882.6176 F 51/193a: Telegram

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

36. Your 45, December 8, 5 p.m.

(1)
You may take an early opportunity to express to President King the Department’s hope that with the satisfactory completion of the Firestone negotiations and the ratification of the new Loan Agreement a new era of prosperity for Liberia has been inaugurated which will ever strengthen the ties of friendship between the two countries.
(2)
In this connection the Department desires to commend the Legation for the manner in which it has kept the Department informed of the various phases of the negotiations between the Liberian Government, Firestone and the Finance Corporation, and the care with which it has carried out the Department’s instructions.
Kellogg