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permits and the prints available are not sufficient, I 
can have enlargements made of other negatives I have and 
have them on their way very shortly after I hear from you, 
I rather think that you have pictures covering most 
angles but as I said before if you let me know of anything 
that you want I Ml do everything I can to get it to you 
in the very shortest order. 
We are leaving Mare Island on the IJth and arrive in 
Long Beach the 14th. We take Commander-- in-Chief of the 
U.S. Fleet on September 19th and expect to be in Long Beach 
for a couple of weeks after that before going anywhere. 
We have no information as to why C inCus is coming to a 
cruiser rather than a battleship which is much roomier, 
but we are in anticipation of a cruise to various naval 
bases in which the speed we have available, over that of 
his usual flagshin would be very desirable. 
The '’flag’ 1 of course has photographers and I am in 
hopes of getting a lot of valuable instruction in the 
darkroom and then after they leave I will have the entire 
darkroom to myself and really be able to "go to town". 
I wont be able to express how sorry I am if the 
pictures I have given Lieut. Age ton inconveniences you in 
any way. I’m going to set National Geographic straight 
on the matter though by writing to them right away. 
If any more developments come up in a few days I Ml 
let you know. And many thanks for the prints you are 
sending back with the negatives. 
R.B. Thompson, SKjJc 
U.S.S. HOUSTON 
Long Beach, Calif, 
