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Letter·34 CDF art. 168-4·19 September 1949

Telegram from Schaeffer to the Cultural Relations service to extend the season after the discovery of gold objectsClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-4 (Telegram from Schaeffer to the Cultural Relations service to extend the season after the discovery of gold objects), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 1 of 2

NLT Baillou-Neumann Relations Culturelles 78 rue Lille PARIS

Important discoveries with gold objects oblige extension of excavations Enkomi please wire urgently one thousand pounds sterling to be drawn on credit Rasshamra 1949 through consulate Malta stop. President Commission Asieantérieure informed stop EXXX Please confirm and indicate date of arrival of credit Malta/airmail follows greetings

Schaeffer

With Reply paid 10 words

C.F.A. Schaeffer, director Enkomi

Stamp: MISSION ARCHÉOLOGIQUE FRANÇAISE

Handwritten: signature

Handwritten: Vejs. left morning 19 Sept. from Enkomi.

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

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