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Albrook Am Force Base 
Canal Zone 
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uAN i 01349 
January 6, 1949 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
When one tosses a hone over your shoulder, you never can 
tel" where it will land. The welcome mat has been rolled out 
and the' way greased for us as has never happened before. 
We 
left New York on the Cristobal on schedule, but on 
account of rough seas we were a full day late in arriving. 
Two days out of New York we received a lengthy radiogram from 
General Hale informing us that we were to stay at Albrook 
Field and would be met at the boat. 
Were met in no uncertain fashion. Two Customs men were 
lined up as soon as the pilot boat arrived alongside, to gather 
up all of our baggage and stack it alongside the rail where the 
gangplank was to come aboard. We were put under the ropes and 
stood alongside the baggage as we pulled alongside the dock. 
Captain Snell, General Hale’s aide, was standing on the gang¬ 
plank to greet us. All customs inspections were waived and we 
were brought immediately into a new Buick and driven to the lost 
where nice .quarters had been prepared for the 3 of us. The bag¬ 
gage followed on a fast motor car and got here almost as soon as 
we did. 
That evening, General Hale invited us to his house for 
cocktails, together with some members of his staff and their 
wives. As you may imagine, we had a most pleasant time. 
A car with a driver has been placed at our disposal. 
General Hale also told us that we were to make Albrook Field 
our permanent headquarters as long as we are in Panama. He 
also gave us the use of a weapons carrier, which is now being 
rut into first class condition for our work. The General ex¬ 
plained to us that he had received your letter and immediately 
got into action as a result. We take our meals in the officers’ 
dining room and have the privilege of the Officers’ Club, which 
is a great convenience to us. We have a direct telephone in our 
room with our own number. 
Zetek was on Barro Colorado all day Tuesday, the day we 
arrived, so we went to see him first thing Wednesday morning. 
He was anxious that Dick give him some advice on the use of the 
truck (which of course will not be necessary to us now). We 
are going out with him this coming Tuesday and Dick will make a 
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