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O. Caroline 1967 Journal 78 Oct 18 Allbrook Air Force Base, Canal Zone. Pan Am. for air freight. Call office for schedule. Cost $70.00 for 100 lbs. Planes do not leave every day. Check Pan American Airways air freight office. Speak English if necessary. No one asked for my collecting permit or shipper permit (export or import). I'm not certain why but I think it's due to 3 reasons: First they were a little bewildered that a girl would send 'this sort of thing'. Second - return address I used Air Force Academy - no crates were going from Academy to University. Third I was with Bill Sherman who speaks Spanish so well they didn't believe he was American except that he was in uniform). New conservation laws went into effect a few weeks ago AND no export of animals is allowed from here because of severe hoof-mouth disease. None of the animals I took out could have carried it because they were either alcoholics or treated skeletons or skins stuffed with arsenic. I smiled a lot but acted as if I knew exactly what I was doing! I hoped works (next few telegrams are 50 c per word even in the