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to accept, one must therefore interrupt the work. To break the cohesion between the people of Enkomi most set in the old system with the people of the other villages, I will pay the latter this evening to spare them a journey to come specially to the Saturday pay, and I will pay the people of Enk. only on Saturday. — It is a trial of strength, but one that must be attempted in order to free ourselves from the yoke of a bad system [written sideways: fonctionnant] particularly badly at Enk. and which Dikaios in his slow and "Cypriot" excavations has allowed to deteriorate to the extreme. – e.g. after two or three days of suspension of work we may make obtain a reversal among the energetic elements. And also obtain from Famagusta and other places outside workmen's assistance. I then went to Fam. to fetch money for the pay and to go to the Employment Office to speak to the dir. about our difficulties and to ask him to send us workmen from other villages. He promises everything while asking to be able to come and see the situation Tuesday or Wed.
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