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Uprtl 27, 1942 
la aai4a tro& oiar purely seiantlfla int^ast. 
It is important to obtain ail posaibl® waatbar and oooanograpMo data ia tbs 
Galapagos aroa at tJw earliest opporteiaity, besides iiaitiating the oomerm-* 
ticaa program ebioh bas beim proposed for Islands* iny large seale ooon- 
pation, if not ooatroiXod or supervised, is bound ix> rmot unfavorably on th® 
unique native wild life* fberefore tbe foilosfiai: iavestigatloas are reocsa* 
maodedt 
1* Weatber observations* fhese are of eaetrsKa© teportmioe to avia- 
tion and are basis tj any studies that we might \aidertaks on the native life 
of the Islands , espeoially if we oaa obtain oontinuous records over a l<mg 
period of tiia®* adstlng data are so meager as to be of little value and if 
we are to liav® any worth ■R^iilo weather Information the seoner we start gather- 
It, the better* The SJuadorlan Ooverament is partieularly interested in 
th® ellmate of the Isl«ids, and desiras »e-t«orolofloal Snfoimation above all 
other* 
2a order to enhano® the value of Kiy observations that wo might 
make, radiosonde observations should be laeluded* If possible* the Wither 
Bureau should be persuaded to furoieh two eaepeart observers for the radiosonde 
work* Two are neoessary* in order that one smy at times relieve the otJier* 
b^ause th® work la very arduous* At the saae time, these two observers oould 
without diffioulty also take oare of the netoorologioal obsermtlons and In- 
strusumts* The latter require a alnlauBi of attention because they are auto- 
aatie rooordlng Instrwaents. If such an arrangemcfiat cannot oe made, the 
Weather Bureau should be asked to cooperate at least to th® extent of provid- 
ing some one who can supervise installatlcen of the weather recording 
