257 
08 MAY 1972 
NIGHT LETTER 
DR. D.C. GAJDUSEK 
C/0 REV. H. GERICKE 
LUTHERAN MISSION 
TARABO 
VIA GOROKA 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
DR. D.C. GAJDUSEK 
OKAPA RESEARCH 
AWANDE 
OKAPA 
PAPUA NEW GUINEA 
SCRIPPS SAYS TRAVEL FUNDS FOR EIGHT PEOPLE PLUS TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS ARE 
AVAILABLE WITH THREE POSITIONS REMAINING OPEN FOR LOCAL PEOPLE AS PER YOUR 
LETTER OF LAST MONTHS STOP TO DO THIS WE CANCELLED LARGE NUMBER OF ORIGINAL 
ORDERS STOP ALL THE ABOVE DONE AS PER ORDERS OF DOCTOR GIBBS STOP DOCTOR GAREY 
REFUSES TO CANCEL REMAINING ORDERS AT THIS DATE STOP SHIPMENT TO HAWAII BEGINS 
JUNE FIRST STOP IF NOT SATISFACTORY CABLE GAREY IMMEDIATELY WITH INSTRUCTIONS 
STOP 
FERBER/WIESENFELD 
DC GAJDUSEK 
ROGERS BASNIGHT ASHER HOOKS ABSOLUTELY NOT GOING ALSO BECK GIBBS ONLY FOR PART 
OF THE TIME IF POSSIBLE TISSUE CULTURE TECHNICIAN DESPERATELY NEEDED AS WELL AS 
ANOTHER WOMAN SUGGEST MONICA AT PATUXENT WRITE GAREY TO FORMALLY EXPLAIN THAT WE 
ARE NOT 11 INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATORS BUT THAT LARGE VOLUME GENETICS COLLECTION 
WILL REQUIRE COLLABORATIVE USE OF SHIP. ITS NECESSARY TO FACILITATE EQUIPMENT 
USE AND LOGISTICS. WHERE EN ROUTE CAN N2 BE SENT FROM BRISBANE AND PICKED UP. N2 
FREEZING OF FIBROBLASTS AND RECOVERY SUCCESSFUL PLACING EFFICIENCY TEN TO THE 
THIRD NO SKILL BIOPSY MACHINE AVAILABLE WE ARE GETTING ARE OUR LETTER FOLLOWS 
WEISENFELD/MEYER/NIH 
290200Z 
0200 29 JUL 72 
JOHNSON/ SCHNEIDER 
OK FOR 202355Z NO DATA ABOARD. REFER 172010Z INVENTORY, 23 EACH 1000 ML DEXTROSE 
FIVE PERCENT IN WATER, 24 EACH 250 ML STERILE WATER, 23 EACH 1000 ML DEXTROSE 
FIVE PERCENT IN ONE HALF STRENGTH SALINE, 12 EACH 1000 ML DEXTROSE FIVE PERCENT 
IN SALINE ZERO POINT NINE PERCENT, 12 EACH 250 ML NORMAL SALINE ZERO POINT NINE 
PERCENT. 
HELLAND 
