ADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO 
THE SECRETARY OF STATE 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
In reply refer to 
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
WASHINGTON 
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Mr. Charles D. Walcott, Secretary, 
Smithsonian Institution, 
V/ashington, D. C. 
Sir: 
The receipt is acknowledged of your letter of 
February 10, 1926, conceiving the proposed expedition 
to Tanganyika Territory to secure animals for the 
National Zoological Park. 
A cablegram has been sent to the American Embassy 
in London directing it to ask the British authorities 
for the permits and facilities mentioned in your letter. 
The Embassy has been told that the members oi your 
expedition are sailing in the near future and will call 
at the Embassy in London upon their arrival. 
I am, Sir, 
Your obedient servant, 
For 
ary of State: 
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