882.5048/21: Telegram

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

8. Supplementing Department’s 7, June 7, 6 p.m. Your attention is called to Sections 424, 425 and 431 of Title 18 of the Criminal Code of United States and particularly to the employment therein of the expression “to be held to service or labor”. In the event that the shipment in question is made the Department expects to confer with [Page 277] the Attorney General of the United States with a view to considering the possibility of initiating criminal proceedings under these sections.

Stimson