859A.00/128
The Minister in Iceland (Morris) to the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs (Thors)27
No. 5
Reykjavik, October 14,
1942.
Excellency: With reference to the oral message conveyed to Your Excellency on September 27, 1942, by the American Chargé d’Affaires ad interim, I have the honor to confirm herewith that there would be no objection whatsoever on the part of the Government of the United States of America to the proposal which Your Excellency now has under consideration, namely, that a resolution be approved by the new Parliament when it convenes declaring that in 1944 Iceland will become a republic.
Accept [etc.]
Leland Morris
- Copy transmitted to the Department by the Minister in Iceland in his despatch No. 8, October 21; received October 31.↩