765.84/1087: Telegram
The Ambassador in Italy (Long) to the Secretary of State
Rome, September 9, 1935—9 p.m.
[Received September 9—4:40 p.m.]
[Received September 9—4:40 p.m.]
563. Following telegram has been received from the Legation at Addis Ababa:
90, September 9, noon. Italian Consulates in Northern Ethiopia have been closed and personnel withdrawn. All wives of Italian Legation officials have departed. Exceptional military activities reliably reported from Eritrean border point to imminence of Italian offensive. Engert.
Long