May 11, 1944* 
Mr* Russell Foster, 
Box 253 , 
Gatun, Canal Zone, 
Dear Foster: 
It is now two months since I said goodbye to you at 
carap and I learn that work there has been progressing rapidly so 
that 1 presume your part of the task is near completion. The 
Colonel was in to see me recently on a brief trip to Washington 
and told me that you were now a proud father. My congratulations 
go to you on this fact. 
All the things that I brought back with me reached 
Washington safely and I am looking forward to the arrival of the 
remainder when Mor ison returns. His work should be about complete 
now though I do not have definite information regarding it as yet. 
Recently I had a letter from Carriker from Colombia 
indicating that he might be about ready to start out on some further 
work for us. You may recall that he is the one who last summer 
went through on the road from Puerto Sagoc on the Magdalena to 
Petrolea over the road that you constructed. 
Washington is about as hectic as ever though I have 
returned refreshed physically and mentally so that I have been able 
to dive in again without inconvenience. We are, however, down to a 
more stable basis now for war time operation than during the period 
of expansion and organization so that matters as a whole run much 
more smoothly. 
My photographs came out fairly well except for the koda- 
chromes that I took of the birds over the great school of fish in our 
trip around the east side. I was sorry that they did not come out well. 
Please give my best to Bill and to George, 
Sincerely yours. 
A. Wetmore, 
Assistant Secretary, 
IP 
