ia*. Lftoj».rcl Camieha®!, througli Fr« E. Kellogg 
Herbert Frl®^*MR| ictiijg !l«ad Curator of Zoology 
Films fr®s the Sisithsouian Expedition to the Belgian Congo 
last Msrefij in preparation for the lunch Rceting at the. Coamos Club 
between yourself and Dr. Sexton, Dr. SehpBitt sent you a mm-ormndm in 
which lie stated that all photos taken on the expedition would beco®® the 
property of the a®lt,h 80 nlan Institution according to the teraa of th® 
grant, particularly as Sredin was providing the travel and living expenses 
and all photi^jraphic supplies. He also stated that it w«g appreciated 
tMt Dr. Sexton was providing IjIs own battery of ememn and lenae®. 
heiters received fr®i Dr, dclmitt contain intlftaticns tliSt all is not 
going as wootbly between bi® aijd fr. Sexton as taight be wished, and t!mt 
there is some sisunderataiJding , ©specially with regtml to the fil^t® taken. 
The evidence at this end i® also not without an ©leRent of suspicion, and 
it is for this reason that I send you herewith the facts, as far as I have 
the®, for your infonatlon and use in case you consider it necessaiy to 
take any steps in the miter, fo docuaent this Kfsnorandws there are 
attached terete excerpts from various letters fra® Dr. Seteitt, 
On receipt oX Sshixitt*® letter --^X ii.pril ?, Miss ’harts consulted Mr# 
aiding ateot disposition of forthcoming filras. He told her that, shortly 
before leaving to Join Setaitt, Sexton had inferaed hte {Gliding) that the 
color film t^uld be sent directly fro® the Song© to Kodak Processing Co., 
1350 K. £», for ?,>r oceasing , and that black and wh«ite fil® would 
be sent trm the Congo to Porter Studios, Falla Ct»'urcb, Fa,, f®r processing. 
All processed fil« would be sent by th® processors to Oeorg® La Croix, of 
Strauas Pr.ototechnical Service, 930 F St., M, for ts Croix bad instruc- 
tions i'rm Bexton to check ttoe ntmbered films afainst the ca®eras, to see 
if aijy flaws in the es^uipsent algiit be detected. 
Mr. MldliJg then called Kr. Ix Croix in Miss Beets* presence and was 
told that he (La Croix) iad the ga» instructions from Sexton. Milding 
mentioned that we needed all processed black and whdte film so that we 
might have the aecessary prints made at tb.e Ssp^itlsonian. La Croix said 
that his Instructiona wer® ttiat he must retain all fils until Sexton 
checked it. 
Miss Beets tten wrote Seteitt him of the apparent aisunder- 
standing and suggesting that Sexton writ# a releas® for the filsi so that 
w® might have it at tte Smitteonian, Op to the present date s'h® has 
received no answer to the two lettearaf In wiileh ate mentioned the necessity 
of a release. 
