611.59A31/60: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Iceland (MacVeagh)
Washington, October
28, 1941—5 p.m.
101. Your 72, October 27, 9 p.m. Please inform the Icelandic Government that in our opinion the British proposals are fair and reasonable and we recommend, as we have already done to the Icelandic Trade Delegation, that the Icelandic Government accept them as the basis for negotiations.
Hull