Dr. Carmichael February 17, 1955 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Request that Vr. Sexton be appointed collaborator 
As you know, Dr. Roy Lyman Sexton has consented to donate his 
tine to the thsonian-Bredin Congo expedition as medical officer 
and official photographer. Hr. Sexton served as medical consultant 
to the !!, S. Fish and* Wildlife Service on Pribilof Island investi- 
gations a few years ago and subsequently to a government mission 
to Greece. In the latter case he was grantee, a special passport 
for travel purposes and I would like to secure for him the same 
privilege for this expedition. Dr. Baker (United States Department 
of Agriculture) and I both hold such passports . It is for this 
reason that I suggest that Dr. Sexton be appointed collaborator to 
tne Institution for six months or at least for the duration of the 
expedition, and that he be furnished a letter to the State Depart- 
ment requesting that such a passport be issued him. 
We shall need State Department authorisation or permission to 
visit the Belgian Congo, the Anglo Egyptian Sudan, Uganda, Tanganyika 
Territory, and Egypt. A one day visit to Brazzaville in French 
Equatorial Africa will be made but I do not know vnether it needs 
to appear on our passports. On this point the State Department 
advice will have to be sought. I may need a similar letter to 
bring ay passport up to date. 
On our return trip by air fro® Cairo we shall be passing 
through Italy, France, and Belgium j but in Europe no visas are 
needed . 
