254 
January 28, 1977 
Dr. Walter Garey 
Program Manager 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography 
University of California 
San Diego, California 
Dear Dr. Garey; 
I am enclosing five copies of a reprint which originated particularly from 
our work on the Alpha Helix Expedition, as indicated in the papers. 
While at the Clba Foundation Symposium in London recently, on "Medical 
Problems of Tribal and Isolated Groups" , I discussed with Jim Neel his medical 
work on the Alpha Helix on the Amazon. I would greatly appreciate an additional 
copy or two of the Alpha Helix report from the year that I was Chief Scientist 
on board, and any reports that were Issued subsequently. I would be interested 
in the current itinerary and the proposed future itineraries, and wonder whether 
there is any possibility of your considering at some time in the future the 
medical expedition I suggested to you in the Eastern islands of Indonesia, which 
was the second of the two alternatives I proposed. I remain Interested in this 
possibility since I have continued my work in that region, and there are 
inaccessible areas where the use of the Alpha Helix would be highly justified. 
Sincerely, 
D. Carleton Gajdusek 
