Letter·34 CDF art. 168-3·Undated

Draft letterClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 2 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-3 (Draft letter), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-3, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 2 of 8

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we talk the matter over in detail .… that I feel , I cannot longer collaborate with . But I feel now, distinctly, confidence & harmony are destroyed, Dik. I am afraid will not never become a wholehearted collaborator of my work and at Enk. and I cannot stand such an atmosphere. His caracter is too diff . from my. There is no use to try to continue this unhappy association. As I am the creator of the combined scheme, I have the right, with refer. to § ... of the charter, to ask you to think envisage the divorce of the expedition . I would like to take back my entire liberty at Enkomi and to go on working alone as before . I would like the the dissolut of the combined scheme is done without harming your interest or Dik. Please discuss this matter with the Colon. Secretary. And when I come over in autumn ( november ? ) I shall I shall meantime ( inform my people here of my intention to consider the Combined expedit begun in 1947(8) as terminated let us say end of 1951. - For me who has created the Maison Fr. in Oxf. as an official link between the new Univ and the Sorbonne now well established and was always an advocate of Brit . - French collaborat .

Margin right, written sideways: I agree if we expose on par contributors both CI & Alashiya .

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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