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

414. Consulate’s 411, October 3, 2 p.m. A further communiqué was issued last night giving the text of another telegram from the Abyssinian Foreign Minister to the Secretary General. The text reads:

“Continuation our previous telegram, four Italian military airplanes this morning bombarded Adowa open town, throwing first bombs on hospital bearing Red Cross emblem. Second bombardment carried out at 10 o’clock by two airplanes. Up to the present time 78 projectiles have been counted.”

Gilbert