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stratigraphic, at the session of 11 October at which you will probably act as Secrét. perpetual. On this occasion I send my regards to all my colleagues and to the Bureau, which you kindly agreed to accept and present on my behalf. If there were no results above the average, I should consider this 16th Camp. in Cyprus as a purgatory, a period of "hard labour" imposed on me by the gods of Cyprus whom I disturb in their sanctuary and trouble in their séc sleep after some 31 centuries! No epigraphy yet apart from a few isolated signs of the Cypriot syllabic script. But I am sure that one day we will lay our hands on the archives of Alasia. One must persevere. With my respectful homage to Madame Virolleaud and my sincère faithful friendships to you
C F A Schaeffer .
P. S. Good news from my wife in California, where she is happy among her children and grandchildren. Soon she will take the Pacific flight towards Tokyo and will join me in Beirut, for Ras Shamra on the 26 c.[:?t]
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