Office of the Historian

818.6363/—: Telegram

The Minister in Costa Rica (Hale) to the Secretary of State

San José, November 11, 1913, 7 p.m.
[Received November 12, 8.50 a.m.]

In view of the situation it may be of interest to report that Richard Lloyd George, son of the British Chancellor of the Exchequer, accompanies Robert Anderson, who is seeking oil concession from Costa Rican Government for Pearson and Son. Refer to Consul Lee’s unnumbered despatch November 4 entitled “Trade Notes”.33

Hale
  1. Not found in Department files; for text, see U.S. Department of Commerce, Daily Consular and Trade Reports, No. 274, Nov. 22, 1913, p. 991. It contains the statement: “There is at present a proposition before Congress to grant a concession to S. Pearson & Son, of London, giving rights to explore and develop possible oil fields in Costa Rica.”↩