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Dear Megaw
A terrific formidable amount of work and new difficulties with the finance of all sorts with our undertakings in Palestine, Syria etc so on as a result of the deplorable situation there have prevented me to answer earlier your letters of March 15th & 29th which has crossed with mine of March 7 15th.
1. Here is proposed draft for the announcement. I hope you will find it acceptable.
2. I shall reserve for the acquisition in 1948 the necessary funds in order to participate to the limit of 350 £.
3. The Commission des Fouilles ask me to discuss the acquisition intended for next budget with you again in view of providing a . reserving to the French Mission a share in the propriety of the land purchased with its participation funds. We can leave that matter until I see you again in autumn 1948.
4. I am enclosing a formal reply to for the High Commissioner's letter dated 8 March 5th.
[sketch: small plan with crosses and lines; labels: xxxxx; road, written diagonally: Famagousta / I dont care; the / villagers, each / time I asked them / a price whas always / extremely costly. / The amount of earth is / easy to assess5. As I told you, that following as a consequence of the as a result of the franc's reda devaluation, I can't do as much this year than last. And I therefore want to concentrate probably on the north quarter to get the plan of the big house complete. Could you Would you be good enough to have a inquired what the st the cost cost of transport would cost of the earth dumped on the south side of this quarter. It could be done in the dan taken away by the villagers in their] spare time for a reduced price and be used either dumped with the other earth north of the quarter also out outside the town limit indicated by the big stones belonging to the North wall, or used to improve their fields either to the north of the road Enkomi - Styllos. Perhaps Michaelis could be approached for that so that he may gain something The watchman could be made responsable for collecting stray finds & stone building stones. — It would be good to have that part cleared before our return to work. Of course if it<s> in case it is cheaper to take a/ contractor from
6. Has the our dump of stones to the left of the road to Styllos which we have been mine disposed of & and what how great is the profit many millions did it bring ....!
P.S. 7. I enclose a letter for Dikaios.
I hope you are now comfortably reestablished in Nicosia and that all is well with your delightful Hermitage at St. Hilarion. Please give our kindest regards to your wife. &
Yours With best wishes Yours sincerely
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