acceptance by H.M.Government of Cyprus of the proposal contained in the Memorandum dated 21st November 1947, regarding a combined excavation at Enkomi. I am authorized to signify herewith the acceptance of the scheme on behalf of the French Archaeological Mission.
I have taken note of the limitation of the Cyprus Government's financial commitments with regard to the joint publication and I agree to it.
No reference was made in the memorandum to the expropriation of the land at Engomi. I wanted to consult the French authorities as to the ownership of the land acquired. Pending the settlement of this question after my return to the island this autumn, I agree to proceed with the acquisition, the cost to be borne in equal shares by the Cyprus Government and my Mission, up to a limit of 350 pounds for the 1948 budget of the Mission.
May I finally express my personal pleasure and the satisfaction of the Commission des Fouilles that there will be an anglo-french cooperation in the archaeological research in Cyprus, and hope that the combined operation will prove satisfactory and fruitful.
I have etc.
(sgd.) C. Schaeffer
Le Directeur de la Mission Archaeologique Francaise
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