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[[underlined]] Trip to Panama by Regents [[/underlined]]

Mr. Watson has suggested that he would like to help organize another visit of the Regents to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

His hope was to produce private transportation via two Gulfstream planes holding a dozen or more persons. The trip could be made over a weekend, with minimal time change and physical effort.

Appropriate times for such a visit might be in the autumn, when the weather is good -- September, October, November or December.

The Secretary will be asking the Regents about their interest in going to Panama and will keep interested Regents advised of future plans.

The Secretary will inform Mr. Bunker and Mr. Linowitz of the idea, as well as of the previous successful trip in 1972, so as to make sure there are no political overtones to such a trip by the Regents.