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to make them say that the English-time system can no longer be maintained and that I will not work with couples next year. From this year I will take tomorrow vol. to work 'by the man' as elsewhere in the island and the world paying them 1 1/2 l. instead of 1 pound and the couple 1 £ 850 Mills. Some approve, others ask what will become of the women. I answer that they have enough work at their homes and the man must work for them. No change goes without difficulty. But the syst. at Enkomi and elsewhere in the works of the excavations and of the PWD is outdated and no longer in keeping with our time and tomorrow no longer with the status of the island as an indep. Rep. with great leaders, the Archbp. Mak. and the T. Kutchuk. In the end I tell them, I ask for volunteers, not forcing anyone to accept my system, which is the practice in all countries. For those who want to remain in the practice of current couples, they will remain this year. I
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