882.6176 F 51/230
The Chargé in Liberia (Clark) to
the Secretary of State
Monrovia, December 20,
1926.
[Received January 27, 1927.]
No. 422
DiplomaticSir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of
the Department’s telegraphic instruction, No. 36, of December 14, 1926,
the contents of the first paragraph of which were immediately
communicated to President King.
The President has now replied to the Legation’s Note, asking that his
thanks be conveyed to the Department for the kindly expressions
contained in the telegraphic instruction. I take much pleasure in
enclosing a copy of the President’s communication.
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The Legation is deeply appreciative of the Department’s commendation of
its activities in connection with the negotiations recently concluded,
and Mr. Wharton and myself desire to express our warm personal
thanks.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure]
President King
of Liberia to the Chargé in Liberia (Clark)
Monrovia, December 16,
1926.
736/119My Dear Mr. Chargé d’ Affaires: I have the
honour to acknowledge receipt of your esteemed Note of yesterday
informing me that you have been instructed by cable to express to me
the hopes of the Department of State at Washington, that the
Firestone negotiations having been satisfactorily concluded and the
Loan Agreement ratified, a new era of prosperity has been
inaugurated which will ever strengthen the ties of friendship
between our respective countries.
You will please be good enough to convey to Mr. Secretary Kellogg, my
sincere thanks for, as well as my appreciation of his assistance and
cooperation in the negotiations of the agreements now satisfactorily
concluded, as referred to in your Note; you will assure him also,
that I most heartily reciprocate the hope so kindly expressed by his
Department, that the conclusion and ratification of these agreements
will mark the inauguration of a new era of prosperity for Liberia,
which will ever strengthen the ties of friendship between it and the
United States of America.
With the assurance [etc.]
