793.94/9669: Telegram
The Ambassador in Italy (Phillips) to the Secretary of State
Rome, August 25, 1937—10
a.m.
[Received August 25—6:47 a.m.]
[Received August 25—6:47 a.m.]
386. It is announced today that the first battalion of the 10th Regiment of Savoy Grenadiers left Addis Ababa on August 23 for Massawa, where it will embark for Shanghai to reenforce the San Marco Marine battalion in the defense of Italian interests. It is understood that this battalion is composed of between 600 and 700 men, including supply troops.
Phillips