INSTITUT DES PARCS NAT I OKA TJX 
DU CONGO BELGF. 
Van Straelen, V. 
Filed: Belgian Congo 
Brussels, February 1, 
1955 
Dear Mr. Schmitt: 
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
January 2k, which crossed mine dated January 2?. 
On examining your new travel itinerary I must admit that this 
program offers better possibilities than the preceding one and 
that in its actual conception it is very feasible. 
As far as the accommodations at Gangala-na-Bodio are con- 
cerned they are certain, as given, because there is a guest-house 
in connection with the Station de Domestication des Elephants. 
On the route leading from Gangala to Faradje, 28 kilometers 
before reaching Faradje, is located Nagero , a Station of the 
National Park of Garamba. This reservation is not open to visitors, 
but a special permission might be granted to you in order that you 
may make a journey on the central trail. I shall await your 
instructions on this subject. 
In answer to the question which you also asked in your second 
note, I wish to tell you that Aba is a little post that would not 
be worth your making a detour to see. In my opinion it would be 
better to continue to Bunia, after leaving Faradje, going by Watsa. 
With my wishes for a good voyage, I beg you to believe, dear 
Mr. Schmitt, in the expression of my distinguished and devoted 
sentiments. 
/s/ V. Van Straelen 
President of the Institut 
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