Via Airmail 
November 13, 
1953 
Mr. William H. Phelps, Jr. 
Apartado 2009 
Caracas, Venezuela 
Dear Billy: 
I just returned this Homing from Cambridge, Mass., where I have com¬ 
pleted one of the tasks that I had to finish before getting away for the 
south, namely, the autum meetings of the National Academy of Sciences which 
were held at M.I.T. As Home Secretary for the Academy, I still have to 
oomplete a lot of detail, but that will be done here in Washington. I 
will have to make one further trip to Cambridge on November 23 as I am a 
member of an Advisory Committee on the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the 
Committee in question having its annual meeting 6h that date. I will stop 
in New York for a day on my return to buy a few things and then will be in 
a position to pack up the outfit. 
I wrote you that I expected to oome down by steamer. I am pleased to 
write that I now have passage on the Grace Line SS. SANTA ROSA, sailing 
from New York December 17. The boat touches first at Curasao and, as I 
mentioned in mine of November 2, I will need to spend Christmas there. 
I expect to come across by air, presumably on December 26, to Maiquetfa 
and plan to have my outfit on the same plane as air freight. I hope to 
hear from you soon relative to the questions that I asked in mine of 
November 2. 
I have just received a letter from Charlie Hitchcock, in which he indi¬ 
cates that the reconnaissance flight to the new mountain proved highly in¬ 
teresting, although he gives me no details. 
On my return to the office this morning I find that my labels are 
ready; I also have the black-and-white film I will use. The first of the 
week I will get together the last of the collecting outfit. I may assure 
you that I am looking forward to this with much enthusiasm. 
I saw Serge Korff at a meeting a week ago and he asked especially to 
be remembered to you and to Kathy. 
Sincerely yours. 
A. Wetmore 
Research Associate 
