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of the palace of the kings of Alasia where the diplomatic and historical archives which we can sense the tremendous interest of for the archaeology and history of Cyprus and of the Near East and south-eastern Europe in general. My first attempt at collaboration with your authorities archaeological, carried out with such enthusiasm by me with Megaw (see Enk. Alasia, p. VIII) was strangled by distrust and certain methods of collaboration of a kind you know. But the Republic of Cyprus should it not associate itself with the work of resurrecting its capital of the IIe millennium ? That would be a first act of its conscience national and of its cultural responsibility. We shall talk about this too, and about this above all when we see each other again. The other points in your letter: 1) RS. Chariot Crater. Neither I nor Kuss can find the drawing. As the volume of Ugaritica IV will be filled with discoveries pre = and protohistoric from RS , the vol. V on the occasion of my twentieth Campaign of excavations (1956) will be put in hand at the same time, the credits are voted. We can therefore discuss your article also when we meet again and clarify the question
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