McGregor, Robert G. 
AIR LETTER Hay 7, 1956 
Ifr, Robert G. HcOregor 
Aaerioan Consulate General 
Leopoldville, Belgian CJongo 
Dear Mr. McGregors 
I aa really very hapf^ to receive your letter of Kbrch 8, 
It is nice to know that I may have the opportunity of talking 
things over with you next spring. There is a lot to be said 
about the African e^qpedition which I have not cared to commit to 
paper. the main, it was most successful. The greatest diffi- 
culty was at the photographic end of things, but that I take it 
has been ironed out in scrnie reasonable fashion. All in all, good 
and bad, we have better than 5,000 feet available for projection, 
but that, in the next month or two I hope , with the National Geo- 
graphic Society's aic^ to cut it down to about 3,000 feet, roughly 
an hour's showing. I am quite an amateur at film editing, but 
they have all the necessary know-how and experience. Our tape 
recordings need to be brought together on one reel to use with the 
particular episodes to idaich they relate. If I had known idaat I 
know now about moving pictures, I doubt I would have consented to 
have any taken on the trip. 
With Ifr. Bredin we have just completed a two months' cruise 
through the West Indies, having left Washington on March 1st, return- 
ing 2nd. On that expedition we took kodachrtme stills, four of 
us, and out of our several efforts we expect to have some nice 
views of our visits to most of the larger islands between Trinidad 
and St. Croix, 
It will be a wonderful thing to see you and l&’s, McGregor and 
have a "get-together" with Bob and it's. Tost. 
Kindest regards and the best of good wishes, 
Sincerely, 
Waldo L. Schmitt 
Head Curator 
Dept, of Zoology 
WLSchmitt s eek 
