851T.00/49a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Dakar (Flexer)
113. Department’s 107, October 13, 10 p.m. A telegram has been received from Monrovia5 to the effect that there is great unrest and some street rioting at Dakar in protest over the compulsory evacuation [Page 404] of French women and children. It is for the purpose of evaluating this and other alarming reports which are being received about your district that the Department has requested you to keep it currently informed on what is taking place and the state of public feeling.
- No. 356, October 20, 11 a.m., not printed.↩