this information and birth date, etc*, should go to John as backup for orders if 
you haven*t already sent it. 
We recently received from you copies of final security clearances for Balcotrib and 
Shelton^ and I assume all who joined the project earlier have final clearances* 
However, I don't know about the newer people* Could you let me know who does not 
yet have final clearance, and who has interim clearance? This of course affects 
assignments of newer people like Tuxson to places like Johnston. 
Tordoff*s plane reservation ofi United was "postponed" officially to the 22nd, but 
there seems hardly anjjl doubt that it won't be able to go then either. He will 
then go on standby, and will be aiming to get to D*C* early the following week. 
He went on a banding trip to the Marine Base one night last week, and I've told 
him he needn't lose a day of leave for that day if he can make proper arrangements 
with you when he is in D.C. 
With respect to the long lists of birds recovered from the island of original 
banding, Doug says he has already instituted changes along the line you suggested. 
He is now planning to use the pink sheet only for recoveries of foreign bands* 
I believe. 
On the matter of Dick Crossin giving a paper at the AOU, I don't see how he can 
prepare anything new while at sea. Anything he might put together hastily might do 
him more harm than good if he tried to present it. I don't believe this came up 
until after the SIC cruise departed, so Dick doesn't yet know anything about it 
unless Chuck has written him a personal letter. Even that he wouldn't get until 
reaching Pago, along with your letter. I am counting on a lot of help from him 
during the week of August 29 preparing for SIC 15, which will be the first in 
recent times that won't have his leadership* However he could leave here over 
the weekend to be in Duluth for the meetings. Another complication is a letter 
from Max Thompson indicating there was some discussion with Chuch about Dick's 
flying to Adak to take a BCF cruise into Seattle "in early September" if Max 
and Bob do not finish in time to take it. But this is out, unless Dic| has a 
strong preference for it, because his two months "rest" should be a complete 
break and not spent half at sea. I'll try to get Dick to send his comments on 
all this before leaving Pago. 
No changes or additions yet to the Personnel Location sheet of July 15th. The 
SURVEYBR that Woodward will take is a Coast & Geodetic Survey ship, in case this 
isn't clear on the sheet. 
Think this is all for now. Please rush the next-of-kin data for Fitch & Tuxson. 
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