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Printed: LE CASTEL BLANC
Confidential and personal. [printed: 14, RUE TURGOT]
Printed: ST. GERMAIN-EN-LAYE
30 April 1959
Dear friend, I confirm my letter of 12 inst. After newdiscussion with the Foreign Affairs here, they do not wish so long as a friendly power is still legally responsible for the government in Cyprus that I open up, even in a private letter, to His Beatitude concerning the projects of a Franco-Cypriot cultural collaboration in the new Republic. A Consul will very shortly be appointed to Cyprus and, the year of the Republic having arrived, he will be charged with making the propositions that will meanwhile be worked out. - When we meet again next November, we could discuss the possibilities. I can tell you that the projects will be interesting for our respective countries. - I have therefore, in the meantime, written a personal letter to His Beatitude a copy of which you will find enclosed. My next stay on the island will allow me to gather certain experiences useful for the development envisaged here with favour between France and the Republic of Cyprus. -
For my part, I would also like to discuss with you my wish to develop the excavations at Enkomi on a larger scale. We have reached the point where we can systematically set about the search
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