852.00/4293: Telegram
The Consul at Seville ( Bay ) to the Secretary of State
Seville
, January 7, 1937—1
p.m.
[Received 8:55 p.m.]
[Received 8:55 p.m.]
Another contingent of about 4000 Italians arrived in Cadiz last week thus making total of approximately 8000 arrivals during the past fortnight exclusive of the Red Cross unit mentioned in my telegram December 30, 1 p.m.3 These forces are for the most part infantrymen and artillerymen and are said to have come directly from Abyssinia. Cruiser Baleares sister ship of Cruiser Canarias, recently launched, is now being equipped in Cadiz with guns and will be ready for service within a week.
Bay