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Hench thanks Kellogg for the information on the Cornwell painting unveiling in Cuba, which Hench hopes to attend.

Hench writes that he will soon be visiting Truby and Mabel Lazear.

Hench requests that Kellogg invite Truby to an upcoming event concerning the Cornwell paintings. He invites Kellogg to a banquet at which Hench will give a speech on the conquest of yellow fever.

Hench informs Beach that he is preparing a slide lecture on Reed to be delivered at the International Congress on Tropical Medicine.

Hench writes to Kellogg about acquiring a framed copy of the Cornwell painting for George Carroll.

Hench thanks Kellogg for the copy of the Cornwell portrait for George Carroll. He invites Kellogg to see the yellow fever exhibit at the Mayo Clinic library.

Hench describes the Cornwell painting and explains that the tribute to Carroll's father is brief because there is little in the official records about his work.

Hench invites Carroll to attend the unveiling of the Walter Reed Yellow Fever group painting.

Hench informs Armstrong about the Camp Lazear memorial and his concern about the park and Building No. 1 being named after Finlay. Hench believes that the Army Medical Corps and the State Department should participate in the dedication. He encloses an extensive report on the impending memorialization of Camp Lazear and the participation of the U.S. Army and State Department in the ceremony.

Hench informs Armstrong that he has not heard from Nogueira. Hench hopes that Armstrong can come to the dedication of Camp Lazear.

Hench writes to Armstrong that he has just received a cable from Nogueira informing him that the dedication of Camp Lazear has been postponed until December 3, 1952. Hench is concerned that Finlay will overshadow the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Commission because December 3 is Finlay's birthday and "Physicians' Day" in Cuba.

Hench writes about the Camp Lazear dedication. He hopes that the ceremony will help ease Cuban-American tensions surrounding the Reed-Finlay debate.

Hench inquires whether the Medical School of Harvard University might wish to have a representative place a wreath under the medallion of Wood during the dedication ceremonies of Camp Lazear. Wood graduated from Harvard Medical School in the late 1880s.

Hench commends Berry on his choice of Caswell to represent the Harvard Medical School at the Camp Lazear dedication. He is sending Berry some material from the ceremony and will send pictures if desired. He would like to be reimbursed for the wreath honoring Leonard Wood.

Hench informs Berry that Maass was an experimental case of yellow fever, but that Ames did not have experimental yellow fever. Furthermore, it is not certain that he had yellow fever at all. Hench suggests that if Ames meets the criteria for a Walter Reed Society award, he would also favor honoring Hanberry, Kissinger, Moran, and Jernegan.

Hench supplies details and references on the yellow fever experiments, correcting errors in the film strip Hallock prepared for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

Hench sends Lage a reprint of his yellow fever article, and hopes that he will see it as the beginning of efforts to publicize the work of Finlay among Americans. He hopes the Cubans will learn more about Reed and his colleagues, as well.

Hench introduces himself to Lambert. He requests to meet with him during a stop-over in Chicago in order to ask him a few questions about the yellow fever experiments in Havana.

Hench rebuts Lambert's claim that Ames was a member of the Yellow Fever Board, replacing Lazear. He explains the criteria to be eligible to receive a pension and/or medal for participation in the yellow fever project.

Hench attempts to resolve the differences of memory between the yellow fever experiment survivors. The number of buildings in the yellow fever section is in question and the camp's exact location is unclear.