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Show 2 ? ; / a/ f£ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ANN ARBOR PRESIDENT'S OFFICE February 6, 1958 Mr, A. Hagulb Hashem Permanent Under-Secretary-'of State ,.-•'„ Ministry of Education •.*• ;",-, Cairo, Egypt Dear Mr, Hashem: A "I am' sure, that you are already fully acquainted 'with. the purposes, and-ala® of the .scientific .'.and. cultural ex-.A.A''- pedltlon of Princeton University and of the University -of; Michigan* It is being planned for the months of April,' . . . May, and June, 1958, under the Joint leadership of .Professor'Kurt Weitzmann. of Princeton' University .and.'--of.- ..-.•" Professor George: H..- Forsyth, Jr, - of ..'the' University- of Michigan, • A- ••fhes© two', scholars ,;in 1956' were privileged to visit: for' a, brief. period. St ,-•, Catherine • s. Monastery on • Mo-unt Sinai.. - They are now planning a second visit to - the Monastery for . -a''longer* period, A'in' order to. -.study more .-'completely' the''--..-' Byzantine and'Arabic artistic monuments--and to make a" photographic- "record of/then*'-/ I not' only heartily endorse the expedition for 'its,, intrinsic'. scholarly-value but see. in it''also the possibility",-: of building- -a eiba-er understanding between American and' Egyptian' institution's •/of''higher-.learning. Such; an-under*' - standing,' will., redound.'- to-the. advantage- of- both countriesA' ' since both would benefit'-' greatly , by /a' more complete .under-' -'• standing'-.of the other,"3'.cultural' achievements.. : The officers'of the. Universlty/'©f'• Michigan would be;.,,, g**ateful indeed for any courtesies that may be shown Professors Forsyth and Weitzmann so that the expedition they are planning may go forward without delay. - -i"AA;: 't 'A.:. ,':;.'•'••'•J;J't,uM S*i ncerely youra* •'.••; '-.A'-;":,.'•'•' larlaa Hatcher President ;'::'" -M~H |
