2000-10-23
Civil war. Overthrow of government from that run by descendants of
ex-American slaves to that of natives. Occupation by forces of neighboring
metric countries. Continued civil unrest to this very day.
Does this answer your question?
John
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So, I guess the $64,000 question is: what the heck happened in
Liberia since then???
Ezra
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> I have just come across the following in my 1979 files:
Liberia has officially decided to convert to the metric system, according
to an April 9 letter from the country's director of standards to the U.S.
National Bureau of Standards. A national metric committee has been
established by the President of Liberia.
(Information from Metric Reporter, American National Metric Council.
1979-06-15.)
