Drawer 0 
Balboa, Canal Zone 
February 20, 195>7 
Miss Helena Weiss 
. iian In s-titution 
Washington 2^* D.Q. 
Dear Helena* 
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January 29 wi the application J hip in the 
Explorers Club for Dr. Cruoceni, sent to me 1 . .as of"Caracas, 
aught up with 
t difficult 83 
so Bea and I are clearing up that job at the present moment * I have 
Hitchcock, with ?.a, as re¬ 
quested . 
, - 
Ky sold left me : \teljr on .arrival here and we are 
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interesting and highly successful. ' It was in a region that is little 
known from the sir h of its natural history since it has been 
closed to ordinary entry feeing in a reserve for the San Bias Indians. 
There wore three of Hr the party, Bea, ny Panamanian assistant Gedda, 
and uyaolfg which, with our personal baggage, filled a little three 
passenger Cessna plane * Pood for a raontl another flight end the 
collecting gear a third one. We 1? ■ irstrip made by the 
Airforce during the war, set up houseke mg in ah old building, and 
Indisnsf friendly a: ill you more of 
our experiences with them when we return. 
We leave again ..almost immediately for the Azuero Peninsula where 
w* expect to be working until toward the end of liar oh. 
Best regards from both of us. 
■ffi y- f; ' hf ; f M-f: .f'f'fS f" Sincerely yours, 
A. Wetmor© 
Research Associate 
PS by Rs 1*11 write you myself in a few days, just as soon as I get caugh 
up with my secretarial duties! 
