Van Straelen, V. 
Filed : Belgian Congo 
January 2h, 1955 
Dr. V. Van Straelen 
President de I'Institut des 
Parcs Nationaux du Congo Beige 
c/o IRSAC , ii2, rue Montoyer 
Bruxelles, Belgium 
Bear Dp. Van Straelen: 
Hth this I send yon our itinerary as we have finally 
worked it out with Mr. Roger Coustry of the Belgian Babas sy. 
He and a friend of his, who las just returned from the Congo, 
believe it is quite workable. I will write you more in detail 
and send you a smoother copy when I return on February 7 from 
California. 
If you will note, we would like to stop in the rest or 
guest houses in a couple of the National Parks. About this, 
too, I shall write you more in detail and would do so tonight 
if I were not leaving in a few hours by plane. We are hoping 
also to get accommodations at two of the BJAC stations but 
aoout those two I will write Mr. Hendrix as soon as I can. 
According to present plans we shall arrive in Matadi by 
the Belgian African Line on April 9 or 10 and thirty-eight 
days later be in Bukavu. 
I shall write you again in two weeks. 
Sincerely yours 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Dept, of Zoology 
