UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
November 14, 1936, 
Dear Dr, Wetmore: 
A couple of very interesting things have come up since your 
departure. 
You will recall that Dr, Mann has hoped to go to Sumatra and 
has had some contacts with the National Geographic Society in that con¬ 
nection. Recently, meeting Dr. Grosvenor at some function, the doctor 
informed him that $15,000 would he available at any time, and $2,000 
additional in case of urgent necessity. Since then the usual contract 
has been prepared by the National Geographic Society and signed by 
Dr. Mann. A copy of it, with all correspondence, has been kindly 
furnished me by Dr. Grosvenor. We have approached the State Department 
for permits from Great Britain and the Netherlands. Dr. Mam hopes 
to make favorable arrangements with the ocean transportation companies 
also, and ne hopes to go as soon as possible after the completion of 
the buildings now in progress. He assures me that you were advised of 
the program until these final recent developments, but it seems to me 
that you should be advised of them also. 
A confidential statement has come from the Bureau of the 
Budget in which we hold out own without step-ups, and in addition have 
$10,000 more for printing, $4,800 for guards, and $10,500 for fire pro¬ 
tection, No other increases have been allowed. 
