Excerpt from U. S. Policy in Liberia: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, Second Session, May 18, 1994 The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at pm. In room 2200, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Harry L. Johnston (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. Johnston. It is 2 o'clock and I call the meeting to order. This is a particularly appropriate time for the Subcommittee on Africa to consider the current situation in Liberia and u.s. Policy toward this country's transition. I say this because the people of Li beria are standing at the crossroads and in recent weeks we have viewed two dramatic alternatives as to where this country might be headed. I am referring to the historic elections in South Africa and the infamous genocide in Rwanda. Today Liberia is struggling to break loose from over 4 years of bloody civil war. Factional fighting has, indeed, left its mark. There are scores of refugees. Some factional fighting continues and the country's infrastructure is badly dam aged. Worst of all, the level of mistrust is extremely high. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.