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29 January 1963 ; 
Went into town after breakfast while rest of party was unpacking 
and stowing equipment in aft hold. It was discovered that one pair 
of binoculars has a broken lens. This was not noticed in D.C. but 
I do not believe that each pair of glasses was checked when received, 
and I cannot see how such damage could have occured in shipment as 
they were well packed. Made final arrangements on the squid purchase 
and picked up several small items in town. I went to the Fish and 
Game Division and talked with Takata, Woodside, and Kramer, from 
1000 to 1245 about the project and the islands we want to visit. Mr. 
T kata informed me and showed me that in the Hawaiian game laws that 
the laws forbid the export of any wild birds; he explained that the 
purpose of this law was to prevent further introduction of Hawaiian 
exotics. Therefore he has no legal right to grant us permission to 
remove these birds. However, he realizes the importance of this project 
and therefore he, officially, has no knowledge that we will be 
shipping live birds out of the state. I assured him that all necessary 
papers had been secured for the importation of these birds and that 
under no circumstances would any of these birds be released. I talked 
to Kramer and Takata about arrangements for taking the former out to 
Pearl Hermes and Kramer wishes to have a special trip made to pick him 
up at Midway and take him to the Island. I do not believe the Navy will 
make an extra trip for him. The Game Commission was on Southeast Island 
in 1961. They have some pictures of it and I glanced briefly at their 
report on their work there. The island is a maximum of 5 or 6 feet above 
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