260 
240070Z 
0700 24 SEPT 72 
GAREY 
POPULATION STUDY MERA LAVA COMPLETED. EXAMINATION 1000 PEOPLE. LABORATORY 
EXCELLENT FOR PROCESSING BLOOD SPECIMENS FOR RED CELL ENZYMES, BLOOD GROUP AND 
SERUM GENETIC FACTORS AND SEROEPIDEMIOLOGY. LANDING LOGISTICS, SHORE TEAM 
SUPPLY AND SPECIMEN RETURN HANDLED VERY WELL BY CAPTAIN AND CREW. DR BOWDEN OF 
BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICE LEAVING TEAM HERE AT RENDEZVOUS WITH MOTOR VESSEL 
ROCINANTE OF VILA. MERIG ISLAND STUDY BEGUN TONIGHT. GAUA ISLAND VILLAGE OF 
MERA LAVA AND MERIG PEOPLE TO BE VISITED NEXT WEEK. HELP OF WALTER SCHNEIDER OF 
EXTREME IMPORTANCE TO SCIENTIFIC TEAM. REQUIRE SHIPMENT ALL ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES 
TO SANTA CRUZ IN TIME TO MEET MONTHLY PLANE FROM HONIARA AND OUR ARRIVAL OCTOBER 
17. PLANE SMALL, WEIGHT AND BULK MUST BE KEPT MODERATE. INFORM MY LABORATORY 
TO HAVE GIBBS, WIESENFELD, AND ALPERS JOIN US IN SANTA CRUZ WITH ADDITIONAL 
LIQUID NITROGEN FROM BRISBANE AND TISSUE CULTURE SUPPLIES. REQUIRE 10000 MORE 
FEET CINEMA FILM, 100 ROLLS KODACHROME, EKTACHROME AND TRI-X STILL FILM, AND 36 
FIVE INCH NAGRA TAPES. 
D C GAJDUSEK 
1610 25 SEP 72 
DR ERIC SHAW 
"TRANSFUSIONS" 
BRISBANE 
AUSTRALIA 
HAVE DISPATCHED TODAY FOUR LN CONTAINERS FOR TRANSSHIPMENT TO GAJDUSEK CARE OF 
DR RN LEE STOP LUOVA SANTA CRUZ STOP BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS PROTECTORATE STOP 
MUST REACH HIM IN TIME TO MEET R/V ALPHA HELIX EXPEDITION VESSEL IN SANTA CRUZ 
BY TEN OCTOBER STOP SHOULD BE SENT VIA HONIARA STOP ARRIVING VIA TN 1304 AT 
8:40 AM ON SEPTEMBER TWENTY-NINE STOP AIRBILL NUMBER 026-26575451 STOP 
POMS/NIH 
260105Z 
0105 26 SEPT 72 
PHINNEY/GAJDUSEK/ SCHNEIDER 
SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS MSG 240700Z HAPPILY RECIEVED AND TRANSMITTED TO WIESENFELD. 
SUPPLIES SET ASIDE FOR EXPEDITION AT NIH WILL BE SENT. NO TISSUE CULTURE 
SUPPLIES LEFT THERE. TOTAL NEEDS WERE THOUGHT TO BE SUPPLIED. REPLY REQUESTING 
ANYTHING IN SHORT SUPPLY AND WIESENFELD WILL PROCURE AND SHIP. LETTER POSTED 19 
SEPTEMBER RECEIVED SIO TODAY FROM ALPERS. INFORMATION HE WAS WAITING FOR HAS 
ARRIVED CAUSING HIM TO DECIDE DEFINITELY HE WILL NOT BE JOINING THE EXPEDITION. 
WIESENFELD ALSO SAYS HIS OWN PARTICIPATION IS IMPOSSIBLE. WORD FROM GIBBS IS 
AWAITED. REPLY ASAP SINCE I WILL TALK WITH WIESENFELD TOMORROW. 
GAREY 
