h July 1^66 
Dr. Ralph D« Kirkpatrick 
Indiana University 
Southeastern Campus 
Jeffersonville, Indiana U7130 
Dear Ralph* 
I’m sure you can guess why I delayed so long on this reply. 
The movers come Friday morning and we leave the island® on the 
"Red-eye" flight Monday midnight* Mow that we are just about to 
leave it takes a lot of will power to finish up the last few loose 
ends. 
I see no reason why the proposed changse in your Tokelau 
manuscript would cause any problems with clearance and suggest that 
you go ahead with your plans to make the changes. I do think that 
it would be well to send them a copy of the final manuscript after 
it has been accepted, etc*, especially if the paper is delayed by 
the usual publication backlog. 
I suspect that you surmised from conversations in D.C. that 
money is expected to be short this fall and even shorter next year, 
assuming that the program continues. Whether this has any effect on 
such projects as your*s is not for me to say. I*d suggest that you 
keep plugging away and see what develops. 
As for your note on wing-tagging, I still agree that it is a 
good idea but suggest that you proceed before someone else gets the 
same idea. You should be able to dig up some data to the wing-tagging 
of frigates in the southern islands also. We never did get back to the 
Leewards to see the results of the Bonin Island streamering• That was 
just a gamble that did not work out. 
The data from the banding program are coming in at an increasing 
rate and In some ways I hate to leave at this time, dut I'm sure its 
in By best interests In the long run. We are looking forward to getting 
back into an academic environment. Drop me a line once in a while• I'll 
be at Hays until at least next June and can be reached there or through 
S.I. 
Good luck and I hope that your papers come out soon. 
Best regards, 
Charles A . Ely 
Pacific Program 
