840.48 Refugees/10–2247
Memorandum of Conversation, by the Secretary of State
| Participants: | Mr. Gustav Rasmussen, Danish Foreign Minister |
| Mr. Henrik de Kauffmann, Danish Ambassador | |
| The Secretary |
The Danish Foreign Minister reviewed the problem of German refugees in Denmark and left the attached memorandum.1 He emphasized particularly his Government’s desire that the western zones agree to take an additional 30,000 refugees in order that he might be in a position to ask the Soviets to fulfill Generalissimo Stalin’s agreement to take half the refugees in Denmark provided the western zones would take the other half.
He stated that since the memorandum had been written he had discussed the matter in London with Mr. Bevin who had indicated willingness to receive additional refugees in the British zone but suggested [Page 683] that the 30,000 be distributed equally between the three western zones. Mr. Rasmussen planned to take this up with the French.
I told him that the matter was under active consideration by the Departments of State and Army and that I hoped it would be possible to work out something along the lines he desired.
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