Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The British Commonwealth; The Near East and Africa, Volume III

740.00112 European War 1939/3170: Telegram

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

Washington, September 4, 1941—5 p.m.

50 [bis]. Your 80, September 2, 10 a.m., first paragraph. The Department desires that you ascertain by thorough investigation whether the practices referred to in your despatch no. 646¹² have actually been discontinued. If any such practices still exist, you should submit by mail full particulars, including names of parties involved.¹³ The Department also desires specific information in support of your statement that the British Legation is refusing to grant export permits for shipments of piassava from Liberia to the United States while granting permits for shipments to England.

Hull

12. Dated July 10, p. 527.
13. In despatch No. 665, September 17, the Minister in Liberia reported that a thorough investigation on this subject was not productive of tangible results (740.00112 European War 1939/3667).