811.3382/20
The Acting Secretary of the Navy (Leahy) to the Secretary of State
Sir: Reference is made to your confidential letter of 28 January, 1937, file WE, in which you state that it is your opinion that the present friendship between this country and Liberia would be furthered by the friendly visit to Monrovia of a vessel of the United States Navy.
In accordance with the suggestion contained in the above letter, the Navy Department has tentatively scheduled the U. S. S. Boise to visit Monrovia about 18–22 October, 1938, and Capetown, Union of South Africa, about 2–10 November, 1938.
As the U. S. S. Boise is a new cruiser and has not yet been commissioned, the dates are tentative and may readily have to be altered. The Navy Department will submit further correspondence at a later date requesting that diplomatic arrangements be made, when a definite schedule can be determined.
Respectfully,