SI Bredin Exp. --Society Ids. 
Mr. W. J. Bosenberger 
United States Lines Company 
ONE BROADWAY 
NEW YORK 
Ans* by postal card 
Sept. 12/56 W.L.S 
September 10, 1956 
Mr. Waldo L. Schmitt, 
Head Curator 
Department of Zoology 
Smithsonian Institution 
United States National Museum 
Washington 25, D, C. 
Dear Mr. Schmitt: 
Thank you for your letter of August 29 requesting sailing sched- 
ules from Tahiti to San Francisco next spring. 
We regret to inform you that neither the United States Lines nor 
the American Pioneer Line operates such a service. Our ships do call at Papeete, 
Tahiti enroute to Australia; however, they do not stop there on the return voyage 
and on no occasion do any of the ships in the Australia service stop at a West Coast 
port in the United States. 
We suggest you contact the Pacific Islands Transport Line, 
General Steamship Corporation, Agents, 432 California Street, San Francisco 4, 
California. 
Very truly yours, 
Passenger Service - Cargo Vessels 
WJR/fgs 
