859B.7962/52: Telegram
The Chargé in Denmark ( Perkins ) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 14—1:35 a.m.]
112. After handing me the note transmitted in the Legation’s No. 111, April 12, 8 p.m., the Foreign Minister commented to the following effect. Minister Kauffmann had telegraphed that his procedure [Page 50] was very unusual, that he could not now explain all the reasons but would do so after the war. Foreign Minister emphasized that Kauffmann had, of course, no authority to sign such an agreement, that in these times of general distrust his action had created a painful situation as regards the King, and that it would have been much easier for the Danish Government if the United States had taken this action unilaterally without bringing in Kauffmann.
I of course made no comment upon his observations but replied that I would be pleased to transmit the note.
From a private source I have learned that the German Minister made a call of 3 hours’ duration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday afternoon prior to my being called there by the Foreign Minister.