September 17, 1968 
Mr. John Seago 
Mr. D, A. Parkinson 
c/o Barclay's Bank 
Box 30011 
Nairobi, Kenya 
Dear John and Tony: 
It was really great hearing your voice a week ago Sunday. It 
sounded as if you were real close by. Modern communications are 
fantastic. We were all glad to know that Tony is better and we 
hope he is on the full road to recovery by now. 
As the plan stands now we will leave here on October 8th in 
the evening, fly to London, and be in Nairobi on a BOAC flight 
in the afterncon or late evening. I will send you further informa- 
tion as to the exact flights. 
It is interesting that Tony is going to have the locals check the 
traps. Iam looking forward to picking Tony's brains about bongos. 
I will be interested to hear about Alan Root. The latest rumor is 
that he has three bongos. If this is true, I suspect that our interest 
in them has stimulated him. This is all to the good. The more 
people that have bongos, the more chance we have of breeding and 
perpetuating them in captivity. 
We will see how things werk out. As you know, the IUDZG is 
in Pretoria on the 15th and the meetings last until the 20th. I have 
no particular time to return, although the District of Columbia is 
mak ng noises about budget hearings. We will all hope that I don't 
get caught in this mess. : 
Ever since you said how far the camp would be away from civili- 
zation, I have been trying to get myself in good physical condition. 
One doesn't realize in what awful shape this office life gets one. This 
morning I walked tc work, about four miles, and it tock me an hour 
andahalf. Sunday, after talking to you, 1 walked along the Canal 
bank for 13 m les in 3 1/2 hours and I was so stove up that I could 
barely hobble around for two days. Lucy just told me that when Bill 
was in Tanganyika he once walked 52 miles in 24 hours. She doesn't 
know what he did the next day, though. 
We are locking forward to seeing you about October 9th. 
Best wishes. 
S.ncerely yours, 
Theodore H. Reed, D.V.M. 
TR 6a. 
Be ©ed:lqm Director 
