® RECEIVED Es | 7.5. Box 30011 
Nairobi. 
12. i6 6B 
Dr. T. H. Reed, 
The National Zoological Park, 
Washington, 9 D.C. 
Dear Ted, 
We were very glad to hear from you and to knov 
that you are at least safe and well even if somewhat 
purdened and harrassed. We guessed something like your 
description of woe and harrassment had happened. Do 
hope all is settling down a bit by now and that the 
letters to Yongressmen have not produced more trouble 
for you and that TB innoculations are no longer a 
burning question. 
Thank you for sending us a copy of Desmond’s 
latest. I must say I agree with some of what he has to 
say, and ofcourse the zoo in which he served as | 
curator are the worst offenders in may respects of---~, 
animal care f@w contentment. That Panda with it's 
concrete pen and tree always depressed me. 
I attended that last Capture Committee 
meeting and put your letters and orders before then. 
They have agreed to extra Bongo permits but the 
details have not come across to us because the 
minutes were not written up when I called in 
short safari. 
| Tony's tonsil operation proved to be as 
painful and wearying as the doctor had forecast. 
He also had ¥lue just afterwards so in all it was 
a rotten four weeks for him, 4e is now at the coast 
with the family and John King and I hope to join him 
soon. We late plan to do a recci of the “himbas 
Hills with Ken °mith and see if anything can be 
done about the Sable. 
ice Mike came back yesterday and said that 
Bongos had been alround the trap area. We have 
to date caught Three Bushbuck, three large Buffalos 
and a Giant Forest Hog. We have also caught two of the 
Duikers for you, I think our mixed bag is very 
interesting in view of the fact that Alan Root was 
so insistent tnat no other animals had<« been 
caught in nis traps. 
Alan “oot is now in England undergoing 
an operation ‘with his hand which is bad luck for 
him, Joan is carrying on at present but they have 
