Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1930, Volume III

882.001/54: Telegram

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

Monrovia, December 3, 1930—2 p.m.
[Received 3:15 p.m.]

169. President King has just informed me that he will resign this afternoon at 3 o’clock. Edwin Barclay, the Secretary of State and lawful successor, will assume the Presidency.

President added that he was compelled to resign on account of the opposition to his reform program and made no further comment on the Secretary’s memorandum.

Barclay is openly anti-white and opposed to the International Commission’s recommendations. I shall await instructions before calling upon the new President.

Reber