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Margin top: letter from Kuss, / received at Beyrouth on 19 in the morning
Engomi 14 September 1958
Sir, A week has passed since my last letter and I am sending this one today so that you have it on your arrival at Beyrouth. – last Sunday 7/IX I had finished the drawing of the weights prepared by the museum and in the evening, I went to welcome Aitken. – Monday 8/IX was taken up by a visit to Mr Megaw who greatly facilitated the task for the release of Aitken's equipment which came by air freight. in the evening we were settled at Engomi. – Tuesday 9/IX. Aitken having sent his heavy equipment by ship, to Major Watson of the Karaolos camp, after some searching we were able to get in contact with this major who was kind enough to deliver this abundant equipment to us by military lorry. Discreet operation by the road to St Barnabas so as to be unnoticed by the village. the assembly of the different apparatus for Aitken and the choice and pegging out of the search areas for me occupied the rest of the day. – from Wednesday 10IX/ morning to Friday 12IX/ evening, Aitken examined the first search area 880 m2. This inspection much longer than he had foreseen obliged me twice to postpone the enrolment of the workmen. This operation will take place tomorrow morning for 15 couples who will dig in the small "test" trenches [illegible] of this first area. Aitken has so far used 2 young men from Engomi who understand English, to operate his apparatus. Michael has worked in turn with Aitken and with me for the sightings, pegging out and plotting. the first trench area examined measures 220 m by N S, and 40 m E W. it is thus roughly parallel to the cliff line and covers the quarter SE of the town, namely this vast surface still intact between the long trench EW (direction of the cliff fault) to the North, the street NS to the W, … continues
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain