765.84/3838: Telegram
The Minister Resident in Ethiopia (Engert) to the Secretary of State
Addis
Ababa, March 2, 1936—3
p.m.
[Received 4:05 p.m.]
[Received 4:05 p.m.]
127. It is unofficially admitted very serious fighting has occurred in the North and that Italian claim that Amba Alagi has been taken may be correct.
Official communiqué denies categorically rumors that Emperor is ill or wounded or that he intends to leave the country.
Engert