AppleScript open and save file with Numbers

Hi all,
I need to save an Excel .xls file as an .xls file in order to break the links that are included in the original Excel file. Since Numbers doesn't have any actions for Automator, I hoped someone could help me writing an AppleScript?
It needs to open (Numbers) and all the .xls files that are added to a specific folder on my Mac, then save them to another folder as .xls (not .xlsx) and overwrite any existing files with same name. Since this all should work automatically, warnings and pop-ups that need a user to click an option are not allowed.
Didn't think this could be too hard, but I'm just a noob when it comes to AppleScript. Help?
Thanks in advance

Check the attributes of the <textarea> tag. You can use wrap="no" or wrap="virtual" or wrap="hard" to define how the text area handles carriage returns.
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