Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·15 November 1946

Draft letter to the Director to the Secretary General of the Commission des FouillesClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Scan 3 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Draft letter to the Director to the Secretary General of the Commission des Fouilles), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

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combinedThe equipment and the Decauville material will be would be supplied by the Antiquities Service, the latter would also take charge of guarding the site and the conservation of the buildings uncovered. The Antiquities Service would consider would consider its part participation in the Enkomi excavations as the main objective of its excavation department during the next 5 or 6 years. The two parties however do not bind themselves by any commitment exceeding the duration of one year, However It is however understood that the Mission the undertaking must should be continued as long as the scientific interest of the excavations of Enkomi requires. The objects found will be shared in equal parts between the two participants Mission in equal shares.

If this project thus appears acceptable to the Commission of Excavations I recommend this project for the approval of the Commission of Excavations and of the Department to of the Direction Gé Générale of Cultural Relations.

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