McConnaughey, James 
AIR MIL 
June 11 s 1957 
Mr. James McConnaughey 
The Kettering-Oak wood Times 
2600 Far Hills Building 
Dayton 9, Ohio 
Dear Mr. McConnaughey s 
tefe are back safe and sound, largely , if not molly, due to you 
and your stout craft l Mo, no real rough weather, though two of our 
party suffered considerably from mal de mer » 
Mr hat is off to the "Kareva* • She took us ''"there'* and Drought 
us back— to Tikehau in the Tuamotus , where Jack Randall persuaded us 
to go first to Huahine , Raiatea, Moorea, and to Bora Bora. I owe you 
a lot for a wonderful cruise and for the fine lot of marine oiotogical 
material we secured for the Museum. Right here, though, I must beg 
your forgiveness for not keeping you posted regarding our comings an 
goings : I still will have to defer giving you an account of our expe- 
tion until I complete a rlsuml for which our own Secretary is waiting. 
In due course you will remembered with it* Meanwhile, I sm noping 
that Mr. Reasin may have written you about us from time to time, m 
was a most useful and helpful person , and I frankly oelieve a far bet- 
ter deal than Mr. Moore. The latter was Washington torn, « i was 
myself, and, although we seemed to have a lot of ancient History n 
common, I saw very little of him both on the "Mariposa , on which we 
all traveled to Tahiti, and later in Papeete. However, this was not 
necessary as Mr. Reasin filled the bill most satisfactorily on a J 
counts. I just did not find time to write anyone other than my 
Even my diary suffered more than it should have. It all comes home 
to me now while I am trying to prepare a few words on the expedition 
for our Secretary. I m crowding this in between three departmental 
reports , "Plan of Operations" so-called. Research Report, and the 
inevitable Annual Report. Although all are annual, they are always 
separately handed in, and the first two always in addition to the 
last one. 
To make a long story short with regard to our charter account 
with you: 
At the rate of $3,000 a month, the cost of the charter comes to 
1100 oer day. We were aboard the "Mareva? or had the use oi her from 
the late forenoon on April 3, through very early breakfast on my l9, 
a total of k6 days, as the Government figures. Having made an advance 
payment of $3,000, there are still due $1,600* A check for tnia 
amount will be forwarded to you by our Secretary , Dr. Leonard 
Carmichael, in the near future. 
Tautu proved to be a jewel, strong, hardworking, always willing, 
