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C. Museum, Nicosia 3.7.60.
Dear Professor Schaeffer, I was glad to hear, indirectly, of your forthcoming campaign at the beginning of September. You will, by now, have received the "licence". You will be glad to know that you will be here for the celebrations on the declaration of the Republic, which are planned for the beginning of October.
Things have gone very slowly during the last six months. The appointments to the senior posts in our Department have not yet been completed, and this is the reason why I had, much to my regret, to postpone my CNRS scholarship. A good thing I have been on the spot, as there have been persistant efforts to let me down, and alter decisions already taken.
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