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The Geographic will of course furnish all the film and the expenses of their 
photographer. Tom is a good man to work with and Iam sure that Alan 
under stands the problems that you would be up against in the field. 
The rest of the application seems to be fairly normal. I don't believe 
that the committee requested information from Conway, Heck or Talbot, 
but I had them primed with the proper answers anyway. 
Page 5 states that the field studies begin June 1. You can begin them 
any time you want, after we have received the final go-ahead from the 
Smithsonian Institution. In the second paragraph there is a statement 
about observations. Again, this is just recording what you see. In the 
third paragraph I talk about the fact that a great deal of research cannot 
he done. I do not want them to expect the sort of information put out by 
such people as George Schaller, who have published after long periods of 
study. mostly on plains animals that are easily observed. The last two 
paragraphs are of course a little scientific slop to make it look as though 
we are doing some valid work. Granted, it will be extremely interesting 
tc make parasitic examinations of a freshly caught animal and later 
examine the same animal after it has survived captive conditions. One 
of the things we want to do is study the animals after they have been in 
captivity for a long time. and note the changes in their physiology. 
Attachment "C" is certainly understated and I told the committee a 
good deal more than what we had written there. 
Now, what is the next step? What can I help you with? As I see it, 
there would be" 
(1) Securing the permit from the Kenya government to trap and export the 
animals. Please tell me to whom I should address a letter, and generally 
what I should say in the letter for you to get your trapping permit. Should 
I make any move toward approaching the Kenyan Ambassador to the United 
\e States, or should I write to the U. S. Ambassador to Kenya? I do not want 
} to cause you any difficulties so I will not take any action till I hear from you. 
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\? (2) I will see Claude Smith tomorrow in Chicago at a Zoo Veterinarians’ 
eo ) symposium, and I will discuss with him the possibility of quarantining the . 
CY 9g \ animals at your farm and shipping them directly out to New York. Ihad | 
7 “VY / previously talked to him andl understand he has sent you some information.\ 
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(3) We are making additional literary search to supplement the material i 
Ron Reuther published back in 1964. I doubt that we will find anything except | 
in hunting magazines. If you need any original papers on the bongo, let | \ 
me know, as 1 think I can get copies of them for you. 
the timing. that is, when you want 
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