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DR J MACGREGOR 
MEDICAL DIRECTOR 
BRITISH RESIDENCY 
HONIARA 
BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS 
HAVE DISPATCHED FOR GAJDUSEK ALPHA HELIX EXPEDITION CARE OF DR LEE SANTA CRUZ 
STOP SHIPMENT ARRIVING HONIARA MONDAY 11:45 AM AIRBILL NUMBER 026-26571963 FOR 
TRANSSHIPMENT SANTA CRUZ OCTOBER 17 STOP WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION AND 
ALERTING DR LEE THAT SEVERAL SHIPMENTS WILL BE ENROUTE AND THAT THESE REACH 
SANTA CRUZ WITH DISPATCH ON THIS FLIGHT STOP 
POMS/NIH 
292112Z 
2112 29 SEPT 72 
GAJDUSEK 
YOUR ORDER FOR SUPPLIES WITH SOME SUBSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN FILLED. I BELIEVE 
THEY WILL BE ADEQUATE. VERY DIFFICULT TO GET 20 ML STERILE VACUTAINERS 
THEREFORE PROVIDING SIX HUNDRED 20 ML AND NINE HUNDRED 5 ML ONES. TISSUE 
CULTURE CELLS FOR ENTEROVIRUS ISOLATION ARE MONKEY KIDNEY CELLS AND ARE BEING 
PLANTED. SHIPMENT TO BE MADE FROM NIH OCT 4 WHICH IS EARLIEST POSSIBLE. DO YOU 
WANT NEW 60 LITER NITROGEN CONTAINER IN BLDG 8 ALSO SHIPPED TO YOU VIA AUSTRALIA 
FOR FILLING THERE? 
GARRUTO/GAREY 
302030Z 
2030 30 SEPT 72 
GAREY 
INFORM IVAN MBAGINTAO MY OFFICE NIH GUIART ACCEPTED HIS SECOND PAPER NOW IN 
PRESS. INQUIRE IF DR. JOHN SHERIDAN OF WALTER ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE MEDICAL 
RESEARCH MELBOURNE CAN REPLACE MICHAEL ALPERS SANTA CRUZ. IF JOE GIBBS CANNOT 
RECONSIDER ASK PROFESSOR ROBERT KIRK DEPARTMENT GENETICS ANU CANBERRA IF HE CAN 
JOIN AT SANTA CRUZ. IF NEITHER CAN THEN ASK RALPH GARRUTO AND/OR PETER FETCHKO 
FROM NIH TO JOIN AT SANTA CRUZ. CONTACT ALL THROUGH STEPHEN WIESENFELD. GAUA 
STUDY COMPLETED. POPULATION MARRIAGE PATTERNS OF SIGNIFICANCE TO GENETIC SORTING 
WORKED OUT BY GUIART. NEUROLOGICAL SEQUELLAE TO ACUTE VIRUS INFECTIONS AND 
CHRONIC DEGENERATIVE NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE FOUND IN CNS DISEASE SURVEY. 
DEPOPULATION ON GAUA EXTREME. MERIG, MERA LAVA OVERPOPULATED. PLEASE REQUEST 
PROF ROBERT KIRK CANBERRA INFORM US OF CONDITION OF FIRST 326 ERYTHROCYTE 
SPECIMENS AND STAND BY FOR SECOND SHIPMENT THROUGH NUMBER 540. ADVISE WIESENFELD 
HANDLE THICK AND THIN HEMATOLOGICAL SMEARS SENT BY AIRFREIGHT FROM VILA. 
GAJDUSEK 
