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Show 23'<Lf/ March 9, I960 George H. Forsyth, Jr. Dept* of History of Art The University of Michigan Tappan Hall Ann Arbor, Michigan •f/ dear George? Thank you very much for your welcomed letter of March ? and its enclosures which I read with the utmost of car® and interest. I am highly flattered by the undue appreciation that you generously accord to my modest services to the Expedition, Actually I have done little mora than paper work and assure you of my willingness with pleasure to do more. Your letter to the Archbishop is most satisfactory, although I have made a marginal suggestion as to the paragraph on finance subject to your approval. I am, however, taking the liberty to write to the Archbishop in reply to his gracious message and shall of course seize the opportunity to alert him to your intention to raise the personal gift to $750.00 apart from the usual fees paid for accommodation at the Monastery itself. I shall use this as an incentive for pressing towards more service as you will notice in the enclosed copy. The Minister's reply to your letter seems to be of capital importance since it has directed you to the normal channels in good time. I agree that it is most commendable to get the Embassy in Washington entangled in the matter. Correspondence with the Ministry of Culture having the legation letterheads will carry weight. I presume you may go yourself to Washington to meet the people at the Snbassy or arrange for friends of the Expedition at Dumbarton Oaks to do that in your behalf. On the other hand, if you would like m® to write personally to an influential personality on the matter, I shall be happy to do so. I can write to the Ambassador himself though I know him slightly, but perhaps it may be more effective if I wrote to the Mjjiistor Plenipotentiary (Mr. M. Moftah) whom I know better. All this depends on your reaction, and I shall do nothing until I hear from you. les! I wish I could be in Egypt to welcome you in person and to be more active in the field. But I cannot conceive a visit to the Middle East before the Spring of 1961. By then you will have returned to America, and I have therefore to depend on Fuad and company to act for us. I am sure that he will be up to all your expectations. We are all very well at this end. I am busy building. A new institution starting from "scratch" is not a joke. But the work is most interesting and the results rewarding. Washington has been gracious and appreciative in |
