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Show I*f, Sharia Tdadi el-IIil, c * ' Maadi (near Cairo), Egypt, November I?, 195*2, !!y dear Wendell ^ I vm I to receive your letter of Oct* 30. and you can rest assured that I always lock forward to hearing fron/yon, 1 had only hoped that you were going to give me dates about your next visit to these quarters so that we might discuss many projects and go around a little together to get acquainted with the new faces on the scene, 1 expect this may be partly due to absence of news about the arrival of the - icrofilms. I also have had no news since Mr* Clapp wrote to me his letter of Oct.2, If opportunity arises, nlease contact Library authorities for good tidings, i think it may De worth my while writing a couple of lines to Ar9 Caffrey or call at the Embassy here in the near future. At any rate? I believe it will be a splendid thing if you can arrange to be present at the presentation ceremony, I am not surprised about what jou told me concerning Kenneth CI. * ' Check-List. A long time ago? I saw clearly the type of person he was and told Bill who insisted on taking his part until it was too late, However, you must not expect anything else from him. and I earnestly hope that my book will remedy the situation since it puts the facts forward without bias, I am anxious to hear that my book has gone to the printers and. that it will appear soon as a counter-balance to C*. 1 d Sales List. In this connection, I should like to make a couple of minor alterations in the Introduction to cone with the feelings and tendencies of the present circumstances. These can either be made in the galley proofs when they come or9 if you prefer, 1 can put then iper an$ send them ahead to you, I went a couple of days ago to the Royal Geographical Society to attend to the matter of your registration with Commander Wendell Phillins Dodge, but ! ' --General was not tb r it the time, and I left word for him saying that 1 would go again to see him. Please consider tills matter as settled and I hone to arrange for the official notices to be sent to you very shortly. lith re-. ;- twally, I ... -t pains in lay*",;? -r :lare on {g^ But as soon as d Atll convey your message to him. Host people are living in a whirlpool nowadays, and I do not know how he is"situated i the Desert Institute, If you see Professor Albright, please convey to him my best respects and tell him that I hope to write personally to him in the near future, I trust that he and his family are enjoying the best of health. Professor Albright is one of those few people in the world who .... life worth livir With my best personal regards. Yours very sincerely, Asia S, Atiya |