882.124a/112: Telegram
The Chargé in Liberia (Reber) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:45 p.m.]
176. Department’s telegram No. 115, December 11, 6 p.m. In response to my communication concerning the withdrawal of the Chief Medical Adviser, the Acting Secretary of State expresses the regret of [Page 443] his Government at the necessity for this and desires to be informed whether the decision is irrevocable, adding that the law recommended by Doctor Smith is now pending before the Legislature with every prospect of its enactment. His note concludes with the statement that:
“It will thus be seen that the Liberian Government is taking a serious view of the question and does not share the opinion that no useful purpose can be served by the continued presence of the medical adviser.”
Although the law in question does not include the necessary provisions for authority to be granted the medical adviser, it is thought that on a later occasion, when the course of relations between the two Governments has been determined, this note might be used as the basis for entering into an arrangement along the lines suggested in my telegram No. 159, November 17, 2 p.m. Such an arrangement might jointly be proposed by the American, British and German Governments.