882.01/60: Telegram

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

23. Liberian officials greatly disturbed over information privately received of a growing feeling in England that Liberia should be mandated to Germany in exchange for former African colonies. I have been requested to advise the Department of persistent rumors.

Liberian Consul at Liverpool reports that official of the German Consulate there in applying for a visa for a national recently remarked to white clerk “Mr. Cooper will not need this (seal) much longer.”

Walton