884.6363 African Exploration and Development Corp./9: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Bingham)

236. Your 418, August 31, noon.94 In reply to questions raised at the press conference this morning I stressed the fact that we knew nothing about the African Exploration and Development Corporation [Page 780] or its plans and that we had no advance information that the corporation was seeking a concession in Ethiopia. I added that on the basis of facts now available I could not see that any question presented itself to this Government.

You should inform the Foreign Office in the above sense and keep the Department fully and promptly informed of any developments that may come to the attention of the British authorities.

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