Berkeley, Alameda Co. Calif. to Laredo, Texas June 22 - June 27, 1946 Left Berkeley at 11:15 a.m. with Charles J. Sibley. Drove south and stopped at Bakersfield, Kern Co., Calif. the first night. Stopped at Phoenix, Arizona the night of June 23, 1946. Stopped at Sierra Blanca, Texas, the night of June 24, 1946. Arrived at Laredo, Texas, at about 9 p.m. the night of June 25, 1946. On June 26, we inquir- ed of a U.S. Customs official the proper way to arrange for permits to carry our guns & ammunition into Mexico. The customs official referred us to Senor Javier Orsonio, The Mexican Consul in Laredo, Texas. We obtained an interview with Sr. Orsonio and told him why we were going to Mexico, and that we did not as yet have our colle- ting permits in hand. Sr. Orsonio gave us a letter to the Commandante of the mili- tary Garrison (Guarnicion de la Plaza) in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. We took our letter to the Commandante, Brigadier General Gustavo Are- valo Vera. After a wait of about an hour and a half, The general called us in to his office and gave us a letter to the Chief of the Mexican customs, directing him to allow us to pass with 2 shotguns and 500 rounds of ammunition. The General was rather