SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON 25, D. C 
U*S.C#G» ID RAN station 
AP01 05 
San Francisco, Calif* 
Mrs# Mary anna Smellow 
Smithsonian Institution 
Division of Birds 
Washington 25 9 D.C# 
Dear Maryanna: 
I just thought I should reassure you that you have a live body 
here to send to the next assignment# I have not expired or anything 
during the last 3 months# 
Hope you had a very enjoyable blast on your vacation# It was 
certainly well deserved, though it couldn*t have been a very long 
one since there was no interruption in the flow of witty comments 
emanating from your beehive# 
As yet I have no picture that wouldn*t frighten Mrs# Weiss to 
death;I*ll try to come up with one before the project ends*However 
I am enclosing some which you must treasure always# Thats me in the 
small one- Ken Surly* Dave and I wre temporarily blinded from 
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too much bird watching (or rocket shots- or perhaps the glittering 
night life on Johnston)* In case you don f t have one, I thought you 
would also like one of old Bob Paunch# 
I note that on my latest new ly revised, temporary tentative 
field schedule I am to leave Honolulu July 1 though the Starbrite 
gets in June 1 8* I would like to get back to D.C# in late June- 
early July and to take a w eek- 10 days or so off, depending upon 
how much leave I have accumulated or can take* I wouldn 1 1 mind 
spending part of he summer in Washington, or if this is not feasible, 
perhaps taking leave later* I will let you know more definitely as 
soon as possible. ’ 
