December 28, 1954 
Dr* Clark Stillman 
Belgian American Ed. Foundation 
420 Lexington Avenue 
Sew York, H. Y. 
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Dear Dr* 8 liman * 
You may remember that I talked with you on the telephone 
this morning about the opportunity for doing some seimattfic 
work in the Belgian Congo in May of 1958* 
The group with which I will be oonn acted is composed of 
five people* Mr. and Mrs. Bred in. Dr* Wa. io Schmitt, Dr* 
Sexton and me. Mr. and Mrs. Bred in are sponsoring the trip 
under the aegis of the Smithsonian Institution. 
Dr. Sohmitt is the Head Curator of Zoology at the 0. 8. 
national Museum and is primarily interested in the Crustaeea. 
Dr. Sexton is a physio ian and amateur photographer. I am 
particularly interested in the mites and tioks. 
Jfy main reason for wanting to go to the Belgian Congo is 
that some interesting work is now being done on the diseases 
of wild animals there. In connection with this work, a number 
of collections of ectoparasites have been made from wild 
animals. I am particularly interested in the many new forms 
that have boon reported by Dr. Veroammen who works in Dr. 
Jadin' s laboratory. 
In addition, I should like to make an extensive collec- 
tion of the plant-feeding mites that occur on plants of 
economic importance in the Belgian Congo. Da that connection 
it would be desirable for me to be able to talk with an 
Agricultural Entomologist or Plant ftkthologiat who had some 
experience there. 
In order to accomplish all of this in the short time 
that I havo available, I believe that it might be desirable 
for me to be able to set up headquarters at IBSAC. 
