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882.01/61a

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Liberia ( Wharton )

No. 23
Washington , October 6, 1936.

Sir: There are enclosed copies of three news items1 which recently appeared in certain American newspapers, purporting to be based on an editorial in the September 24, 1936, edition of the African Morning Post of Monrovia,2 regarding alleged Polish aims in Africa, particularly in Liberia.

The Department would be interested in receiving your comments on these articles, with particular regard to their source and the reasons underlying the attack in the African Morning Post on the Polish experts, Dr. Ludwik Anigstein and Mr. C. J. Brudinsky.3

Very truly yours,

For the Secretary of State:
R. Walton Moore
  1. Not reprinted.↩
  2. Not of Monrovia but of Accra, Gold Coast.↩
  3. Both had been appointed by the Liberian Government as unofficial advisers in 1934 following Liberia’s refusal of League of Nations Assistance Plan. Anigstein served as health specialist and Brudinsky as economic adviser.↩