File No. 763.72/3982
The Minister in Liberia ( Curtis) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 21, 7 a.m.]
The Liberian Minister for Foreign Affairs at a conference called by him this day, consisting of the representatives of the United States of America, Great Britain, and France, announced that the Government of Liberia had decided to change its position of declared neutrality in the present world war to one of sympathetic cooperation to the extent of its ability and to make manifestation of said changed position by the revocation of the exequatur of the German Consul at Monrovia.
The consensus of the foreign representatives present, as expressed to the first mentioned official, is that the publication of Liberia’s changed position should be held in abeyance pending instructions from their respective governments as to what steps, if any, said governments or either of them will take looking to the protection of the Liberian coast against attack by the common enemy or from internal disorder fomented by German intrigue.