Office of the Historian

882.72/5: Telegram

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

Monrovia, October 23, 1920—4 p.m.
[Received October 25—12:37 a.m.]

77. Financial Adviser informs Legation:

1st.
That French Cable Company here has filed application with Liberian Government requesting extension of certain rights of its concession to construct and operate telegraph line connecting Liberian towns which was granted by Legislature last February. This is concession mentioned in cable 41 [47], July 17, 11 a.m. and Departments 34, July 22, 6 p.m. and in other recent cable correspondence.
2d.
That French group known as “Colonial Society for Commerce and Industry” has renewed its application for concession to build railway from Monrovia to Franco-Liberian boundary. Copies of original application for this concession were transmitted to Department with Legation’s despatch number 10 dated October 25, 1919.55 This is application which has been so energetically supported by the French Government.

Both of above applications with others to be reported later will come before Legislature in December.

Bundy
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