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Enkomi - Alasia, 6 October 1963, via Famagusta poste restante. Dear friend, I thank you for your letter of 24 Sept. with your good news and that of Madame Parrot. She has given me great pleasure, while I am excavating in a trying heat, far from my wife, and at times I felt a little weary. Glad to know you have been admitted to the Académie, A happy day for this old house, which is thus enriched by a famous archaeologist and who will bring to our sessions a reinforcement of the first rank. - Entirely in agreement with your view regarding the succession of the next elections. My letter of 26 Sept. crossed with yours; it described to you the first operations here and gave you a summary of my proposals to the CNRS. - But, I believe that I can avoid weakening my excavation credits from R.S. by a possible withdrawal of 5 to 10.000 pounds lib. for which I asked you for authorization. We have reached more quickly than I thought the levels lower than the Iron sanctuary, and I hope to be able to finish the essentials of this exploration before our funds run out. On the other hand, the mass of pottery of a completely new and hitherto unknown type in Cyprus and the quantity of other objects and animal bones from sacrifices will oblige me to plan
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