Cablegram 15 OTTAWA, 29 December 1938, 5.18 p.m.
December 29th 15 your telegram 7th December. [1] Much obliged for your full statement of Australian action. We have requested the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs [2] to instruct the British Ambassador in Italy [3] to inform the Italian Government that His Majesty’s Government in Canada recognises the King of Italy as Emperor of Ethiopia.
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1 Document 330.
2 Viscount Halifax.
3 Lord Perth.
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[AA : A981, ABYSSINIA 20]