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765.84/870a
The Secretary of
State to the Ambassador in Italy (Long)
[Telegram ]
WASHINGTON, August 18, 1935—1 p.m.
136. You are instructed to seek an interview
at the earliest possible moment with Mussolini and to hand him a copy of the
following message which I am sending him at the direction of the President:
"I am asked by the President to
communicate to you, in all friendliness and in confidence, a personal message
expressing his earnest hope that the controversy between Italy and Ethiopia
will be resolved without resort to armed conflict. In this country it is felt
both by the Government and by the people that failure to arrive at a peaceful
settlement of the present dispute and a subsequent outbreak of hostilities
would be a world calamity the consequences of which would adversely affect the
interests of all nations."
HULL