June 1, 1968 
Messrs. John Seago and D. Anthony Parkinson 
c/o Barclay's Bank 
P.O. Box 30011 
Nairobi, Kenya 
Dear John and Tony: 
Many thanks for your ver informative letters and de- 
lightful pictures. 
Elizabeth is both thrilled and flattered that you would 
want her to join me in Africa. She is of the opinion that 
the guest house should remain just as it is. This fall will 
see our daughter, Mary Alice, into her senior year in high 
school, and with the attendant college selection, etc., 
Elizabeth feels that she should not leave. Incidentally, she 
thinks it kind of sneaky of me to go to Africa instead of 
staying home helping with this, especially since I was in 
Africa last year and missed all the fun of Mark's college 
selection, etc. Anyway, we both thank you; and Elizabeth 
is terribly sorry that she can't be there. She would be most 
happy to see Africa, particularly as so much of it is like her 
home in Kansas, i.e., the grassland areas. 
In reference to either Dr. Melville Grosvenor, Editor in 
Chief of the National Geographic Magazine, or Dr. Melvin Payne, 
President of the National Geographic Society, visiting Africa, 
I checked with their offices and find that neither of them will 
be in Africa this summer or fall. I was informed by their sec- 
retaries (whom I know) that they had planned to take the re- 
search committee of the National Geographic Society to visit 
Dr. Leakey, but the recent travel restrictions requested by 
President Johnson caused them to change their plans. I was 
also informed that Dr. Leakey will be in Washington in June 
and part of July. I tried to find out if anybody else im- 
portant from the National Geographic Society would be in Africa 
soon, but got negative results. | 
