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Jan. 17, 1963 Karachi, Pakistan
Hotel where airline had made a reservation.
Enroute passed a rig drawn by a camel.
Arrived at hotel about 9:30 p.m. Rate 50 rupees
a day (about $10.00) including meals, the
same paid at Lashaka but the accommodation
less plush but more spacious. A sign over
the sink warns that the tap water is unsafe.
Bath water is yellow with sediment - rust
etc.? I'm not sure I get cleaner by bathing.
a few mosquitoes. Several got to me and
I decided to go after antimalarial drugs.
Malaria occurs here. Mr. Tinker the
Scientific Attaché at the U.S. Embassy is
going to fix me up on this.
Jan. 18, Karachi
Spent an hour or so organizing a list
of people I should see concerning my
educational mission. Phoned Mr. John
M. Tinker at the Embassy. He had asked
to let Dart & I stay with him. He has a
large apartment but since he thought we
were coming later, had made arrangements
to leave in the 20th. The Embassy is only
a few hundred yards from the hotel at
Chancery - 8, Victoria Rd. - Phone 5-5061/