882.6176 F 51/41: Telegram
The Minister in Liberia (Hood) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:15 p.m.]
25. The Liberian authorities have delivered to this Legation signed copies of the agreements to be transmitted through the Department of State to Mr. Firestone. Some changes have been made in wording and also a few modifications in an attempt to meet Firestone’s ideas, but they do not affect the spirit or meaning of the agreement.
The Secretary of State of Liberia is proceeding to America with full power to meet and settle all complications and misunderstandings which may appear.50 It is necessary that Bussell return immediately.
- The Liberian Secretary of State left Monrovia July 2, arrived in New York August 12, and sailed from New York September 26.↩