SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON 25, D. C. 
Sand "sland 
August 20. 1^63 
10 
Air Ynil 
Vrs ^'ar^^anna S" ellov 
Rese rch Secretary, Pac‘f~c ?ro;ect 
D-’v'sion o? Birds 
S-^- 2 thson- an rs" i^'ut' on 
Wanh'nrton 25, B.C. 
Dear Maryanna: 
Just received 3^0 r inessage concern ng Men A* arrival ’-ere Aug. 2 B. 
The rest of th- ressage -’as sl'r>-tly garbled and we hope to get a re¬ 
check on ’t by ‘n the norn.^’ng. The cssage sent o t?^co^'’cern’nr Ihis 
ust have Pet -o*:rs halfway to D.C. You will ' ave r^ce'ved 
hefor^ou. get this ' ut here are sor<^ of the reasons he’- 'nd It,^ Both 
Ker. Wnlz and myself have ’-Ians to leave here on the 29th. We both have 
a good chance of getting ou' on that date since our reservatr’ons were 
made several weeks ago. If '"en ^ tays here until the 2nd, and ’-^r’s 
reservatir^ns are changed, ‘t *5 highly nrobable that he cannot "’ot out 
on that date due to an already filled reserva.t‘on I:^‘st. You see the ^lane 
has oni-j'' a 1 ml ted nu: ber of '-'■’oble wh'c'" "t can take from ’ ere since it 
also serves two other “slands. Also ^"^en Amem an has been here and k.'-ov/s 
the setup and doesnWt need Ken W:'lz to show hi^ the rlace. We ca- brir-g 
hir up to date before ve leave on '^he 2f'tb. It would be different if he 
had not been here before. Also Ken Wilz has already obtained a fl.'rht 
reservation froi; Honolul'; to San Franc!scotK^yes d'd this several 
weeks ago by bau radio to Honr-jilu. 
A f^v Items of Interest: Lt. Ih^^es knows of DTC’s desire to keep 
pers^mel on Brand I for at leas-i the ne>:t 
onths. Be v:ould I ke 
to k'^ow def:‘-.itely " f this Is 'he case. In other words he wo' ld I'ke 
in vnr t" ng from the S' ithsonman or DTC a long range mlan of our operations 
so he can plan ahead. In the future Lt Hayes desires to be notified 
(firsthand) by the ST or DTC in advance a*"' to v;hen tei^xorary nersonnel 
(m ch as Mr*, Miller and Ch-^ef Gjragos'*an) w*ll arrive and their length 
of stav. The CO then can deteim 'ne If qt<arters w-Tl be ava-lab'^e a'^d 
can arrange for accor dat-’rns. The reason -^or th*s is ^^at another 
'-rolect (new since Ken and Pat left) w'll be com'n^- In here d mediate I;/- 
(August 24) and a loglslics ^rohle: Is devo''op*ng. His cons-'ruc' * on 
crew for the tower vrll alvio be In ' hortlv. He ' s st-*Ml rovst :*n oeuested 
in the s-xrort of 01 r rpoiect, but wo^ld " ‘ r for t’e ant DTC to coop¬ 
erate with him ’’n his present urob'^e.' 
s. 
