882.20/445: Telegram
The Ambassador in France ( Bullitt ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:29 a.m.]
864. I informed Léger today of the conversation that I had had with the Liberian Minister on April 29 reported in my No. 860 of April 29, 4 p.m.
Léger said that while he thought that it would be impossible for either the French or the British Government to make a formal written promise to Liberia he believed that the French Government might be willing to give an oral promise through diplomatic channels that in case of a German attack on Liberia if the Liberian Government should resist and should request French assistance the request would be considered favorably.
I have passed along this information to the Liberian Minister.