882.5048/39: Telegram
The Third Secretary of Legation in Liberia ( Wharton )12 to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:20 p.m.]
25. Department’s telegram 12, June 22, 1 p.m., complied with June 26, 11 a.m. Secretary Barclay hopes to reply at an early date.
He said that [he] received a note recently from the Bureau of Labor, League of Nations, but he would not comment thereon.
President King stated that if the Department’s suggestions are accepted that he would not be inclined to appoint a government official as Liberian member, making no comment on other two members. He observed that references to Commission should state that under slavery convention forced labor may be exacted for public purposes.
President King expressed confidentially that the Department’s original representations were very severe. In view of the second note, though still considerably worried, he informed me he believes that course absolutely essential.
- The Minister became ill on June 21, 1929, and died at Monrovia of yellow fever July 15.↩