882.5048/367: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Liberia (Reber)

[Paraphrase]

112. Your No. 173, December 5, 3 p.m. The Department does not feel that the considerations set forth in the Department’s No.111, December 5, 5 p.m., second sentence, are met by the Liberian reply, which evidently disregards the declaration already formally made in the Liberian Government’s name by President King on September 30.

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If this also is your opinion, you are authorized (in the informal manner described in the Department’s No. 111) to intimate as much to Edwin Barclay.

Stimson