882.20/487: Telegram
The Minister in Liberia (Walton) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 23—10:40 a.m.]
63. I have been requested by the Liberian Government to inform the Department that new budget will provide for an increase in the frontier force to 1,000 men, and that new laws to be enacted at coming session of the legislature designed to reorganize the militia as a reserve force.
[Page 611]The Liberian Government is ready to purchase machine guns as recommended.
The Secretary of State has received word from Liberian Minister in Paris that French Government looks with favor on giving Liberian Government written assurance relative to defensive assistance similar to assurance given verbally by British Government.