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Direction Générale des Relations Culturelles: ---- Secrétariat Général de la Commission des Fouilles. ----
21 May 1946
The Secretary General of the Commission des Fouilles
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Sir, the Consul of France at Malta, Gozo and Cyprus, 48 Old Bakery Street, LA VALETTE, Malta.
By telegram dated 26 March, the Direction Générale des Relations Culturelles, has opened for you a credit of 2.750 Livres intended for excavations and archaeological research on the island of Cyprus directed by Commandant C.F.A. Schaeffer, Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Curator of the Musées de France.
I have the honour of asking you to kindly take the necessary measures so that this sum is paid to the Commandant Schaeffer on his arrival in Cyprus next August, through the Consul de France at Larnaka.
I would also be grateful if you would confirm to the Commandant Schaeffer, through our Embassy at Ankara, that the funds in question are held at his disposal at the Consulate de France at Larnaka from next August.
The Secretary General of the Commission des Fouilles.
Stamp: Commandant Claude F.A. SCHAEFFER
For the Director General Of Cultural Relations -------- P.O. The Head of the Financial Service
(Signed) F. NEUMANN.
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