File No. 763.72/8013
The Minister in Denmark ( Egan) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 9, 5.10 a.m.]
1681. By the Minister. The Norwegian Minister here, Mr. Irgens, … says that no mention of the Åland Islands was made in the conference of the three Kings at Christiania.1
King Haakon had planned to go to Stockholm to thank King Gustav for having initiated the Malmo meeting; but King Gustav thought that as a sign that Sweden had unreservedly accepted the secession of Norway it would be well for him to go to Christiania. He was received by the Norwegian people in the streets with sufficient enthusiasm.
The communiqué is a reflex as to what occurred preliminary to the meeting of the Interparliamentary Conference consisting of four members from each of the Scandinavian countries to consider the question as to how Denmark, Norway and Sweden might be more united politically and economically.
The suggestion that any belligerent power should seize a base in Norway was not considered at either of the meetings. Irgens says that Norway relies on the promise of the powers that its neutrality shall not be broken. The three Scandinavian countries he said emphatically would join in repelling such an aggression.