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THE FOREIGN SERVICE 
OF THE 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
American Consulate General^ 
Leopoldville ; Belgian Congo , 
May 10, 1955. 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt, 
c/o Dr« L,. van den Berghe, 
Directeur de 1<I.R.S.A.C., . 
Lwiro, 
(Kivu). 
Dear Dr, Schmitt: 
Thank you for yom* letter of the 5th, which arrived yesterday. 
We have looked into the matters you mention, with the following results: 
1, Thez^ are no packages being held at the Astoria for 
Mr, Kellogg, There are, however, a number of packages 
of books there for a Mr, Kelsey, which must have been 
what gave rise to the misunderstanding, 
2, The average price at the Palace for doiible irocsa with 
bath, two in a roima, breakfast included, is 350 francs 
a night; the correspcsiding price at the Memling is 
375 francs, 
3, The Memling serves no meals, except breakfast, which is 
included in the price of the room. Since there is no 
restaurant in the Memling, many visitors to Leopoldville 
find it moz*e ccmvenient to stay in the Palace or the 
Regina even though they may find the rooms somewhat less 
attractive than at the Memling, 
4, We are informed that the price of gasoline at Stanleyville 
is 5,60 francs per liter; at Leopoldville it is 3,70 francs 
per liter. 
Immediately after receiving your letter from Stanleyville, I 
wrote to our Embassy in Brussels, outlining the difficulties you 
have had here in the Customs line and asking the Embassy to approach 
the Ministry of Colonies to see if an 3 rthing could be done to relieve 
3 rou of some of your Custcms obligations. The Embassy has done this, 
and we will write 3 nou as soon as we are informed of the Ministry's 
reply. Dr, Carmichael has also been in touch with the Department of 
State on the matter. 
