Office of the Historian

852.00/3542: Telegram

The Consul at Gibraltar (Williams) to the Secretary of State

Gibraltar, October 23, 1936—1 p.m.
[Received October 23—10:20 a.m.]

Italian ship Esquilino arrived today at an early hour from Naples landing 23 veterans of the Ethiopian campaign en route to Tangier and Casablanca and 82 Spanish who are en route to Seville to join Franco’s forces.

Moorish troops continue to cross the Straits into Spain escorted by insurgent warship.

Williams