C^. ARMY AND NAVY INSTRUCTIONS 



COOPERATING WITH 



Joint Committee om the Latim 

 Amehican Stuoies of the 

 A.C.L.S.- S.S.R.C. AND N.K.C. 



Committees on tiie Ant 



N.R.C. 



I Wak Comm 



ETHNOGEOGRAPHIC BOARD 



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AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES 



SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL 



NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



Washington. D. C. 

 Teiephone: DIsT«lcr-U07. 



May 24, 1943 



CONFIDENTIAL 



Through the courtesy of the Archaeological Institute of America, your name 

 has been suggested to us as one who might have important data concerning the 

 Mediterranean. Our files being available to the armed forces, the Navy Depart- 

 ment and the War Department have requested the following materials if such 

 are available: 



(A) The Navy Department requests any photographs you may have of the 

 northern Mediterranean and adjacent areas which fit the enclosed specifications 

 (see enclosure part "A"). Enclosed you will find an addressed frank for for- 

 warding such materials. 



(B) The War Department requests any specific information which you might 

 be able to furnish regarding beaches in the northern Mediterranean and ad- 

 jacent areas. If you should have such specific data as are mentioned in the 

 enclosure, part "B", please submit these directly to them. Enclosed you will find 

 an addressed frank for your use. 



Your prompt attention to these matters will be a very direct contribution to 



the war effort. In the event that you have no materials of the nature requested, 



your use of the franks to so advise the Army and the Navy would be appreciated. 



Thanking you in advance for your valuable assistance to the United States 



Navy and Army and to the Ethnogeographic Board, I am 



Very sincerely yours, 

 Wm. Duncan Strong 

 WDS F 



Ends. : Navy frank 

 Army frank 

 Explanation sheet 

 Brochure 



A. NAVY REQUEST: 



In selecting photographs for submission, please bear in mind the following 

 suggestions and considerations : 



The kinds of pictures desired are those showing terrain, islands, coast lines 

 and rivers ; landing and harbor facilities and beaches ; air fields ; roads, highways, 

 bridges, viaducts, power installations, public utilities, and oil facilites ; naval and 

 military establishments ; ships and water craft ; cities, towns, and villages. 



If you have already submitted such pictures as are requested to another 

 government agency, do not send them, but notify the Navy as to which agency 



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