File No. 711.5914/127
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Copenhagen, August 26, 1916, 1 p.m.
331. Your 155, August 24th, 3 p.m. Owing to the widely current rumor here that the United States is putting undue pressure on Denmark for the cession within a time limit of the islands, I have been obliged to say authoritatively that there is no such pressure. I referred to the words of the published treaty and said that the only pressure was the expressed wish that the matter might be expedited as soon as possible. Paris New York Herald of August 20th in an interview with a distinguished Dane echoes these rumors.