882.01 Foreign Control/626: Telegram
The Chargé in Liberia (Werlich) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 25—10:35 a.m.]
71. From Winship.
1. I have had a lengthy conversation with Barclay, and Mackenzie subsequently discussed the situation fully with him. We hope to have a statement by Saturday regarding his attitude toward the League plan, whether he will immediately summon the Legislature, endorsing the plan to it, et cetera.
[Page 929]2. Instructions to Routh58 to cooperate with me were received yesterday. We are calling on Barclay tomorrow morning and will present the following statement:
“His Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Government of the United States of America are convinced that the present plan of assistance provides an opportunity which they are informed is not likely to recur for Liberia to obtain the assistance which she has requested from the League of Nations. They consider that the present proposals will provide a solution of the problems confronting Liberia.
Upon the acceptance by Liberia of these proposals and the extension when the plan becomes operative of an amnesty to all political prisoners detained, His Britannic Majesty’s Government and the Government of the United States of America will be prepared to recognize and to enter into full diplomatic relations with the existing Liberian administration.”
3. Mackenzie has already seen the French and German representatives, urging [them] to seek authorization by telegraph to make representations to Barclay on the League plan. Routh and I will call on them tomorrow for the same purpose and will leave copies of the above statement.
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- [Winship]
- Werlich
- A. C. Routh, British Chargé in Liberia.↩