Letter·34 CDF art. 169·25 April 1959

Correspondence between Seydoux and Schaeffer on the future of the Enkomi excavations and exchanges with Archbishop MakariosClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer and Roger Seydoux

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Scan 9 of letter 34 CDF art. 169 (Correspondence between Seydoux and Schaeffer on the future of the Enkomi excavations and exchanges with Archbishop Makarios), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

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Stamp: 100

sealed (and dormant for quite some time!). – You had put forward the idea: why not an Institute International: German-French- possibly Italian. The idea delighted the president, but he fell seriously ill and all discussion had to be postponed. – He has recovered and asks in the enclosed letter whether I could come to study the projects in question in Berlin on the occasion of a meeting of the directors of all the Institutes Arch. German of all parts of the world: Athens, Rome, Cairo, Istanbul, Baghdad etc. – I would like to study the problem with you first (and in the meantime I have replied to Boehringer: perhaps. Best wishes for a relaxing few days, my very respectful regards and the remembrance of my wife to Madame Seydoux Yours cordially devoted

C F A Schaeffer.

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