765.84/1501: Telegram

The Consul at Geneva ( Gilbert ) to the Secretary of State

408. Secretary General has formally circulated the following telegram dated today which he has received from the Emperor of Abyssinia.

“We inform you for communication to Council and states members that Italian troops have violated Ethiopian frontier in region south of Mount Moussa Alli, Province of Aussa, between that mountain and the frontier of Ethiopia and French Somaliland and have established themselves in Ethiopian territory preparing base for extensive attack. Proximity to sea in this region and its easy access through territory of French Somaliland make it possible for Council either to send observers or to obtain confirmation of this violation of Ethiopian territory through Government of French Somaliland.”

Gilbert