882.00/653
The Acting Secretary of State to the Secretary of the Navy (Daniels)
(Attention of Admiral Coontz, Chief of Naval Operations)
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 11th [15th] instant12 and to thank you for the paraphrase of a despatch contained therein received by your Department from the Commander of the U.S.S. Chattanooga on conditions in Liberia.
In view of the serious conditions alleged in this report to exist in Liberia at a moment when we are negotiating an agreement with that Government with a view of improving conditions in Liberia, it is earnestly requested that a small naval vessel make its base at the port of Monrovia for the present.
I have [etc.]
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