Lt. Col. Merwin £. Potter 
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August 28, 1950 
westward to the Chiriqui lagoon near the Costa Rican boundary. 
The^only scientific work done in this area has been around 
Colon and Gatun and the Chiriqui lagoon; so far as I am aware 
no scientific investigations have been made on the long 
stretch of the intermediate coast line. This has only a few 
scattered settlements and little is known of it. What I hope to do 
is to get a view of the country and then make some arrangement 
to get out there and establish a base as I did at Chiman. 
The Stirlings expect in January to go to Rio Indio which 
is just beyond the end of the highway on the Caribbean coast, for 
archeological work. »V e expect, also, to have Gazin in pursuit 
of further fossils in the region below Ocu on the Azuero Peninsula. 
Relative to the jeep that we have stored now at Albrook, 
the Willys Company is giving us a new engine which we are 
shipping down very soon to Panama. Shipment will be made 
to Zetek at our base in Balboa where we will turn it over to the 
commercial company in Panama City, who will install the new 
-ngine in the jeep. This should take care of that difficulty and 
put the car in good shape. 
I was in Boston on Saturday at the Air Force Association 
Jubilee, my reason being to accept the experimental plane, 
Bell X-l, for the National Air Museum. You will recall that 
this is the plane in which Chuck Yeager made the first flight 
through the sonic barrier, and that it has been in use for ° 
several years in experimental work in this field. General 
Vandenberg made the presentation to me at the new Boston 
airport. I made acceptance and the plane is supposed to come 
down to Andrews Field here in Washington today by means of 
carriage under a B-29. 
Please give my kindest regards to Mrs. Potter and to 
the rest of the family. If you get to Washington be sure to 
let me know. 
Sincerely yours. 
hs 
A. Wetmore, 
Secretary. 
