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rtooamissancs of all aui table places In, the lalaads be undertaken at an 
early opportunity.!- jointly with a roproBentati’r® to be desifyieted by the 
Bcuadorisa goTeraaent* The most praotionl motbod for carrying out this 
roooBBswndati on would be to ©nlist th® aid of a suitably equipped' asTal 
vessel from the' Canal Zone> the nearest Evallebie .Oaitod States base where 
sueh ships am. be obtained. Whatever vessel is seoured for the purpose 
would talc® the desigimtod louadoritaa and Ifaited States reprosentatives 
to the islands and plaoes to be Investigated, or els© would sot ih«i, down 
in the Islands with a suitable po^irer tender and all oquipmaat necessary to 
properly oariy on tli# rooonimissanoo* 
In view of the knomrou^ terrain oharac tori® tie of islands 
of the arohipelago as a whole and the faot that the 'survey Is to b© laad® 
as searohing and oonplete as possible, it is hoped that the Souadorian 
govorajaent will approve th© use of an airpliua© to guide the groimd parties 
to desired objaotives, the principal on© of will oh- would be apparent water 
supplies, and for the purpose of taking such photographs as may be noeded 
to make a visual record of th© reoonaalssanoe.., 
'Given the oonsent of the Bouadorion gowniia«it to the foregoing 
proposals, ih® Salthsonliui will, at the earliest- practioabl® date, dispatch 
its represoatitive ^o Quit^ to confer wi-th the Ecuadorian govemmcBct 
officials and to awst the designatod Bouadorlaa representative for th© 
purpose of scoeiapanylng liim to Paaam to join tli© vessel thfit will b© mad© 
a-TO.il sblo for the recoanais-sano©. Th© expenses of th© traasporati on of 
th® Ecuadorian rsprosa'itativ© "to -and from %ilto and the Oalapegos Islands 
-sdll bo borne by th© i3mtthsoalaa Insti-fcutloxi. 
