SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
October 28, 1936. 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
c/o Consulado de Los Estados Unidos del Norte, 
Guatemala City, Guatemala. 
Dear Doctor Wetmore: 
In view of the fact that several things in which you 
are greatly interested have happened since your absence, I 
will bring you up-to-date as far as possible. 
The Daveron matter took considerable of my time since 
I wanted to go into it from all possible angles. After talk¬ 
ing it over with Miller, Kellogg and the Secretary, and dis¬ 
cussing the situation very frankly with Mr. Duggan of the 
State Department, I felt that it would be best to put our¬ 
selves definitely on record with the State Department. Mr. 
Daveron had already shown letters from you and had received 
cooperation from the Consul. It appeared to me, therefore, 
that it would be definitely advantageous to place on record 
with the State Department any relationship we might have to 
his work and also to be certain that it was definitely under¬ 
stood that assistance he might be given would relate to 
specimens belonging to us and not a lot of miscellaneous 
material which he might send to us for temporary storage or 
trans-shipment elsewhere. Mr. Daveron had also quoted Mr. 
Miller as authority for the statement that Embassies would 
receive and forward shipments sent to them. Mr. Duggan 
pointed out to me that this was not one of their functions, 
and I thought it best to so inform Mr. Daveron. The letter 
sent to the State Department had Mr. Duggan’s approval before 
it was sent. In fact it was changed slightly so the last 
sentence would make our request one that they could meet. The 
attached copies of letters on the subject indicate the action 
taken. Mr. Duggan saw no reason why the Consul could not con¬ 
tinue cooperating with Mr. Daveron in expediting clearance of 
material. Whether this cooperation wall extend to the point 
where he will receive and forward shipments and make it un¬ 
necessary for Mr. Daveron to come down to the Coast each time 
is a matter which they will settle there. I have a. feeling 
that the extent of cooperation received will depend pretty 
much on Mr. Daveron*s methods of approach. 
