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Harvey S. Firestone’s interest and activities there, but also to confer repeatedly 
with him and with his son, Mr. Harvey 8S. Firestone, Jr., with reference to their 
future plans for the country, he is thoroughly convinced that the opportunities 
of future development thus offered to Liberia and her people are unusually 
hopeful. Certainly without such assistance as Mr. Firestone offers or some other 
substantial aid (which apparently was not likely to be forthcoming), the future 
of Liberia during the next few years would have been more or less precarious. 
