882.5048/21: Telegram
The Minister in Liberia (Francis) to the Secretary of State
[Paraphrase]
Monrovia, June 5,
1929—2 p.m.
[Received June 6—9:40 a.m.]
[Received June 6—9:40 a.m.]
15. For Assistant Secretary of State Castle: The representative at Monrovia of the Barber Line reports that their agent at Cape Palmas is booking 100 natives as deck passengers for Libreville on the steamship Zarembo, due about June 20. The profit on this shipment is said to be approximately $2,000. Because this shipment may involve the American line in the slavery problem, I should appreciate receiving immediate instructions or telegraphic comment.
Francis