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The Secretary of State to the Consul at Lagos ( Jester )
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1940, General and Europe, Volume II
740.0011 European War 1939/6957: Telegram The Secretary of State to the Consul at Lagos ( Jester ) Washington , December 4, 1940—6 p.m. Dakar reports French belief that British are planning a thrust against the Ivory Coast from their Gold Coast headquarters at Kumasi to railway a…
The Consul at Lagos ( Jester ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1940, General and Europe, Volume II
740.0011 European War 1939/7091: Telegram The Consul at Lagos ( Jester ) to the Secretary of State Lagos , December 11, 1940—noon . [Received 7:25 p.m.] Referring to the Department’s telegram dated December 4, 6 p.m., from the standpoint of my interest in the safety and welfare o…
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Kennedy ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near Ea
nial Office copies of his correspondence with West Africa in connection with his plan. No doubt in acknowledging these various letters interest has been expressed in what he was doing but nothing beyond that. It is true that, while Mr. Singer was in Lagos before the cocoa control…
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in France ( Murphy )
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near Ea
operly affecting the rights of American nationals in the territories mentioned. Please keep the Department informed of all developments with regard to this question. A copy of this instruction is being communicated to the American Consuls at Beirut, Lagos and Léopoldville. Very t…
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Kennedy ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1939, General, Volume I
thly consumption at 9,500 tons during the next 3 or 4 months, including 500 in Government purchases, and recommends 100% for the first quarter, and a retroactive increase to 120% for the fourth quarter, in order to bring into circulation some of the Nigerian stocks of 1300 tons.…
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Second Secretary of Embassy in the United Kingdom ( Butterworth )
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1939, General, Volume I
rue cost of production figure could be ascertained which would be profitable and acceptable to Bolivia, it would provide an ample margin for the other producers and he definitely stated that “it would provide an ample margin of profit for Malaya and Nigeria.” He added, however, t…
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Kennedy ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1939, General, Volume I
ntergovernmental Commodity Control Agreements (Montreal, 1943), pp. 81, 83. The standard tonnages for the territories were as follows: Belgian Congo, 13,200; Bolivia, 46,490; French Indo-China, 3,000; Malaya, 71,940; Netherlands East Indies, 36,330; Nigeria, 10,890; Siam, 18,000;…
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Kennedy ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1939, General, Volume I
oactive effect, and 70 percent for the fourth quarter. Campbell expects to be able to obtain formal concurrences so that announcement can be made tomorrow morning. The Colonial Office gave assurances that in the case of Malaya, Dutch East Indies and Nigeria the 120 percent quota…
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Kennedy )
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1939, General, Volume I
fixed at percentage equivalent to unrestricted production. We repeat opinion our cable September 26 viz consider it imperative produce as much Straits tin as possible regardless attitude other signatory countries. Conditions warrant that Malaya and Nigeria should exercise right u…
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Kennedy ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1939, General, Volume I
would defer its purchases. 2. By a Board of Trade order export licenses for metallic tin are now suspended. The Colonial Office states that this is a temporary measure occasioned by the shortage of metal in this market, that considerable amounts of Nigerian ore are on the way, as…
The Minister in Liberia ( Walton ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1939, The Far East; The Near East and Africa, Volume IV
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. Bec…
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Kennedy ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near Ea
ced that the British Government is to purchase as a war measure the whole British West African cocoa crop for 1939/40. The prices to producers will be on a basis of 9 shillings per load for Gold Coast fermented and 16 pounds 10 shillings per ton for Nigerian f. a. q. cocoa ex sca…
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Kennedy )
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1940, The British Commonwealth, The Soviet Union, The Near Ea
ipation in spite of the very large amount of West African cocoa taken by American consumers. In view of the progress made by British governmental agencies during the past year or so in the study of the cocoa marketing situation in the Gold Coast and Nigeria, and of the well-advan…
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Geneva ( Bucknell )
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1938, General, Volume I
The United States was not a party to the agreement effective March 1, 1931 (subsequently renewed and extended) to regulate the production and export of tin through an international committee representing Bolivia, Malaya, Netherlands East Indies and Nigeria; for text see British C…
The Consul at Geneva ( Gilbert ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1937, General, Volume I
and by the Convention of Saint Germain en-Laye of 1919 Signed September 10, 1919, Foreign Relations , 1928, vol. i , p. 437 . —in Morocco under the Act of Algeciras of 1906; Signed April 7, 1906, ibid. , 1906, pt. 2, p. 1495 . in French West Africa, Nigeria, and the Gold Coast (N…
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Bingham ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1936, General, British Commonwealth, Volume I
648L.003/24 The Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Bingham ) to the Secretary of State No. 2466 London , August 18, 1936 . [Received August 24.] Subject: Proposed Preferential Margin of Duty on Tobacco Imported into Nigeria and the Gold Coast. Sir : I have the honor to transmit h…
Memorandum of Conversation, by Mr. John R. Minter of the Division of Western European Affairs
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1936, General, British Commonwealth, Volume I
sion of Mr. Chalkley’s visit to the Western European Division on another matter we took the opportunity to relate to him the information we had received regarding the proposal to establish preferential duties in favor of Empire grown tobacco sent to Nigeria and the Gold Coast aft…
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Bingham )
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1936, General, British Commonwealth, Volume I
tate to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Bingham ) No. 1460 Washington , October 13, 1936 . Sir : With reference to the Embassy’s despatch No. 2466, dated August 18, 1936, entitled “Proposed Preferential Margin of Duty on Tobacco Imported into Nigeria and the Gold Coast” th…
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom ( Bingham )
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1936, General, British Commonwealth, Volume I
you think advisable, tobacco and flour as specific examples) along the following lines: (1) Under the regime of equality of treatment which has always been in force in the United States and for nearly 40 years in the British West African Colonies of Nigeria and the Gold Coast, tr…
The Consul at Geneva ( Gilbert ) to the Secretary of State
Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, 1933, General, Volume I
, see Report of the Bureau to the Conference , pp. 28–29; and Great Britain, Cmd. 4825 (1935): Papers relating to the International Tin Control Scheme , pp. 5–11. The signatory Governments were Bolivia, the Malay States, the Netherlands East Indies, Nigeria; and Siam as a partici…
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