Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72/6631

The Secretary of State to the Liberian Consul General at Baltimore ( Lyon)

Washington, August 30, 1917.

Sir: The Department acknowledges the receipt of your communication of the 26th instant regarding the severance of diplomatic relations between the Liberian Government and that of Germany.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
William Phillips
Assistant Secretary