Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East; The Near East and Africa, Volume IV

882.20/441: Telegram

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

Monrovia, April 19, 1939—4 p.m.
[Received April 19—1 p.m.]

25. The Liberian Government has been advised by the French Chargé d’Affaires that his Government accepts in principle Liberia’s proposal that a secret agreement be entered into whereby Great Britain and France in the event of war will furnish Liberia naval and aerial assistance, and that Paris has opened conversations with London relative thereto.

Walton