Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·20 November 1945

Letter from Schaeffer to Megaw about the mission's deadlinesClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Handwritten in English and French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Letter from Schaeffer to Megaw about the mission's deadlines), handwritten in English and French. The transcription and translation follow.

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20/XI/45 The Dir of Ant. Nicosia Ch.

Dear Director, With reference to our previous correspondance, I have the honour to inform you, that owing to circumstances out beyond my control, I am obliged to postpone the beginning of the first campaign season of excavat at Enkomi to until march 1946. I then hope that the work of the expedition can be start without any change and with the same personnel as outlined in my letter of June 15th. I return the tw copy of the licence signed by me. Yours sincerely . . .

Com C F Sch. Consenv Scient Insp Direct of the R. S. Exp. M. A. D. Litt. Haf h. c. Oxford.

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