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B.P. Beirut, 14.24. 29 September 1957. Dear Sir, I confirm my letter of 28 August. I am arriving with Mrs Schaeffer and Mr and Mrs de Contenson probably Saturday evening aboard the Agamemnon at Limassol with the Mission's Jeep. May I ask you to request from the competent authorities a permit for temporary importation; the Jeep will naturally be provided with its papers (triptyque), but I recall that it required a permit to use it in Cyprus, since it has left-hand drive, instead of right-hand as with the Cypriot cars. Mr Megaw had asked us for this permit in the past, but I no longer remember to which administration. Here are the essential characteristics of the Jeep: colour bordeaux, registration no. in Lebanon: 58.521. Willys, 1949, engine no. V.260.418; chassis 242 A. 223.530. Mr Kuss, architect, will arrive at Nicosia by air on Wednesday, 2 October and will immediately make contact with you. I would be grateful if you would allow him to prepare the tools and excavation equipment stored at the Khan and transport it to Enkomi. He will also want to obtain the loan of one or two tents. I hope that your department will be able to grant us the help of Mikael Vaïos, who was our foreman and who will be able to help Mr Kuss with the organisation of the Camp and the prepara-
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