SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON 25. D. C. 
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Sand Island . 
August 15, 1963 }, ^ 
Air Mail 
Vxs^ Maryanna Sinellow 
Pacific Project 
Division of Birds 
Sr/ithsonian Institution 
Washington 25, D. C. 
Dear Mar^ranna; 
Have now received your August 7 letter, also one from Fred. I am 
enclosing one from Mr. Mller \Nrhich should go in the files. I also 
have a copy here. 
I thought about keeping Ken A. here instead of Ken W. but knew his 
ord rs wouJ-d have had to be changed* Ken W’s plans to leave here now 
depend on the SI*s decision as to date of arrival of replacement party. 
He still desires to stop work on Sept. 6 if at all possible. 
Chief Giragoslan arrived yesterday. Shipping boxes also cane in 
yesterday afternoon and will be brought over to Sard at roon today. 
Chief will leave here on A-j-j-g He knew of no prior orders 
from MATS, so w^e immediately sent a message to DTC. It appears that 
tr ey never learn. A classified raessage came to the other side this 
morning. Ho one has gone over to get it yet. It was for the Chief 
and could have been about the bird shipment. You should see the list 
of items they want beside the 200 live shea3r/;a■^ers and It Mdllerb sera. 
They include sera and spleen from 100 shearwaters, sera and spleen 
from ICO mice (mouse sera impossible with present equipment), and 
ectoparasites. They sent no more centrifuge tubes, but v/e are trying 
to get mor from the dospensary on Johnston I. In order to get t: ese 
things done we are almost having to temporarily suspend our banding 
process. As for the September bird shipment, T think yov. should send 
boxes to ooth hiaway and Jo^^-^'-ston to insu'^e that tJe birds can be 
obtained. T'he shearwater clacks arc beginning to hatch now. One item 
vhicn v/ill be needed in the future is test-tube racks for holdin^c'’ the 
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centrifuge tubes. You sho’Id see cur Kake-shift racks, 
is also finding out v/hat DTC should have done long ago. 
Dr. i'jctn'Ore’s r. port v/as very interesting. Lt Hayes is having to 
write a hlst- .ry of Sand I for the* Coast Guard and uoiad like to inclu'de 
some of the items, in Dr. Wetmore's report. Would vou fine’ out if this 
is ok. I told L.^ Hayes he vrould have to give due reference. 
]] ^ind Ai ermans and Elliotts check. 
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