AI. THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY 



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The Secretary of the Navy 



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Navy Department 

 IVashington 



24 July 1944 

 My Dear Doctor Strong : 



On the occasion of your retirement as Director of the Ethnogeographic Board, 

 allow me to express my appreciation for the many and continued services that 

 you, through your organization, have performed for the Navy Department. From 

 its inception, the Ethnogeographic Board has supplied the Navy Department 

 with information of the greatest value on numerous remote regions of the world 

 and on other related and highly specialized scientific subjects. This has been a 

 very real service. Let me thank you again for your untiring efforts in our behalf. 



Very sincerely j^ours, 

 (Signed) James Forrestal 



Dr. William Duncan Strong, Director 

 Ethnogeographic Board 

 Smithsonian Institution Building 

 Washington, D. C. 



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