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Show Dr. Aziz S. Atiya August 31, 1970 Page Two Please contact my office immediately upon your arrival. Also, could you leave your itinerary with my secretary, as to when you will be in Japan, Hong Kong and India. Congratu lations on your publications; you continue to amaze me at the amount of detailed work you continue to produce. I would love to have a copy of your Mt. Sinai volume with the English introduction. Give my love to your lovely daughter and my congratulations on her children. I have now formed my own oil company and am working all over the world. I am anxious to finish my volumes of a critical study on the life of Jesus; I am also eager to complete the volume on Arabia I have been working on. I am sending you a copy of a recent newspaper article I wrote on Oman. During the times when I would spend extensive periods in Oman, I helped raise the Sultan's you son Qaboos, who has now taken his father's place as the Sultan of Oman. My position has in no way been effected adversely by the change. I do regret that the Sultan was wounded, but it was not the fault of Qaboos; he was shot during an incident of open fire. I have recently won a large oil concession from the Indonesian Government in West Irian, New Guinea. I competed against the major oil companies of the world and won this concession as an individual, the only one of its kind to be given in such a manner. I am enclosing some clippings regarding this concession. Although I have a very heavy schedule, it would be my privilege and pleasure to speak at the University of Utah and this would give me a perfect opportunity to give you public appraisal for all your accomplishments. I would give this matter urgent consideration, as it would be my greatM yp lefaosnudr eAl othoa sd o asnod. love to you and your dear wife. Pjs Enclosures V WENDELL PHILLIPS Profess<£?\of Archaeology Jniversity of Wyoming |