765.84/4162: Telegram
The Minister Resident in Ethiopia ( Engert ) to the Secretary of State
Addis
Ababa
, April
22, 1936—5 p.m.
[Received 7:42 p.m.]
[Received 7:42 p.m.]
231. Crown Prince arrived from Dessie this afternoon with bodyguard of about 500 men, having left there immediately prior to the Italian occupation. Latest reports indicate that Italians have not advanced much beyond Dessie and the Ethiopians effectively destroyed considerable portions of the road as they withdrew. Apparently Italians made no attempts to pursue Crown Prince.
As the occupation of Addis Ababa seems now less imminent, the Government has postponed its departure.
Engert