859A.01/161: Telegram
The Minister in Iceland (Dreyfus) to the Secretary of State
Reykjavik, June
21, 1944—9 a.m.
[Received 1:08 p.m.]
[Received 1:08 p.m.]
269. Text of Danish King’s message received June 17 (see my 267, June 18)20 given by confidential source in translation paraphrases as follows:
“Though I regret that my connection with the Icelandic nation has been severed under present circumstances, I wish to express my best wishes for people of Icelandic nation and the hope that ties binding Iceland to other Scandinavian nations will be strengthened.”
Dreyfus
- Not printed.↩