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Saturday 15 December 1962(continued)
After an uneventful flight on a Comet 4B of Olympic Airways, in fine weather, arrival at ATHENS shortly after lunch.
Settled in at the French School in the course of the afternoon. Members of the School (Belgian and Swiss) introduced me to the Library, and initiated me into its classification (very different from that of the Institute in Beirut). Very rich even for everything that concerns prehistory and protohistory European, besides the Balkans and the Aegean world. At 19h, welcome interview with the Director, Georges Daux, only sorry that the School was deserted by its main residents (on the emergency excavation, in progress, at Medeon) (or away on holiday). Nevertheless, I see the day after tomorrow MM. Salviat, secretary general
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