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Jons 12, 1947* 
Major General H* R* Harmon, 
Headquarters Caribbean Air Command, 
Alb rook Field, Canal Zone* 
Dear General Harmon* 
Administrative procedures here in Washington have been 
so hectic since my retorn the end of AprLjl for all the services 
that I hope I need make no apologies for not having written you 
earlier further than to say that you have been often in my mind. 
I was sorry indeed that 1 did not see you personally before I had 
to leave the Zone, but this was due to the fact that I was recalled 
and had to be in Washington by a stipulated date. 
X wrote you from Jaqud telling you that all was well with 
Hr. Perry go and me, and that our arrangements for our trip had gone 
forward without difficulty. 
In brief report, we reached Jaqud expeditiously, thanks to 
your kindness in arranging transport for us in a C-47, in the early 
morning of March 25. By good f ortone I was able to get in touch 
immediately withPanamanians that I had known last year so that at 
4s00 p.m. on March 26 we were on our way up the Jaque River with four 
men and two dugout canoes (Piraguas). I was intent on getting out 
of town that afternoon as the tide was running up the river and I 
wanted to get the outfit out of town before any farewell drinking on 
the part of our helpers l 
We spent that night on the gravel bar at the mouth of the 
Rfo Pavarondd, which enters the Jaqud from the north and is near the 
head of tidewater. From here on the men were using push poles up 
through rapids with occasional stretches of flat water, The evening of 
May 27 found us within the second line of hills, and we spent that 
night at the mouth of the Arroyo Tort add. On this second day we passed 
a few fincas of Panamanians and occasional clearings of the Choco todians. 
From the Tortadd on there were only scattered groups of Indians, with 
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