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November. Some members of your group will disembark at this port for a return 
to their home institutions, while others will continue on, joining in a 5-day 
collaborative effort at Pingelap Island under Ronald Carr, M.D. The study at 
Pingelap will be concerned with the possible genetic linkage between congenital 
achromatopsia (a disease affecting the retinal cones and resulting in total 
colorblindness) and myopia in this genetically isolated human population. 
The Alpha Helix will return to Ponape where your scientific support gear 
will be packed in a containerized van(s) for shipment to the United States. The 
ship's laboratories will be readied for a study of sea snake biology off New 
Guinea. While en route to New Guinea we plan to stop at two islands in order to 
disembark some members of your party for a continuance of their research work. 
For the present, virtually all of your needed scientific support items 
should have been requested and soon will be aboard the R/V Alpha Helix . Thus 
your personal baggage is to conform to the normal allowable limit of 44 pounds 
for international flights. 
We will secure open round-trip tickets from this office. In order to do 
this, we must have your desired date and place of departure to Vila and your 
date and place of return. The most direct routing on American carriers will be 
used and the arranging and paying for any side trips will be your 
responsibility. Actual in-transit expenses will be covered. Please save all 
receipts . The University requires a receipt for any expense for over $5.00. We 
will be unable to reimburse you without receipts . 
A personnel form and travel expense voucher are enclosed. Please fill out 
the personnel form and sign the travel voucher (it will be filled in at the end 
of the program) and return to us. Tickets will not be issued until vouchers are 
in this office. 
Our office maintains dally radio contact with the Alpha Helix . Thus 
messages relating to your safe arrival at Vila and your departure time at the 
end of the program can be radioed to us for forwarding. Emergency messages from 
your family or institution can also be transmitted to you. 
Please contact our office if we may further assist you in any way. 
I believe the Alpha Helix can well serve your needs for a sophisticated 
clinical laboratory which can operate in rather inaccessible areas. And, of 
course, I hope that you will be able to utilize this unique research facility to 
its optimum. 
I wish you a most successful and satisfying research experience. 
Sincerely, 
Walter Garey 
WG:jj 
Enclosures 
cc: R. S. Bandurski 
A. A. Benson 
