765.84/4230: Telegram
The Chargé in Italy (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 3—9:30 a.m.]
119. I am informed that in view of the reports of the situation in Addis Ababa the French Ambassador here is making representations to the Italian Government asking that the entrance of Italian troops into Addis Ababa be expedited in order to restore order. The British Ambassador has received no instructions to make similar representations and in reply to an inquiry I have stated that this Embassy has received no such instructions.
Foreign press correspondents who were received by Mussolini at noon today following a ceremony report that he stated that Addis Ababa had not yet been taken but that the entrance of the Italian troops might be expected shortly. He added that the situation had changed and that now foreign governments wanted the Italians to reach Addis Ababa as soon as possible.