857.0011/40: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Kennedy) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:05 p.m.]
1615. For the President. The Norwegian Minister has just called to see me at the request of the King and the Crown Prince who say that due to the speed necessary for the movement of the British troops and the King out of Norway it was impossible to take time to get the Crown Princess and the three children who are at present in Stockholm. The Crown Prince said that the President was kind enough to write some months ago offering to be of what service he could to the Crown Prince and Princess if occasion arose. The King and the Crown Prince are naturally afraid that the Germans will somehow or other get the Crown Princess and the little Prince and are wondering if it would be possible for them to be taken out on an American ship from Gothenburg or some other port. The other alternative would be of course to go overland to Vladivostok and sail from there; but in that event they are uncertain what the Russians might do to them. The Norwegian Minister quite appreciates what a terrific problem this is but it is naturally of great concern he says to both the King and the Crown Prince, and he asks if the President has any suggestions that he could make which would help them.