Letter·34 CDF art. 169·12 April 1954

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

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Handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 3 of letter 34 CDF art. 169 (Correspondence between Schaeffer and Megaw on the 1954 season), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 169, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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… c/o Prof. James MC. Robinson, 1348 Emory Rd. NE, Atlanta (Ga), U S A. 3. May 1954.

Dear Mr. Megaw, Your letter of April 12th has been received in the States where I am doing research work & university lecturing. Being deprived of my files concerning our agreements about the termination of the Combined Expedition to Enkomi, I would like to postpone my definite reply until I am back in St. Germain, June 7th. Meantime, I would like to let you know my personal reaction concerning the plans you refer too in the 5th paragraph of your letter. Your curator has began to open in 1953 so much ground in the North area that it was difficult to finish and to digest in the time fixed by our agreement for the termination of the work at Enkomi by the Combined Expedition. I would therefore suggest that no further ground be opened during this years campaign in order to keep as far as possible to the terms agreed between your Department and the French Mission concerning the smooth ending of the Combined Expedition. Your curators intention to first complete

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