02. GALLABAT 3, NOVEMBER 30, 1940

Your orders are to set up a base at Otrub, patrol the border area around Gallabat and make sure the Gallabat and Metemma area cannot be reoccupied by the Italians. Reinforcements in appreciable quantity, particularly aircraft, cannot be guaranteed at this time. 

Your orders allow you to advance across the border into Abyssinia if necessary.