765.84/4931: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister Resident in Ethiopia (Engert)
327. Your 499, July 29, 3 p.m. and 501, July 30, 11 a.m. I should like to receive immediately your detailed comments and recommendations in reply to the Department’s 321, July 24, 8 p.m.38 and 324, July 27, 6 p.m., also reply to second paragraph of Department’s 316, July 21, 5 p.m.
On the assumption that the danger described in your 499, July 29, 3 p.m. no longer exists, I feel strongly that you should move into Belgian Legation at earliest possible moment and as soon as necessary [Page 277] arrangements can be made. In this connection I again stress the fact that the safety of the Legation personnel and of American nationals must take precedence over all other considerations. For that reason I require your recommendations urgently while you still have confidential means of communication which presumably may be terminated without notice.
If you move to Belgian Legation will you still need funds referred to in paragraphs 7 and 12 of your 476, July 16, 9 a.m.?
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