859B.7962/88: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Consul at Godthaab (Penfield)
44. The Department learns from a most reliable source that a person who has had casual conversations with at least 35 members of the Danish Rigsdag has heard no complaint against our action with respect to Greenland. On the contrary the action has been applauded, it being the view of the members mentioned that the moment had arrived for us to take time by the forelock. We have been assured that the opinion of these members is not sectional but can be regarded as representative of the opinion of Denmark.
You may in your discretion communicate the foregoing information to Svane and Brun.