January 14, 1946. 
Maj. Gen.L. Horstad, 
Assistant Chief of Air Staff, 
Room 3-E-1078, 
Pentagon Building, 
Washington, D.C. 
% dear General Hors tad* 
This will serve as a memorandum of our brief dis¬ 
cussion when General Arnold was kind enough to present me to you 
last week when we met at Field Marshall Wilson's home* 
Briefly, about the first of March I wish to make an 
official trip to Panama to carry can certain scientific studies for 
the Smithsonian Institution on the Pacific side of eastern Daridn* I 
wish to locate at some point between Cape Garaehine and the Colombian 
border* From available information it appears that the air strip at 
Jaque is exactly at the place I wish to see* It will be appreciated if 
arrangement can be made at the proper time for me to obtain quarters 
here with the understanding that I will pay the usual charges for mess 
and other similar expenses* If this place Is not maintained actively at 
present perhaps I can arrange to stay with the caretaker with quarters 
in one of the buildings* 
% work will be concerned principally with the collection 
of birds which will come to the United States National Museum under the 
Smithsonian Institution. I will have with me one man as assistant. 
In accordance with your request I will inform you de¬ 
finitely between two and three weeks in advance of the actual time that I 
plan to leave Washington. I will attend to the usual arrangements for 
passport and so on. If any other details will be necessaiy that will take 
some time for consummation I would appreciate word from you at the present 
time. 
With appreciation of your attention, I am 
Sincerely yours. 
A. Wetmore, 
Secretary. 
