ADDRESS OFFICIAL COMMUNICATIONS TO 
THE SECRETARY OF STATE 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
In reply refer to 
FA 103*202/107 
February 18, 1931 
The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 
Washington, D* C* 
Sir 
The Department acknowledges the receipt of your 
letter of February 11, 1931 in regard to the proposed 
expedition to Haiti of Dr. Alexander Wetmore, Assistant 
Secretary of the Institution, assisted by Mr. Frederick 
C. Lincoln of the Biological Survey, Department of 
Agriculture, for the purpose of continuing the field 
work in Zoology of the Institution in that country. 
A copy of your letter has been transmitted to the 
American Minister at Port au Prince, with instructions 
to request permission for the continuation of Dr. Wet- 
more^ work, and for the importation into Haiti of the 
guns and ammunition referred to in your letter, ex¬ 
pressing the hope that the usual courtesies and fa¬ 
cilities, including the free entry of supplies and 
equipment 
