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LC . THE PRESI DEIIT :

m~r~ ~lrtu ~ouse ~a.s¥ngton

Koeoenhavnhof Jan . 5 , 1939

The Crown Princessand I thank you f or your kind invitat ion 1vhich WE' accept wi th the greatest pleasura .

Frederek

MJ deu Prtaoe hedent z-

I aa b&PPJ ~ Jmcnr til& t then 11 a poe11b111'J that you aDd Her Rof&l B1gbnel•, the ~- Pr1nonl I~14, will be able to oo•t to the l1D1 ted Btatea th11 Spr1Dg, and 1 t will g1" Mr1. RooleYel t and ae the greatest ot ple&811J"e to baYe JOU both u our gu•at1.

. The Expol1t1on 1D lew York 11 to be Op8ned bJ ae OD Snnday, ~1"11 th1rt1eth. I aa aot yet oenata whether I will go from there to rr oounV, bo•• at RJde Part or return to tM Wh1te Houle. At wblohner plaoe I aa, I hope that you aDd Her Royal Hlghaea1 oan ooae ad Y11l t u.

I aa ••peo1allJ glad to taow tba t JOU upeot to go thl"ough the P•M•I (>nal , land at 8aD h'aD011oo aDc1 oo•e to Jew Tort aoJOaa the Oontt .. t.

aa JOU IM Prlaoe AUl, will you glYe hla rr wa.m rasal'41. 1fe were thl~tea 1D 1918.

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!be Qrown Prlaoe o! ~me·l"t.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

DIVISION OF PROTOCOl.

MEl!ORANDUl!

L!aroh 17, 1939

VI SIT OF THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES Cf!QWN PRINCE FREDf:RIK ANp CROWN PRINCESS I NGRID OF DENlVUffiK AND ICELAND

Crown Prince Frederik

j Crovm Princess Ingrid Captain Commander Johan v. F. Vest ) The Minister of Denmark L!adame Wadsted

I Countess Sybille ~~. L. Revent low ) Captain Lieutenant Philip C. Weil baoh)

Chacberlain

Lady in Wa1 t i ng

Aide-de-Co.mp J Llr . Karl I. Eskelund ) Press Liaison Office!

There wil l be four servants attached to the party (2 at Hyde Park) .

The Crown Prince of Denmark will arrive at Los Angeles, Cali fornia , on April 6 and vi sit the Golden Onte I nterna­tional Exposition a t San Francisco , maki ng a tour of the United States (see attached itinerary) .

The President and Urs. Roosevelt have in vi ted the Crown Prince and Crown Princess t o vi sit t hem at Hyde Park, where they will arrive on April 30 about 6 :00 p. m. , leav-1ng tlay l a t 10:00 p . m.

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1 will ~· o••k vt~ry hr1oflY of t htt old • ce'kmrr.n 'OU 9 1! .n • ol ~h 1 ,. 1re t (j ·"''r , ft tu..te tl.rt ol d etone reM tftoturo l n \ho :aunty1 lllo of tt.rt hi •t or l cal l)tmlll• b y lln ~·Ill .n 1 t hll li11't of tb'l oot·nnr !ltone ot th~J ol •1 bu11•11n J•. t h" 11'1~>lniU )Ill\., or lue by :r• . 'Uolclq - bot h ~ tl\1 o t .> ~ ~ ,r...,.n'!n t l y e xhU.1tcd in tho lobby of t hn :1at t f 1oo .

\.8 t o t1J'.IO , 1 <; oul" be OJ 'I t convml ent f or •• 11' y u cvUld • t 1 t 1~t t hroo- t h1:r t y in th~ t.ftor­noon .

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So tu u I .. OODOamM 1 t 1• all ••t tor lloada)', l&q tlnt. I •'III!P•t that the dedloeUoa 48.)' eurolaM laolwle the l&)'1JIC ot the oonn-•'-· !IIJ.e baa 'bMD arraJ1P4 with Jaln.l PeoplM.

I b&Ye aleo told ProaiU'-t that the aotual whl41ag ot the trowel will be dou -,. 111• RD)'&l R1s~~DHa, the arowa Prl- of n.-r11:.

I will, of oograe, u J'OU ft88"t, ret 01tt of the OU U lOll( U I do DOt b&•• to wl11: 110ra than a few fMt, blat I do uot waDt to ollllb 11p em a plaUo:ra •

.u then will be a ftrJ' lara• ~nd OD _, of Ro)'&l t)' ba1118 preaat, I .. lip the quaUon of b&Y1JI8 a 118114 fr- .... t Polll and a platooa of aoope.

Make rov OWD deolalon about a 101111 apa&ltn.

I feu.,. oaDDOt b&•• a war-ablp than Oil _, ot no&llt nata.

u w1ll be aood to ... )'Oil too. Alwa)'8 dllO&Hl)',

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THE WHIT£ HOUSE WAeHINOTON

April 12, 19)9

Meeorandll3 ll'or 'l"he President .

Banoon Proot telephoned t o eey tho buildlns at Rbinebook will not bo complotod lnaido bt Kat tirot , but tbo outoldo will bo tiniobod and they will han sOI:io gran around 1t , They a ro soins aboad with that dato wtloos you toll thoa otherwise •

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Her. are tbe roqueete be ~•• tor the d8dioM1on:

1. 1101114 1t be posaiblo to got a bond trom Gournor ' o I sland?

2 . Could they bon a cont1Q8ont ot ooldlero as long ao the Royal perty wi l l be there?

J . How about l oud opetJ<oro?

4. Could you baTe a crW.aer up there?

Outeide of thnt thoy a o&r• to bo rwtning tho dsdloatlon tbe&Aolveol

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(,!,£RAL (OM\IITTF~

Po t Office D edication D ay Rhind•cck , :'\c11 York

A. Lu Uubtr l , Jamu R., HOUII)f rt.a•tbltlftlll

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Uward B. r.-.t ... r.- . r,,,., ., Ap r il lHh 1939

M!Ct:P'riO~ ud PltOCJL\~1

Jk• ...... ,, .... Al"ah C. FtG•I Hc11ry Sthud

ri'I:ASC£

)afflt-• S. Gibtcln l.c-1 L. Stewarl u .. ,. C. Otube

JAAFFIC

William H. O'lhlrt1 Joh" OuBy J~a Cunu

PARADE

Wallue w. fo••tr lninc J. Sultr \Vi iJia r. l.o"•

OECOR.-\TIOSS

llarry ~- Mu1Jn Oooald W. llulla• wmt •• T~r

JlU6LICITY

jJCob H. Str .. K. Jr tlarold C. Onh ·r,MT Ht,.f't

Honorable l'ronklin ll , Rcoeevclt TID:: WHITE IIOU SS Waehington, D. c . lly dear Presiden t Rooeevel t 1

I have be tore c:e your letter ot Apri l ll th suggeetin g the poetpone~tent of the laying ot the comer- •tone at the new Rnlnebec k poet office until t he building ia fu lly coc:p le ted , I a loo note the letter from "dc:ite. l People e .

In view o! the fact that oo c:uch hae been dono toward the Dedic ation cereeony on l:ay lst it hae been eut;geeted that we proceed vti th the Dedi en tion on that day . It haa a lso been augGoe ted that we 1ti,;ht incorporate in tho Ded i cation Exe r ciee a the l ayi ng of the corner etone . The ce rec:ony could be very b rie f ; you r car could be driven to a point witt.in a foot of the comer- etone , and it would be our hope a nd wieh, o! couree , that you p lace the e tone .

Very !rankly , tttie ie the t hing tllat ,.,~ would c:oet like to have done; but"' do want to follow your own wishes and ideas in the a;a tte r . i/e are eo delit,hted over the !act that we a re getti ng thie fine building with ita historic ae tting and back- ground , a nd "'<! a re eo grateful and appreci&. tive of your f ine !.n t e re e t t hrough al l t he ne gotiat1one !rou. the very start and of the f ine ..e.y ot ehowing your i n te ree t by coa;ing here to the ded 1ca t1on , that ..e want to do what you t hink and teel would be c:oat appropriate under the c i rewa tan ce a ,

With every good w1eh , I at ,

BRF- s

Docu• Doni

I onolooo lo1tor t 'CO Alb1ral. , ,_,.0 IIo au ~u p:.nin;l &llo oom0l'8Wll0

la,yt~ ott until tbo IN1ld1llJ 1o N:l!lv t or

JIM!iKLlU 0 . ROOSII:Vi>LX

!loloaon n. b at, EGQ • • llh1Mbocl:, t:crJ Yon.. r.l1/dJ

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tiHNI'RAL t 'OMMI f'TI!£.

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Post Office D edication D ay Rhinebeck, ='•" York

l.A'"'i• F \Vhuw, ,,,,.,,

f.!dwtrd B. Tt~hb\11\, r,.,.,, Jbl11.h ll. Wbc:c:lc:r

April 13th 1939

R£CitPTtOS •Del 11Jt00RAM

llrn..on R. Fro .. t ~\lvth 0 . Frott JIC:IUJ $c-bud

FIS'ASCE

J•m•• S. Gibton Lea 1 .. St~wart

Hrary C. Grube

1 RAFFIC

William J-1 . O'Hriut John l)dy John Curru

\Vallue W, f'ottu

II viniC J. Stalt)' Wlllitm l.ewa

Ot:COitATIO~S

th rrr ~. Manin l)ontld W. liatkln•

PUBLICIT\'

J•cob H. Stroa£, J ,, ll uuld C. Oavi~

l:ie e l!arsue ri te LeHand Secretary to the President TIU. WH I T.o. HOUSE Washing ton , ll , C.

Denr ){iee LeHand1

7/e are a bit disturbed ov.r the arransementa !or the Dedicat ion Axercleee at the new Rhinebeck poet office on l'ay 1st 1939. The President expec t s to a rrive about 3&30 PJ.I and will have with him t he Crown Prince and Crown Princeoe o! Deru:ark. He haa indicated that be will give a abort addreea of about !Hteen or twenty or.inutee . Tbe exercieee are known aa "The Dedication Exercieee . •

It hne no w occurred to ue , in view of the President ' s le t ter to or.e o! April 11th ., that we might i11clude in the Dedication Sxerci eea the laying o! the corner atone which beare the nwr.e of the President and o! other government o!ficiale 'Rho have been inotrun:ental in the erection o! the building . It that I e done , tho President should zeally leave his car for thtlt purpose , although he hae expressed h i e wieh that he epeak !rom the autocobile . The car could be driven up to a posi­tion •dthin a toot o:- two of the corner- stone , and the ceremony could be very abort .

l nm sure that nothing would please our local people better than to have the Presi dent leave the car juet !or a n:ocent and officiate at the corner- atone laying. "'a c;atter o! ! ac t , there ie aleo a Legend-etone which could be placed at a later date, and probably upon the occu.eion o! the openins of the building !or occupation . However , i! the l!resident would pre!e r to r~turn at a late r date to lay the corner- atone ~<hen the building 1e tully cocple ted except tor the murnle (which I under­etand will not be !iniehed before Fall) we would be very glad to arxe.nge for the corner-atone laying at aoor.e time

to au it tile President"a convenience .

1 e1t answering the Preeident ' s letter and eiztply suggeeting that o! course we want to do whnt he thinks rrould be moet appropriate ano what he wo uld moe t l1 ke to do .

c;['l R.\L <OMMn-n :e

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Pos t Office D edication D ay Rhinebeck, ::-;," York

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RECtl''nO!\ •IIWI PROORAM

&11~ R. Fro t4. o\h I~(;. Frotl Hrnr) Sct.ud

fiSA~CE

J•mu S. Gib.on Lu L. Sc«••n H..-.ry C. Gt..bt

, KAFJIC

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I)£CORATIOSS

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PUBLIC ITY

J•coh H. Stt•oa. J' ... , .. 4 c. 0..-J. T n ey 11ucu

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And becauee of r:.y previoue correspondence and telephone c onvereatione with you , lac brineine the r:.at te r to your attention at this time lind rnaking eu~:~t~ee tiona , kno>1ing that you will diecuee the C'Atter •ith him .

BRF- S - -------------------

\ April 24 , ) 939

Tho follawi"~ aottvitioo ar e oohodul od to t~ke pl~oo at Hyde l'krk •

Fri day , April 2ij th - dinner for tho 11on 1egian Crown Prinoe and Prinoooo a t lh OO. '!'he Vaoear Coll ege Choir will sing aftex- dinnor .

Satur dO// , April 29th - pionio for the llo rwegi•no . Coro wil l moot a t t he big houao a t 121SO and proo&t>d to tho pienie gro1mdo . They v.1.ll bo ontert&ined by Nor ­-wegia.n Binge1·c and danoer t: . Mr . Holtry Jungo >:ill brin& tl:ero.

Sat w·clay, Apr il 29th - dinner for the l!orr.ogiana ~t 8100 S~mday, April Soth - dinnor for tho Cro'Wll l'r inoe •nd

Prinoooe of Donmark at 8•00. l.!usic. wi ll be fu rniohod !>-; l!l.u Krauo and hor aeooopaniot , and ~. Carl R. Caxson•r Y .~ . c .A . quartet of Salec College ,

Uondo.y , !lay let - pienio for t!to Danos , Caro will meet a t the Bi£ houoe a t 12, 30 and prooeed to tho pionie &r ound • . Tbero wi 11 bo no entertf.inment .

llox:doy, l~ let . - Pinner tor the Caneo at 8 tOO.

~llS . J . !', HEW. Soorotary to Mr,. Roosevelt

This m.GtlO haa been sent to l.lr . Sl.U!lnerlin , ltr. \foodwft.rd, l.tr . !o..r ly , Gen. W•taon , Captain Ca.l b.ghan, llis £ Tbonpson , l.W.~Crim J-•..J. ., ....

• DANISH PICIIIC AT HYDE PARK tt.oJidoy a.tternoon , Ali.IY l, 1939 ,

at 12:30 o'clock .

Tbe President end Mre, Rooaevelt

Wra. lames Roosevelt

T.R, I!. The Crown Prince and CrOI'Ill Princoss of Denmark end Icolend

Tbe Llinis t er of De=rk o.nd Ltme. iladated

Capt. Comdr. Johan V. F. Vast

Countess Sybille !(. L . Revontlow

Capt. Lt . Philip C. Weilbach

l.lr, Xe.rl I . E'skel und

Count Arliefeldt

Countees caritae Bernstorrr

Capt. Daniel 1 . Callaghan

Miss Nancy Cook

Lt. Col. w. c. crane

Miss Laura F. Delano

l.lr. and lin. Lynnn Del a no

Ml.as Maria n Dickerman

Mr. Olin DOW&

~·· n-ncy Dows

Uir • • f 'fr''•h )

Ill:'. \Yilliam D. HAssett IM-. 7k-.v.....S. ~VI./ Lt. comi:i/Walter R. 10110s

llliss Dorotlly Junge

Mr. Helll"y Junge

Miea MArguerite LoBand

Aclm. Roae T. M<>Inti re

l.lr . ~l IUller

llr. and lire. Oeral.d Morgan

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The Secretary of the Treasury a l

Lt. John F . Newman, Jr.

Mr. Henry Os thagen

Miss J ean Rogers

Miss Ellen Roosevelt

Mrs. J. R. Roos evelt

Mr. aJld Mrs. Rudolph Stanley-Br<

Miss Margaret L. Suckley

Mr. Robert B. Suckley

Miss 1ttlviDa c. 'Ihompson

Miss Simone Va n Haver

Bri&• Gen . Edwin M.

Dr. and Mrs. Frank R. Wilson

Comdr. Llo.yd J . Wiltse

Mr. Stanley Woodward

\ THE WHITE HOUSf:

INA.aHIHOTON

Apr il 2v , 1S3U

!!arrh .11 J:.?rbg will eend fi r e , .<ooeo• volt 16 photot:-.t.Phs to t.:iae ".:hoii!\IOn, •tho 7'l \1 .,arr; tl:e::o to !ydo .'•rk fo r si.,:no.~.1re .

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1! . ,( , !!, -:r OTIII I'rinoooo l!lfr1~ - O.:."""'l' k

Sho will ·1vo 3 photo~rapha to

t.rs . :; • . t . Oatg:&ar:l - Nom.~ ~ou~t••• ~;b1lle ~. L. 3evc~tlow - Don~.rk

April 18 , 1939

l.!R '0 RAN DO.!! I

Photographs of the Pre sident will be g i ven to the followin~;:

No . 1 photog raph The Pr esident of Nioaraglla The Kin& of Engla nd

No . 2 photograph Hon. Dr . Yanuel Cor d e r o Reyes - Min . of For e i gn Affairs of Nicaragua

Mr . de Valera - Prime l,fin . or I r e land H.R.H. Gr own Pr ince Ol av - Noruay H. R. H. C·· own .:>r inoe Fr ederik - Denmar k Ear l of El uon - England Ea r l of Airlia - Bngland

No . 3 >hotogr a ph Mr . Joseph i7a l she - with L1r . de Valer a Ca pt . Comdr . Johan v. F, Vest - Chamber l a in -

Denmark Maj . N, n. Ostgaar d - Chamberlai n - Norway 1st Lt . Ootlivio Sa oa aa - Aide to Pres . of !Ho . 2nd Lt . Pedr o Nol asco Romer o - Aide to

Pr es . or Nicaragua Mr . A. Lasoell ea - King and Queen Surgeon Captai n H. White - vri th King and Queet Mr . G. F . Stewo.rd - with Kin g and Queen Capt. M. Adeane Lt. Col , The Hon. Pier s Legh Comdr . E. M, c. Abel - Stni. th

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The President Hyde Park (via the White House)

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

DIVISION OF PROTOCOL

WEMORANDUM

May 11, 1939

General Watson:

The Crown Prince or De nmark

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President Roosevelt on sailing

yesterday .

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DEPARTMENT OF' ST ATE

WASHINGTON

·n-., t "!·1 . 1~39

l!y dear General V.a tson :

llr . Benril< de Kauffmann , the ner1ly !IP.!>Ointed Envoy

Extr aordinary and l!inister Plenip~tentiary of Denmark,

ha s assumed the du ties of his off ice i n l'. ashington and

is awaiti ng the pleasure of the President to r eceive him

in for mal audience.

I am enclosi ng a copy of the rellUlrks which the

appointed Minister will hand to the Pr esident upon

his pr esentation.

A copy of the President ' s r eply is also encl osed

for him to hand to t he Minister 1n exchange for the

r e!'larks flhich will be handed to the President. An

extr a copy of the Pr esident ' s r eply is transmi tted

herewi t b, flhich toay be retained for the White House

file s .

If there ar e any changes to be made in the

President's r eply to the remarks of the Ulnister ,

will

Brigadier General Edwin ~.at son, (J. <> . A. , Secretary to the Pr esident ,

The ~bite !louse .

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~lll you please let Qe kno• so that corrections aay

be aade.

If you Will be good enough to inform me as to the doy and hour when 1 t wlll be ayr eeable 1'or tho President to r eceive the ~nlster , I s~ll be pleased to lot him know.

A short bioaraph1cal sketch or the Minister is enclosed herer.ith .

Sincer ely your s,

!)!closures: Copy ot the Minis t or's rem~rks ; Reply to nbovo, wi th extra copy; Biographical sketch.

DEI"ARTMENT OF STAT E

DIVISION OF PROTOCOL.

i\hi te Hou se :

The Pr es i dent's r emarks

should be dated before they ar e

handed to the Pres i dent .

G. T. S.

01\AFT OF

THE PRESIDENT'S REPLY

TO tHE IWIA!iKS Or THE

NEwLY APPOINTf.O III NISTER OF OUIIIAIUC Mill !Chi.ANO

liR. HF.IIRIK de KAUP!li.\Hli

OPOH THE OCCASION Of THE PRtd!NTATI ON OF HIS

LETTERS OF CRWENCE

l.!r . 111n1ator :

I t b~ves :e sreat pleasure to receive from your

hands the Letter by which Hie Majeaty the King ot Oenoark

and I celand hae requested ~e t o receive you as Hia Envoy

Extra~rdir.ary and llinieter Plenipotentiary. I aa happy

to receive you in that capacity and to welcome you to

iiash1ngton.

I accept also the Letters ot Recall o! your 41&­

tin>;uicteCl predecessor , llr. Otto ,ladeted, •ho durin~ h18

long eervice in .aebington notably furthered the friend-

&hip ~hich has eo hap~ily marked relatione between the

people c! :be Unit ed States and the peoplee of Oen~k

and of I co land.

You ~ay be aaeured, ~. l.!inieter, that in the

execution of your high aiasion you will rece ive ~y

ey~~~pathetio

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aympathetio cooperation and t~t of a ll o!!iciala of

the Government ot the United. States.

I shall be molt ~rate!ul it you will convey to His

)..o.j esty King Cnristian my 1001t cordial •tabes for Kia

nappineea L~d well- be ing und !or t he cont inued pence and

proaperity ot the peopl es of Denm&rk Md. of Iceland.

Please nl eo expreee to His UAjesty the pl easure it gcve

me and the people ot this country to welco~e Their Royal

Highnesses the Crown Prince Gnd the Crown Pr1noeoe of

Oencarl< and I celand during their recen t visit to the Uni ted

States. Thei r vi s i t served ae a f r esh reminder of the

ei~ilarity of the !undaeentol pol i tical princ1plee which

inspir e t he peoples of Denmark , of I celMd, and of t he

Un1 ted Statea.

Mr . Henrik L£uis Hans de !{ayff!!!Ann. newlY apoointed Minister of eomark to tho Uni ted States

llr . de Kauffmann "as born in 1888 . He ,.,as edu­

cated in Copenhagen; has a degree in l aw. He entered

the Dani sh Foreign Service in 1911 and bas held several

off i ces in the Danish Forei gn Office ; Secretary of

Legation in Berlin in 1916; he spen t one year i .n the

Danish Consulate General in New Yor k (1913) . He vas

assigned as Minister at Rome in 1921; Kinister to China

and Japan, 1924-1931; Deputy Delegate to the Assembly

of tbe League of Nations, September 1931; llinhter to

Nor way since 1932, from V>hich post he v.as t r ansferred

a s Mini ster to the United States .

Mrs . de Kauffmann is the daughter of Admiral V. . D.

MacDougall , Uni ted States Navy, Retired . She and their

t~o small daughters accompanied tbe Minis t er to the

Uni t ed State s .

In addition to his native language, Mr . de

Kauffmann speaks English, French, Geroan and Norwegian .

mt nuiAHJ(S o; 1 HE

t;t.,,LY AP~OINTW IJifllllTl!.h Or' DI:.NIIAKK AND ICLLAND

IIR , HEIIRIK de KAUFFNANH

OPON 'I'll!:. OCCASION Or T:IE. Pt.l.dl:./lTATIO:i OF !iiS

LE'!"l'ER:o Of CJU.Dt.(ICE

:tr . President,

I hnvo the honor to prosont to You the l e t ter f rom

His ~jesty the King of DcnoLrk ond Iceland cont~1nin&

my credentials as His O!&j esty 1s tnvoy utr~<ordinary and

llinister ?le!\ipotentlary to You, Md at the same tl'>e to

hand over to You the letters or recall of my predecessor,

ilr . Otto Y.adated .

The King, in appointing me to this impor tant post,

has aked me to convey to You, Kr . PTes ident, the expres­

sion of His ~Jesty's sentiments or esteem and friendsni p

and communded me to use all effor ts to maintain and

further develop the f riendly and inti~te relations rhich

so nappily exist bet • een the peoples o r Denoark • nd

Iceland and the people of the United ot.ates .

It •.ill be a most pleasant duty for me to carry out

this Royal Order to the best or my nb1lity, and I venture

to hope

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to hope thot I mc.y , in my endeovor, co1mt upon Your good

wi ll , iJ.r . Pr esi dent , and upon the a ssistance and cooper a-

tion of Your adminis trat ion .

I wa s received by my Soverei gn shor tly before I

l ef t Copenhagen . His Ma jesty particula rly instructed

me to express to You, ~ . President, his very sincere

appreciation of and deepfelt gr atitude for the cordia l

v,elcome that was extended to Their Royal Highnesses

the Cr ovm Prince and the Crovm Princess during t hei r

r ecent visit to the United States .

IIOYAL D~ISH L.l':GATIOr.l WASHINGTON, D. C .

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Aprll 101 1940.

I cano to thin country to roprosent my Kine

and a frC'c an~ independent. !'OOpl~> . Tho t is flha t I still

al:l here for . -

Dococrcti~ end peaceful Denmark ha s had to bow t o,

overwhol:Un • force . - lli' country 1s t;o1n_ throuch dnrk days . ­It has done so before . 17o did not l ose courace t hen and wo will not l ose CO!lrot;e non.

I tt1ll work for one thine alono, tt.c r c- estnbl isnent of c f l'oc and independent Dcnnar k . Many v11ll wort r1 i th mo

and I kn~ wo chnll succeed.

Rea lte.o trom S .. aewr Welles office dated-April 12. 1940

SubjeotaTelepboDe eoDYersation to Wellea troa Max Truitt.

of Maritime Co 1 saiOil re urgent ei tuation ill-

TolYing transfer of Daniah shipping to A.eriean

flag and i f bot effected soon ia afraid ehipa will

be eomendeered by British.{about 97 ships i nvolved)

(Longhand notation by Preaident at top of letter--rea4a u followa a •Bot ApprOYe4-FDR•

SeeaM&ritime Commiaaiaa-Dr..er 2-1940

Ro1 ::-.ono f'ro- Callaghan of .hpr 11 SO , 1940 t re.nsmitlinp; two momoo---Anril 27th tlnd 29th to Ad,.,iral Star k fro>~ \1, S. Ander son No 1- - Subjeet : DA TSH t:OV"'RI"'!EliT C'~DERS TO Oil "1 SA I''T S'f<!l AT "'/I.SHnfGTt'"l"' rf'l~''"ER11 P•t; ,•Ht;ntrr' rtED ~~SS

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WASHINGTON. D .C.

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..:e 1.lt' t' t'XJ.i!'<'Sc to Your :.:· jet~:O;r the it p:o!oulhl u."ldel"l!!'"~ar.c.U!:g

o! thr- dc.rk cia:..,. :-hrough ':"h1 ¢h You h.wc l 1 vrd .. r.d '1'1" .. ; vc

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R!90LUTIOU

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pro~ov.ntl 0-tlei' Lhc asrrroeoicD to l'1l1-:!"j our QOthP~!' oountry

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frrdVt C:'>~ocen. to co~ D""t~ol1!'k' eo.1A;: off !rot! •J.t' li.o::k ni 1ci:l ";.(!

hn.J \>~cr• UOil•S !'Ol' tbo people o ! Ol'ee:.tlonU. fo:· ~re tua:.

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i•t la~~~ ~xpteeoion tn th~ eetablithecnt o~ an Ancr1cun

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-- THE WHITE HOUSE

WAIHINGTOH

April 1 15 , l OU .

MEllORAIIDUM J'OI\

THE SECRh-rARY OF STAT£ Till UNDER S£CR£1'AI\Y or !l'fAT£

Ploaae let ~e know before

Prete Oontor onoe whether 1ou

thlnk I ehould eend th11 to the

Ung ot DeMArk, or talk the

glet ot 1t t o the Preee, or ta1

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KDIORANDUX J'OR !HI aECRE'!'AJa or l'fATE !RK UIOlER 8ECf\ETAftX or B'l'Aft:

Rcre 1e a thought. lhnt 11 ;roUJ' ooMenU I ahoulcl l i ke t o aend a t elecraa troa ae per10nall7 t o the llftl of O.naar lt peNona117 along the tollow1ns lln•••

I aa t\all7 ooplaant of the utortuna t e e.,enh of A•l'll 8, 1940. At that tiM 1 t •• olear to the wol"lcl t hat the Son n lp of Denii&Jok, t he Oo.,emmont of De,_l'k and the people of u. ... a wre o011ptllect d the polnt of a nord t o 1111ba1 t t o the oni'Whelalnc allbt of a nel&bbol"-1ng nation apinat which Deraarit wat unable , l n the faoe ot unproToltect eurpl'iae attaok, t o ll&ke All7 e tteotln l'elllknOeo

there tolland the phfaloal oooup.tlon of o.,_ll'lt b7 fonlsn ti'Oopl aft4 tb.e detlnl.. a...... upon tbl Govern~~~ent of O.naal'lr..

At tbd tlM U •e -.de olear b7 the Oo.,e .. meat of the United Stat ea that lt no0Sft1a14 the 4111'111 aa. .. wblob the Oonn.eat of Delll&l'lr. •• oeM~P~lled to ut. 'fhe ao.,..--ent of DeMAI'k, ln ., J-'PIIltt oeaiM to re\&ln a ~\1 lndependenoe of "11••• and or aotlone.

I know tbat IOU l'loall the hlltol'f of Dullb eonrt11DV ln the 1feetern R• lepbeH. hr a oenturr and 801'1 the Oo.,.n.ent of the Unl tl4 Stat .. ln no _, lntertenct wUb Dan.hb oolonlaatlon or oontrol onr t he VirsJ.n Ialande or Oreenl.and.

DYI'inc all the11 lone ,.an the aonr~lp'J of Dei'III&J'k b&e been a•r• t oot the Unl ted state~ aoquleeoect ln anct appi'DYecl of D&nllh • .,erelptJ onr the Yll'lln hlandl witb of ooUHe, the undll'atandl, on bo\b a1dta that We ao.,e1't18'ftt7 oould not be ranafel'Tecl to &Ill' otber non-.-el'ioan nation aa nob tl'anafer would baTe been ln oontra.,enUon of a blltol'io Alltl'iean pollo7.

In the oaee ot Greenlan4 Mill' aatlone bad ewer a oenWJ7 or 80N ••••ned J'lPt• baaed on eQlonU.oa ln nothern laUiudee. Kot eo -.n7 7e&n ago the queetlon ot eoYereip~=r Gnenlan4 &Nie aad the UalW lktee wa1 llad to n lh l"lshh ob'-lned b7 IQlONUon ln ! !lvor ot the Danlah righta wbloh had been obta1M4 thNacb ll&ft7 oenftl"111 b7 oolonlsaUon aad b7 d1reot; a&llnhtraUn -..melon oYer theee oolonlee.

In otohlr wol"C!e, 'b7 eol- q1 anaat the Ua1 W ltat .. hal ri00£1lhl4 Daallh IOYere1pti7 OYer Gl'Mnlan4 and at111 exten4a tbat recognition.

!hle reoognUlon 10e1 to Dl-.ft and to De...& alone. It 11 tiul4 on oolonlaaU.on 'b7 Soaftdlnanatta oYer Nll\7 oentvleea on the eetab111Ment of a IOUI41naY1an oh1II'Oh aa4 on • hJ"lal aeebtanoe 'b7 Den.al"k d111"1nc ll&ft7 senera.tloae. It 11 a taot aooepted b7 eollnoe and 'b7 ceoeftPbel'l that Greenlan4 llee 1n the w .. tem H•llphere. 'fhat bela« 10, Greenlan4 dlttera in no wq from BJ'1 tlah french or Dutch po .. eealone ln the Weatern Rea{lpbere.

When ln 1917 the Danllb f eet Ind111 were sold t or a l.arse oonaldeNUon to the Un1 ted Statee1 the Danllh GoYel"'laent taew that '1M UnUI4 State• oow.4 aenr aooept the ale of the Danlllh West IJHU.ea t o an)' non­Aall"loan na Uon. !herefon and beoau.. Greenland lhe ln the Weetem l•llphere, Yov •Jeet7 .Ul, ot ooune, reoognhe that the uae of Greenland for •111 t al")', air or naTal purpoeee b7 &Jl7 other non-.Aaerloan nation, •&Oept DeM&l'k W011ld nolate the lnteptt;{ ot the Western Hemi,Phere . 'l'be aue rule obnoua 7 ;t~llea to po111111one of Great Brl taln or Prance or letherlande 1n thh Hadephere.

Etfo:rta toward auoh uee of a111 ta17, air or naftl. purpo .. • ha .... been .. 4e 'b7 0el""'ft7• Gll'll&ft plane• have al.r•ad7 flown over the terri t or,r of Greenland .

It 11 the pu~oee of the United State• to pr ..... nt the uee b7 Gera&n7 1n a 11111 t4J7, alr or naval eeaH of &ft7 portlOil of GrHaland1 1 ~errltorlea. It the .AMI"loan pe2!• oould th1nk that the GoYernaent of DeNI&I'k. 1 a 111 tree troll any duress, t he note re-oalllD£ 7~ 111nh~er would of oourae, reoeln rq elnoere &Ad Mendl7 attent!on. It 1a beoauae the

AMI'loan peOl)l.e believe that aoUon of YoUP llaJeetr • OoYOI'n!lent 1a today not wboH7 tree 1'1-oa 4W' .. , that the Alle r1oan people t1nd 1t neo .. MJ'7 t o dYe pl'lol'lt7 t o ,the a~o1ent friendly r elatione with tbe people of Demark tbellleelYea.

Let •• UINJ'tl YO\IP 11&J11tr of one •1111111 taot. Juet ao 11cnn 41 the ~nt~ed ao'l8re18'11t7 of ~ 11 N .. tabl111be4, tllll OOfttftl Of Oneftiu4 will Nftftl to Dena&J"It w1 tb our appl'Oftl &DIS blell1ng. In the al&fttt.e, 1 t 1o nooaeaarr t or t he united Stat ee \o aot 1n a """ •• the tl'lletee tor De~ c!ur!ftC the per!o4 Ot dUNII.

We are eeelt1ng t o .. .,., 0Nenlan4 flooa tbe oontrol or a d1tteront non-AIIer!oan Dation 'llh1oh hae neYn" ha4 1U1J col.or ot 1nt!lroet or aonN1iftt7 1n Greenland an4 wb1ob ln &ll1 nent ... t be exol~de4 ~ nob eo'tlreiptr.

I eend r ou 111 s oo4 willhee And 111 bopee that Uw Dlnleb peopl e will berore long retum to tllll 1n­dependenoe .

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, / DEPARTMENT OF STATE

THE SECRETARY

April 23, 1941 .

!.~El101 t.lUUi.: :'0~ Tl!E PRESIDENT

Tl1ere i s attached a copy of your tele~ram dated April nine­teenth to t he i<lnt,; of .;erullll.rk, in accordance with your

memorandum of Apri l t wenty­

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GRnY

April 19, 1941

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You crt r tqucsttd to Gr rangc an appointmEnt with

the pr1•·o , t stcrcte~ .. to iiis Mcjcet"J tht "1"8 at thl:

earliEst , osaib c r~1·nr ~d leave ·~~ ~~m ror King

Christian o. copy of -.,lr fo llowin,• m ~'l"t.gE CrO'll th~

Pruidrnt:

"Great an'i Good Friend :

! havE rr.ccived by cablE ~he text o f your letter

regQrding the st .. tus of lir . :icnr1 1\ . Lou.s Han• dE

Kautfl:ls.n , Your h'Sjesty 'a t::nvoy Extraordin&r"J and li1n1ater

Plenipotentiory to the Government of the United »tstes of

ilmtrica. ! reciprocate most profoundly and sinccrtly

Your l!ajcaty 'a "'1shrs for the continued stren;;thm1,-._

ot tht fr iendly relations which ha v e al•noys e>.istcd between

the United Statts and the Kingdom of Dtnmerk ond btt'lfctn

the ptoplcs of our two countries . It •<as ith esptcially

h1&h regard tor Your lolajesty that th15 Govrrrl:llcnt gave

i ts agrE:nlent to llr . dt Kauffman in xugust , 19:39 and he

haa tnjo••td the full confidence and cooperation of this

Gov ernmtnt

62 , i.pri l 19 , 1941 to nmerlo• n Lrg1 ticn, C ·penhtgen

Govtrnment in the disti~ulshed duties in ~h~oh he wcs

i nv ented by you .

£1r , d e l\r.uffcu:n .. "til nominc.ttd ct r time •Jhen the

compl rtc fr eEdom of the ucnioh Gov ernment hcd b•·n in no

we 7 infring ed r nd he r rmr ins 1n the viet· of the Oov crnr.ent

of the United ~trtes tht r eprcscnt~tivc of thr. Royrl

Dcnioh Government 1n thio country . The Oovt::'nment of the

Unit:d l>tc.Hs will continue to t.rc• t r•lth ~.inca Your

Majesty ' s Envoy ExtrrorcHllC'ry c nl! !~inister rlcnipot entir r

In c.ccordc nee \':1 th this polio; the Oov erru:Jtr.t of

the United ~··tes dcrlt "J.th ;.r. de Xtuffm•n reg• rdin¥ the situc.tion of Orccnll nd l'lhich he d bccanc most urgent due

to flights of Oel'n'.t.n bombing ~·lrnes over t' - territor-;

of Grcenl·nd end the feet tlx t , in the li&ht of rteent

history , there cot>ld be no tsourcnc c th· t foreie;n force~

ct1e,ht not occupy Grccnl• nd suddcr.ly 'n:l without ~ rnlnt;; .

Your M• j csty r-111 no doubt rcco.;nize the fret thr t

"hllc the sovereienty of Dnun' rk ov~r Oremlrnd h•c betrt

rccoenhed b:· th c United Str tct' Gov cr nment under the

fundc mentr 1 principle th t Urccnlr nd '1 thou1:h cntir~ly in

the '·•e:Jtern n£1:11,pherc hr s bHn for m• ny e~nturica undrr

c.e tur 1 colonize tion by Dcnrnr rk nd Nor•.n '/ , no ehr n1. t of

SOV tr£1gnt~· tO C.r.Ot htr ~uroptrn I • tiOn C n be rgrted to ,

The Government of the Unitt<! <>tctcs, to Your li.sjtsty will

no doubt

/ - 3- 62 , April 19, 1941 to hmer~can Legation , Coprnh&t, rn

no doubt r ecall , has publicly stattd its position i n this

s rns r on a number of occasions in tht pas t . I t is

incumbEnt upon tht Oov rrnmrnt of t~r Unl trd Sta tra to

assurE itsrlf th~t Grrrnland will not br occupir<i oy eny

non- Amrrican nation othtr than Dr~srk, and in consrqurncr

this Gov rrrunrnt has fo> nd i ts t lf f ore r :i b:: an actual

thrrat t o Danish sovrrrignt:: i r. Gr££nltnci t&kr steps

whi ch arr tantamol!nt to boldlng vrrrnl.:nd ~n trust for

Drn~.ark unt~l such t1..n:.::: !ts t~lr RoynJ Lcnish OovEr:-uru~nt

crasrs to br s ubjec ted to durEss on thr part of Dn

occupying nation end fu ll uanish control ovrr Grrrnlend

may br r rstorrd . No ltgitirr..- tt intrrrsts will bE cffr.ctcd

advrrs el y by tht action of t he UnitEd Stetts 1n Grt(nlc.nd .

I avail mysElf of this occasion to rtnrv1 to Your

~·J& j rsty thr sssurencrs of rst rrm end friEndship ,

Your good fri rnd,

(Sis nrd ) Frenklin D. Roosrvrlt , Prrsidrr.

Un1trd Stntrs of hmr rica . "

Subsrqurntly y ou will forn&rd £. copy to thr Porrign

S;:crrt&I"J wi th 1.' formfl covrring not r st~.t1~ i t is donr

undrr instructions from mr .

HULL

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,.. -I THE WHITE H OUSE

WASH I N GTON

April 23, 191~1.

w..EtJORANDU.l FOh 'rHE SBC:1ETARY OF STATL:

Pl ease le t ~e have copy of my

t e legram of Sunday or ~onuay , to the

lUng of DellliiAr k.

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Apr11 18, 1941

MDtORANDUM FOR 'tHE SECR~AllY OF STATE

In vlev or the cabl e ln t he orlglnal French text or the eo-call ed letter or recal l or the Danleh Mi niater from t he ling ot Den•ark, pleaae l et •• haTe draft ot reply at the earlleet poRal ble ~oment .

I think in thla reply I ehould ehow sreat ! rlendahip tor Hia NaJeaty and the Danish people. At t he 1aae time, I ahould aake l t ol oar that in the Judgment ot the Preeldent or tha United St a tea the appointment or Miniater de ~autt=ann was , ot oourae, vlthou t ~ueetion a tree and untrammeled aot on the part or t he llng ; whereaa, 11oat unfortunately, and in vlew or the eTente aub1equent to Aprll 9, 1940, the aota ot t he Government or Denmark whloh oa ln the preaent oaae or a miniater, are a part ot govorru:~en tal notion, auoh aotlone canno t be viewed •• inde­pendent and untrammeled aota. or neoeeoity 1t ~uat be oon­aidered that the aot1 ot t he Government ot Denmark are under t he dureeo or German occupation .

Hie NaJeety vill , ot course, reoognl~e the taot t ha t vhlle t he sovereignty or Denmark over Greenland haa been recog­nl~ed by the United States Oovernaent under the tundaaental prlno1ple th~ t Greenland though lying ln the Western He•laphere he a been t or ~any oenturiea under sotual oolonl~ation by Denmark aniS llorway, no change or I OTerelgnty to anot her E:uropean na t1on can be agreed to.

It 1e wel l ltnown t o Your MaJesty that Ge!'lllan planea have flown end are now !lying over Greenland.

It i a vall known to Your MaJeaty ~~t in t he light ot the hiatory ot t he peat year and a ~t t here can be no aaauranoe aga1nat German oooupation ot Greenland.

It ia theref ore neoeaaary that the United State• take certain a t opa to prevent auoh occupation by any non-American nati on other t han Denaark.

The United Stetee, t herefore, tinda l t neoeaaary to hold Greenland in truat tor Denaark wlth the obJective t ha t full control vill be reatored to Den•arlt Juet • • eoon as t he Govern­•ent or Denmark oeaaea t o labor under any t or- ot dureae on t he pert or any o t her nation.

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I um uttach1ng for your con!i1dftn1.tion the drH rt text of the Declar&t1 on on uenrwrk v;hich it is proposed sboulo be issued stmult&nooudy 1 n ua•hln~t.on , London 8nd r.lo•cov. unct.,. r:..v •iL"lll<turP nnt! tho•o or Jlr . f'den ~>nt1 Mr. Molotov . "'he Declarnt1 on is nrin,ri:y ue•tjl'ned to give encouragerent to the flnni .n p"'ple • n the< r opro•<­ti">n to the CAmt.ns And , qeCOllfitH·1ly , to nnpt th'l w1 qhPR or Dnni•h ~"""'" in t his count ry Hnd til<- 1JnH•d v! nv-ion . It does not conf'lr on DcnrJfl.rkJ t~e statu~ of ,:.i_ther ~<~ llntted Nation or 11 nation B•.,>Ct .. tect ,..lth thA UnH <'ct NAt ton• end 1 ~ not tnt..,roed t o le8d to t he e••' bl• •h­cef't of any type of lJnni "'1h Govornnent _.n erile .

C::ho,tld !'OH onurove of tl~ ~ ~C'!Hl.nC~ of t h~ t"roro~oci neclerk t'lon ~<nd t t• text , tllo Amo•· icbn Chur&" d • A rrwlrc• end t.he Br-i t t~h /lr'lh'-l'1~ndor ~ n •'!t)~covp 'o\ 1 :::. bP ~ nstn1ctPd to ~rwi1e the Sov-if"t author-l.t 1 ~S to Ol.r•.;c~pele \n Jt . ~he Declarat 1 on 11onla bo> io•ued lnncdl.•t ely follo~l ng notificAtion o!' H• accept t.lo<:!.Hy to t h'l ~ov'ct Govemoent .

The Ktnc 0~ NOJ'WC.Y ond the Y.tn,~ or Denmr·r.t~, to .... hom the !)ocl&ration """ •eCrPt.ly t1·M~mltted by t,he ill'' tl•h , botb annrove of the prot'osed uct.ion .

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WASHINGTON

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Your tor2er letter reached £ 8 Juat aa I • • • leavina t or =1 t r1p t~ t he Poc1t ic and I twv e n1 ted unt11 no• t .> f!nc1 a IIOIII()Dt in •h1ch ~ ••e Protess.,r Bohr. I •~ told t h..t I can aea nic W=ori'O'll afte moon.

B~oroble Banrt~ de KAU!tm&nn, Dantsb Le,a t10D, 2)4) l&t t achuset t e Avenue,

Yiash1ne;ean, n. c.

Washington, D. C.

August 23, 1944

Uy dear Kr . Presi dent :

On June 26th I wrote to you in order to tell you that we

had had the pleasure for some weeks to have with us as our house

guest a countryman of mine, Professor tliels Bohr, Dil·ector of the

Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Copenhagen.

In my letter I ventured to ask whether you possibly might find time

to recei ve ~ friend whom I f elt sure you would be interested in

meeting .

Shortly after I sent this letter I understand that you

left on yourjourney to the West and Professor Bohr also has been

away for some time . Now, however , he has ret urned i!llld expects to

be here in Washington for a littl e while .

In cas e you should find t i me t o r eceive Professor Bohr

sometime in the near future , it goes wi thout saying that my friend

is entirely at your disposal on any date you might indicate .

lly countryx:~en in England have asked me to go over there

for a short trip, and I am leaving Washington tooorrow night, but

my Legation ~1 imcediately convey any message fro:n the V:hite

House to Professor Bohr .

Wi t h my most respect ful regards, I am, my dear Mr .

President,

The President

Yours very sincerely,

~~/)/.~ .. The Vlhi te House

THE WHITE HOUSE

WASHINGTON

Aug~st 25 , 1 941 .

MEMRANDtJ!.1 FOR 'n!E PRESI DENT :

I spoke with thA Danish ~!inister

l ast ~ven i ng and gave hlm your message

about see i ng Pr ofessor Bohr t omorrow

if you are in town . Are yiJu going to

be able to see him tomor.·ow?

G.

(Call ~1r . Kaufman or l4r . J ense n )

J!I!Aft

~ a.ar laa1'haaa z

I ba4 hoped 'o ... hofe•Mr 8ollr but I aa Pa7 tor a'"~· aft4 I wo•l4 • IJ!e•' tbat be ... Dr. Yaanen.r lluh wltb wbo• I haft '--lke4.

t 6o hope 'o ... J'OU ""' eoon. Alwar• elaeerelJ,

Bh hoellenOJ' Jlenrlk ~. K1ahte,. of De~, RoJal Daa1eb 1Apt10D, Waebl~~~rtoa, D. C.

ROYAL DANISH LI!:GAT ION WASHINGTON, D . C.

Dear Mr. President,

October 31 1944.

When ~ friend Professor Niels Bohr saw

you some weeks ago , I understand you mentioned to him that

you misht want to see him again.

Professor Bohr is staying with us once more

but is planning to leave Washington 1n the near future. Be

would, however, await your orders here in town if you should

have time tor a fUrther talk and should want t o see him.

He would t herefore be most grateful for a

word f r om t he Whi te House as t o whether he may expec t to be

Bllowed to come to see you once more, or whether your time

is too much taken up with other thinss to permit another

interview. In the latter case he feels he ought to leave very

soon.

Allow me to thank you f or your most kind

words asking me to come to see you upon ~ r eturn f rom England.

I had an i nteresting time in London meet ing several of the

leaders of our resistance movement in Denoark recently escaped.

I ao leaving for !lew York today but shall be

back early next week and if you should have a few moments to

spare , nothing would cive ~e more pleasure than if you would

To the President,

The l'ihi te House. :/ I

Dear l!iss Tully,

Washington D.C.

October ) , 1944.

I should be most graterul 1! you would

be so ver y kind to sive the President the enclosed

letter .

Miss Grace Tully,

THE V.1HTE HOUSE

Very s incerely yours ,

llenr1k Keu ff'mann, ~1nister of Denmark .

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