882.01 Foreign Control/346
The President of the Finance Corporation of
America (Wm. P. Belden) to the
Secretary of State
Cleveland, Ohio, 2 September,
1932.
[Received September 6.]
Sir: We are herewith transmitting for the
information of the Department of State copy of an invitation
received from The Secretary General of the League of Nations, dated
August 24th, 1932, together with our reply, dated September 2nd,
1932.
Yours very truly,
Finance Corporation of
America
Wm. P. Belden
,
President
[Enclosure 1]
The Secretary General of the League of
Nations (Drummond) to the
Finance Corporation of
America
Council Committee on Liberia meeting September 19th, Geneva,
discuss definitive arrangements regarding scheme of assistance
Liberia. As your Corporation is aware, recommendations made last
May by Committee include certain suggestions affecting Loan
Contract with Liberian Government.
[Page 752]
President Council Committee requests me to inform you that
Committee would appreciate opportunity of consulting your
corporation and securing general agreement in the interest of
all parties and accordingly to invite you to send
representative.
[
Eric
Drummond
]
Secretary General, League of Nations
[Enclosure 2]
The Finance Corporation
of America to the Secretary General of the
League of Nations (Drummond)
New
York, September 2, 1932.
Appreciate courtesy your invitation to have representative
present at next Liberian meeting. However, since American
Government has not endorsed a plan for assistance to Liberia, we
do not believe that any practical results could be accomplished
by our sending a representative to Geneva until a satisfactory
foundation for useful negotiation has been laid.
Finance Corporation of
America
