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Printed: DEPARTMENT OF ANTIQUITIES, CYPRUS
Stamp: circular emblem
No. 761/48 [faint]
Telephone: [illegible] Telegrams: [illegible] Office: [illegible]
Nicosia, 21st August 1948.
Handwritten: Dear Dr. Schaeffer,
I think you will like to have the enclosed press-cuttings in which the [illegible] collaboration was announced.
It now seems that all the owners of the plots, of which the compulsory acquisition has been ordered, will agree to a new valuation of £27 per donum. This is higher than the previous valuation and on this basis some of the transactions will have to be held over till 1949 as the funds available (£330 from each period) will be insufficient.
I hear from Dikaios that you asked if a division of the bronzes could be done by him in Paris, and that he answered that they should be returned for division here in Nicosia of course. This is the view I am sure is the wiser arrangement, for if another compatible series turns up – as I hope it will – it should be possible for each party to have one, the time avoid splitting of the groups, which should be avoided if possible.
Wishing you the best of luck on your life in Turkey.
Yours sincerely,
Handwritten: signature
Dr. C.F.A. Schaeffer, M.A., D.Litt., Membre de l'Institut, 1 Ambassade de France, Ankara.
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