882.00/937: Telegram

The Minister in Liberia (Mitchell) to the Secretary of State

34. By direction of His Majesty’s Government the British Chargé d’Affaires is sending Vice Consul Rydings to the Kru country to make certain observations and report on conditions. He will proceed via the Wolfram on or about the 14th instant. The British Chargé d’Affaires has been instructed to approach me with an invitation to my Government to share the expenses of Rydings’ tour, estimated as probably 150 pounds. He would be glad to have the reaction of my [Page 713] Government to the proposition and its cooperation in connection therewith.27

Mitchell
  1. In telegram No. 33, April 25, 1 p.m., the Acting Secretary of State authorized the Minister to draw a draft, not to exceed $300, in favor of the British Chargé to cover the American share of the investigation expenses (882.00/951).