accompaniment. It was a touching gesture. While we do not recall the words, the song ends on the theme of "We will be waiting to meet you again, sometime, somewhere." Shortly thereafter, we said our formal good-byes. The group ac- companied us to the ship's ladder where the entire crew appeared to be assembled on deck. At this time they presented to each member of our team a paper-wrapped, oblong package with their personal good wishes. (Our assumption as to the liquid contents was later confirmed to be "Fine, Old, Rare". ) Our actual departure was accompanied by handshakes, formal salutes and repeated good wishes and expressions of personal regard. In response to the continuous waving of all the Japanese, we returned the gesture from the deck of the launch and all continued to wave until we were out of sight of each other. 1200 Even from the dock, we exchanged hand-waving. Wrote and dispatched final message from Rabaul to Commander JTF-7 (see Tat L, Appendix I). 1330 The afternoon was very pleesantly spent with the Haszlers on a motor tour of the Gazelle Peninsula, travelling the high ridge surrounding the harbor of Rabaul. Numerous native villages were pointed out to us and we actually visited one native hut. As explained to us by Dr. and Mrs. Heszier, the family groups sitting at the roadside and the noticeable foot traffic on the roads is the usual Sunday routine for the natives. Wherever we went, children and adults alike waved to us froz the roadside. During this tour, we went through a recently ~ CONFIDENTIAL e. Baer 7IS ROE ARCH/~-