April 20, 1950 
Lt. Col. M. m. Potter, 
Caribbean Air Command, 
Albrook Air Force Base, Canal Zone. 
Dear Colonel Potter: 
I will not apologize for not having written you earlier since I know 
you understand what I found on my desk on my return to Washington after 
a two months absence. I came through without delay on Sunday, April 9, 
leaving Tocumen at 3:00 a. m. and reaching Washington early in the after¬ 
noon. My field gear and boxes of specimens were delivered at the National 
Museum yesterday. 
I wish in this letter to thank you most sincerely for ail of your 
friencuy attention during this last trip to Panama. I have written General 
Beam expressing my thanks, telling him definitely that the success of my 
work was due to the cooperation rendered by the Air Force. 
It has been truly a pleasure to me to know you and Mrs. Potter and 
your family, and I hope that I may see you here in the United States. 
Perrygo and I often speak of you. 
Search for the missing bed parts is underway and I hope will be 
successful. The boarder that I had in my ankle in the form of a botfly 
is ^^w ^eserved in a bottle of alcohol for the National Museum 
collections since that is the way the entomologists wanted it. 
Dr. Gazin has written me that the matter of tools for the jeep has 
now been cleared up satisfactorily. If there are any overlooked details 
relative to his work or mine, please let me know immediately and I will 
clear them up. Dr. Gazin has just written me of the kindness of the 
Air Force in sending out a truck to gather his material and will look 
forward to its arrival here in Washington. 
I hope that your trip into the Cerro Azul was interesting and 
successful. 
Sincerely yours. 
A. Wtmore, 
Secretary. 
