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National Oleujjrajtljtc i§>0rietu 
WASHINGTON. D. C. 
GILBERT GROSVENOR. President 
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N ATG EOSOC. WAS H I N GTO N 
October 22 , 1934 
Dr. W. M. Mann, Director, 
National Zoological Park, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Dr. Manns 
I am submitting your outline of a proposed National 
Geographic Society-Smithsonian Expedition to the Dutch East 
Indies to our Research Committee and to the Board of Trustees 
of The Society for their consideration and decision. 
I assure you it would be a great pleasure to everyone 
on the staff of the National Geographic Society to be associated 
with you in any project which interests you. 
The expedition which you propose is so different from 
other enterprises which the National Geographic Society has 
directed that we shall require some time to consider it before 
reaching a decision. 
With cordial regards, I am 
Sincerely yours, 
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