Correspondence between Schaeffer and Megaw on the 1954 seasonClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer and Arthur Hubert Stanley Megaw

Drawing: compass rose; labels: N; S; W; E

made during the campaigns between 1948 and 1953 are now laid before the archaeological world rest as soon as possible. — The finishing of the work & the publication of the your results in the north area of the North wall could then follow. and would It<s> They It would thus could/ benefit of the our excavations now begun underway of all the as yet unexcavated remaining parts of the town wall east & west of of of the North Gate to be the lying under the road to be investigated by you, and west of it the northwall as far as excavated by your Department until 1953, as well of the other remaining parts of the wall now the investigation of which is now underway on the west & south border of the town.

I very much hope you will be agree to this proposition made in the interest of the exploration of this important site and being also in the spirit of the scientific cooperation of the two missions, which, since 1948 and uptill this year, have joined to speed up the archaeological investigations of undertaken at Alasia. I hope would be glad to see soon receive your answer with,<s> if possible until end of the month an/ (and you can be sure that I would in ; as soon as back in St. Germain beginning of June, send you than an official and reply to the administrative questions conc mentioned in your letter.

I would like to add that I agree to the settlement of all reasonable claims regarding the our excavations along the west & south wall in 19 last year. But I would suggest that we may ultimately buy (the where necessary strip of land) in order to be able to keep open the outer face of the wall after complete excavation & as soon as where the the place & size of the (south & west gates to be expected there have been established.

I think also that it will thus be necessary also to acquire the strip of land between the wall & the limit of our previous purchases as you suggest. & I would like to be glad if you could have made the necessary evaluation of the cost.

I agree to share half of the cost of for the acquisition of plots 197 and 262 as indicated in your letter of under reply. and I shall send you My a cheque will follow (as soon as I am back in St. Germain. My wife joins me in sending to you and Mrs Megaw our kind regards. Yours sinc.