March. 11, 1065 
The Haaorabl© 
Th© Seerstary of Stat© 
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Sirs 
The aiiiiisoaiaa Imtitutim is spoiisoririg tJ-i® aaithsoaiaa-Ihredia 
Expedition to tls© Belgian Congo for the pisrpoee of oolleeting and 
stiMying prtearily the liwertebrate life of the reglmi the parasitic 
Edtos Mid ticks and their host plants and ajilmals, swoh m rodents, 
shres^s, bats, and perhaps in stem oases, unprotected sj» 11 birds i the 
orustaoee, terrestrial end afuatlo, as well as otter arfetiropoda, 
shells, fish takwi at the varlwis natl’?© fisheries, and such h©rp®to» 
logical speoimena as my be penal tied* 
fh© expeditiesia.ry paarty that rm plan to send will consist of 
four people* Dr. Waldo L* Seisaitt caT tails Institution, carclnologist , 
and party leader. Dr. Mward Bator of t-hs IJnitod States Departsaeat of 
Agrloultiar#, Dr. Hoy Lyiaan Sexton, TOdical oossultont to tte party, 
and his son, Roy Lysasa Sexton, Jr., who with his father will also 
mrm a« tte official photographers ^ tte expoditicn. Mr. and Mrs. 
Brtio© Bredia of Wilialngton, Delamre, -who haw fmd© «iis biological 
field work possible haw wry reeeiitly fotnKi it iapossible to take 
part in tte ©spedltlm at th© outset as originally planned, but tew 
high hopes of being able to Join it at a ssx^what later dat®-. 
/iXi outlln© ox th® proj.>08®d itinerary is enclosed for your Infonaa*^ 
tion, although minor changes as to places of sojourn laay be raade 
enrouto, tire ground cowred will te essentially as giwa. 
Dr. Scfjsiitt -and Dr. Baker expect to arrive la boopoldvill© via 
oab^m Air bines on Ifslday, April 8j Dr* Sseefeon end his son car Monday, 
April 10. 
Any assistance tliat the Departeent of State my be able to 
render the mMsibere of our Coago Expedition vfill bo deeply appreciated. 
fery truly yours. 
Leonard Carmichael 
Seoretfiry 
Yfeldo L. Schmitt :edw 
