859A.00/104: Telegram
The Chargé in Iceland ( Warner ) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 18—6 p.m.]
422. Legation’s 419, August 15, noon, and 409, August 8, 3 p.m. The Prime Minister has personally handed me a signed note to the [Page 17] effect that if no reply is forthcoming by noon on Saturday August 22 to the Icelandic Government’s memorandum of August 8, his Government “shall consider” that the United States Government does not desire to make any further observations with respect to the “decision made by Iceland” to declare the Treaty of Union between Iceland and Denmark nonexistent and to establish distinctly a Republic of Iceland. Mr. Thors explained orally that all matters before the new Parliament are now being wound up and in view “decision” and the necessity of making the present session a short one some definite action must be taken in this matter.