882.01 Foreign Control/344
The British Chargé (Osborne) to the Under Secretary of State (Castle)
My Dear Castle: Many thanks for your letter of August 27th and the accompanying exposition of the attitude of the United States Government towards the Liberian Joint Resolution on the League Plan of Assistance. I am both telegraphing the substance, and forwarding the full text, to London.
Meanwhile I have been instructed to inform your Government that His Majesty’s Government understand that the League Secretariat are writing direct to the Firestone Company, inviting them to appoint a representative to be present at Geneva during the forthcoming session of the Liberia Committee of the Council, which is to meet not later than September 22nd, and of the Council itself. I am to add that His Majesty’s Government attach great importance to the presence at Geneva of such a representative since, unless the negotiators on behalf both of the Liberian Government and of the Finance Corporation have full powers to conclude a final and binding settlement, they foresee serious risk that the forthcoming meeting may only result in a further postponement of a solution of the problem. They hope, therefore, that the United States Government will be prepared to use their influence to persuade the Firestone Company, not only to take advantage of the League’s invitation, but to allow their representative the widest possible powers.
Yours sincerely,