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ages, possible landing beaches and sites for airplane landing, forests, 

 swamps, trails, and other topographic features. Maps were not in- 

 cluded, but sources were indicated. The staff obtained the books, had 

 the maps reproduced by the Smithsonian and Military Intelligence, 

 and attached them to the report. 



xA.nother important report was prepared by M. W. Stirling, Chief 

 of the Bureau of American Ethnology, on the Moluccas and Nether- 

 lands New Guinea. This contains valuable geographical data, photo- 

 graphs, maps, and notes of a very practical nature based primarily 

 on a field trip made by Dr. Stirling in 1926. 



The remaining reports on strategic areas are composed of bibli- 

 ographical references, pertinent quotations from the literature, gen- 

 eral summaries without much detail, and photographs with titles 

 for identification. 



In resume, 11 of the major reports total 275 pages, or an average 

 of 25 pages each but with a range of from 4 to 55. Most of them 

 are illustrated, and all have the virtue of being produced within short 

 deadlines. If judged objectively instead of in terms of the immediate 

 military need, only the Kennedy and Stirling reports have sufficient 

 merit to warrant publication when declassified from the confiden- 

 tial list. 



2. SURVIVAL 



Ten of the items are described as "reports on survival in the 

 Pacific region." The titles of some of these reveal their nature: 



Sago Processing. 

 Seafood in the Indo-Pacific Area. 



Birds and Animals as a Source of Food in the Indo-Pacific Area. 

 Tropicana ("Dangers of the Tropics"). 



Trematode Diseases and Their Molluscan Intermediate Hosts in 

 the Islands of the Southwest Pacific (an important contribution). 

 Obtaining Water from Vines. 

 The Stingarees, Much Feared Demons of the Seas. 



These were prepared by the Smithsonian stafiE or others outside 

 the Board. They were illustrated by drawings or photographs and 

 edited by Dr. Roberts into simple, direct English so as to be of 

 service to the field forces. The 10 reports total 128 pages, with a 

 range of from 2 to 21. Most of them were published in one or 

 more service journals, such as Tactical and Technical Trends ; Arctic, 

 Desert and Tropic Information Center, Informational Bulletin; ONI 

 Weekly ; the Marine Corps Gazette ; and the Air Pilot Manual of the 

 Pacific Islands. 



