Office of the Historian

884.001 Selassie I/377

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Egypt (Kirk)

No. 280
Washington, October 27, 1942.

There are enclosed two communications addressed by the President to His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia.38 It is [Page 116] desired that these two communications be forwarded by the Legation to the Consul at Asmara, Eritrea, by safe means and that the Legation request the Consul at Asmara to arrange for the transmission of these communications by safe means to the Emperor of Ethiopia at Addis Ababa.39

Very truly yours,

For the Secretary of State:
Sumner Welles
  1. Dated July 23, and October 23, p. 114 and supra, respectively.↩
  2. The letters were delivered to the Emperor on December 3, 1942, by Colonel Clark of the American Mission at Asmara.↩