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Directorate General of Cultural Relations: ---- General Secretariat of the Excavations Commission. ----
21 May 1946
The General Secretary of the Commission of Excavations
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Sir, the Consul of France in Malta, Gozo and Cyprus, 48 Old Bakery Street, LA VALETTE, Malta.
By telegram dated 26 March, the Directorate General of Cultural Relations has opened for you a credit of 2.750 Pounds 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 Museums of France.
I have the honour to ask you to kindly take the necessary steps so that this sum is paid to Commandant Schaeffer on his arrival in Cyprus in the month of August next, through the Consul of France at Larnaca.
I would also be grateful if you would confirm to the Commandant Schaeffer, through our Embassy in Ankara, that the funds in question are held at his disposal at the Consulate of France at Larnaca from the month of August next.
The General Secretary of the Commission of Excavations.
Stamp: Commandant ?Mission 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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