SYNDIC AT ©’INITIATIVE 
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TOURISME DE TAHI 
ETABLISSEMENTS FRANQAIS DE L'OC EAN I E 
BOITE POSTALE 326 
PAPEETE, 
6 Octobre 1956 
Par Avion 
Ref. : 56/ - 480 
Mr. Waldo L. SCHMITT 
Head Curator 
Smithsonian Institution (Dept. Of Zoology) 
United States National Museum 
WASHINGTON 25 D.C. 
U.S.A. 
Dear Sir, 
In reply to your letter dated August 29, I am sending 
you a list of our local schooners indicating rates / and names of 
islands visited. 
It may be possible to find a yacht available for charter 
during your stay here. Although the possibilities are slight, I will 
be happy to keep you posted with any news regarding that question, if 
you will let me know the approximate date of your arrival in Tahiti. 
I thank you for enclosing the Si. note which I am hereby 
returning with my appreciation for your thoughtfulness. 
Our Syndicat d* Initiative is an information bureau and 
it is a pleasure to give you all the assistance possible. I am 
forwarding by surface mail six more copies of our tourist folder as 
requested in your letter. 
Sincerely Yours 
