Reference is made to your letter of December 12, 1943, which offers 
to the War Department the assistance of the Smithsonian Institution and 
the services of Dr, Alexander Wetmore, Assistant Secretary of the Smith¬ 
sonian Institution, in the project shortly to be undertaken in a selected 
island of the American Tropics, 
The War Department appreciates your cooperative attitude, and wishes 
to utilize the services of Dr, Wetmore, 
It is requested that Dr, Wetmore contact Brigadier General Bullene, 
as suggested in your letter, to perfect the details of his participation 
in this project. 
Sincerely yours. 
Secretary of War, 
