882.01 Foreign Control/753: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Liberia (Werlich)
Washington, December 29, 1933—5 p.m.
66. Your 100, December 27, 4 p.m.
- (1)
- As stated in Department’s 48, October 19, 9 p.m.,88 the Government of the United States is definitely committed to the policy that international cooperation offers the most feasible means of assistance to Liberia and it is the expectation of this Government that Liberia will accept the League Plan. We could not officially receive a “commission” and could take no official cognizance whatever of its presence in the United States if such a commission were sent to this country. We question the advisability of your leaving an aide-mémoire in this sense with Barclay, but approve your making this perfectly clear to him orally. You should, of course, not speak for the Firestone interests in any way. You may use your own judgment in the matter of acquainting other interested persons in Monrovia with what you have said to Barclay.
- (2)
- If, despite the foregoing, a “commission” of Liberians wishes to come to this country to solicit financial and moral support from American negroes and to deal with private American corporations, this Government would not be in a position to place obstacles in its way.
- (3)
- If applications are made to you for visas, by members of a “commission”, you will be guided by Note 18, Section 361, Consular Regulations. It is believed that any visas issued should be granted under Section 3 (2) of the Immigration Act of 1924.
Phillips