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

an ideal location for the storage of cargo consigned for transshipment either northward or southward. To American shipping, Monrovia might gradually assume a maritime status similar to that of Dakar to French shipping, or that of Freetown, Accra and Lagos to British shipping. Because it was founded under the aegis of the American Colonization Society, with the active cooperation of the Federal Government, Liberia has been regarded more or less by Americans as a sentimental attachment. In the light of the incredible occurrences transpiring today in the field of internationalism, it would appear…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1939-01-03
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East; The Near East and Africa, Volume IV
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1939v04/d621
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Record ID	`frus:frus1939v04/d621`

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The Minister in Liberia ( Walton ) to the Secretary of State. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1939. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1939v04/d621.