857.0011/92a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy)

2561. From the President:

“For H. R. H. Crown Prince Olav: Your delightful wife and children are safely with us tonight at Hyde Park and have stood the difficult voyage well. We shall take very good care of them and we are very happy to have them in our family circle.44 I send to you, your distinguished father my affectionate regards and every good wish. Please also tell your Uncle45 that Madame Ostgaard46 and Einar47 are with us and that all is well with them. Roosevelt.”

Hull
  1. Later, the Crown Princess and her family occupied a country house near Washington, D. C.
  2. Presumably Col. Nikolai Ramm Ostgaard, appointed by the King of Norway as governor to the Crown Prince in 1914. He later served as an aide to the Crown Prince and became his adjutant in 1924.
  3. Lady-in-waiting to Crown Princess Martha.
  4. Madame Ostgaard’s son.