765.84/4778: Telegram
The Consul at Geneva (Gilbert) to the Secretary of State
Geneva, July 3, 1936—10
a.m.
[Received July 3—10 a.m.]
[Received July 3—10 a.m.]
280. 1. Requesting consideration at this Assembly, Ethiopia has presented two draft resolutions1 to the following effect:
- (a)
- Categorical nonrecognition of any annexation obtained by force.
- (b)
- Financial assistance in the form of a loan of 10,000,000 pounds sterling to be issued Ethiopia and guaranteed by League members.
2. The general formal position of the Ethiopian delegation here, presented in other communications, is that the Italians have not effectively occupied more than a half of their territory and that the Ethiopian Government remains in full de facto and de jure existence.
Gilbert
- For texts, see League of Nations, Official Journal, Special Supplement No. 151, p. 60.↩