882.00 Foreign Control/276: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Liberia (Mitchell)
36. Your telegram 59, May 26, 11 p.m. We do not consider it necessary to make any reply for the present to this latest approach. Upon the receipt by Barclay from Grimes of the League proposal together with the American reservation and memorandum (referred to in the Department’s telegram 35, May 23, 6 p.m.52) it is assumed that the position of this Government will be made clear to him.
For your confidential information I may state that Gabriel Dennis, Secretary of the Treasury in the Barclay administration, was received informally by Mr. Boal today. In response to his inquiry as to the [Page 733] attitude of the American Government, he was informed that we anticipated continuing cooperation with the League and that we felt that no solution was possible unless Liberia delegated sufficient authority to render effective a plan of reorganization. No specific reference was made either to the report by the Committee to the Council or to the American reservation or memorandum.
No reference was made to the contents of your telegram 59 or to Barclay’s communication quoted in your telegram 53, April 29, 9 p.m.53