California condor Eben Medmilan 29 May 1964 I still feel that Ben Easley remains one of the few men in public employment who remains completely honest regarding my search for information for in this condor survey. He has never indicated any effort to withhold information from me. Today, Mr. Morley, Ben Easley's [illegible] boss, several times reiterated his desire to have his people implicated with this condor shooting incident, or any other condor incident, to tell the truth, but be careful of statements that might be misleading and not defendable. Morley and Easley left for Tehachapi at 12:30 p.m. Warden Reed, at my request, called Fresno office of Fish and Game, inquiring about the use of a plane to search for the wounded condor. This at 1:15 p.m. He was told a plane could be sent from the Los Angeles area. This was done. Reed met plane in Tehachapi and it was over Horse thief Camp at 2:55 p.m. and continued to search the area south and east of Horse thief Camp until after 4:00 p.m. I also searched this area on foot. While searching in Canyon south and east a bit from Horse thief Camp and about two miles distance from this camp, I saw an adult condor pass northeastward over the Canyon to a point near the head of this Canyon where the condor circled for about two minutes before flying off towards the north. This condor showed gaps in its right wing out near the end. [illegible]. The Fish and Game plane was flying in this same area as the condor -