April 17, 194®. 
General Carl Spaat®, 
Chief of Staff, 
United State® Air Force, 
Washington 25, D,C. 
Dear General Spaatz; 
Reference is made to my communication of 9 
February, relative to the loan of a jeep for official use in 
Panama, and to the reply on your behalf received under date 
of 14 February over the signature of Brigadier General 
William F, McKee. 
1 beg to advise that 1 had most friendly reception 
at the hands of Major General Willis H. Hale, Commanding 
General Caribbean Air Command at Aibrook Field and Ms 
staff. Through General Hale’s office a jeep was turned over 
to me on 19 February, 1948 and was used in official work until 
April 7, especially on the eastern side of the Azuero Peninsula. 
The availability of this transportation, through the kind co¬ 
operation of the United States Air Force, doubled the scientific 
results of my work. By means of the jeep 1 was able to cover 
a much larger area than would otherwise have been possible 
since the only other transportation that would have taken me 
into the sections desired would have been by foot and horse 
travel. 
1 have within the past week returned to Washington 
after a successful expedition, with a collection representative 
of the species of the major part of the bird life of tMs part of 
Panama, which will add measurably to our knowledge of the 
natural features of this region. 
1 will write to General Kale more in detail later 
