765.84/4949: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister Resident in Ethiopia (Engert)
Washington, August 13, 1936—5
p.m.
337. Your 508, August 4, 9 a.m. The Paris Embassy reports that the matter was taken up with the Foreign Office on August 8 and that the Foreign Office has now replied that they are at a loss to understand why the shipment was held up and that the Ministry of Colonies has been requested to telegraph the necessary instructions to the Governor of French Somaliland for the forwarding of the shipment to you.
Please keep the Department promptly informed of developments.
Phillips