NO BASES FOR U.S. IN ICELAND
EEYKAJAY1K, April 28. The Pnme lMini.sier of Iceiaud (Mr. Okifur Tiiors) aiiuouuced that tlxc Uuitcd Stsitcs had approached hl.s Govcniiiicut rcgarding Ihe acqui.sitiou of thrco uulilarv hascs ou long-tcnu leascs. Thc Uuitcd GtutCvS, he said, had promised that she would support Icelaud's applicaliou to joiu Uuitcd Natious. Thc Uuitcd fStatcs proposals assuiucd that, wlicn Icelaml becuiue a iucuii>cr ot Uuitcd Natious, bascs would be available to thc Bccurily Couucii iu i u 1 ii 1 hioi t oi' possible Icchuidic obligatious under Uuitcd Natious (Jhartcr. Mr. Thors, broadcasting, declared that lcehuid could uot grant thc Uuitcd Statcs rcquest for military bascs. He said: "Icclaudcrs will nevcr forget that thc Aincricans were thc first of all thc natious to recognise our indisputabJc riglit to re-establish our rc pulilic, and thc United Statcs, therelorc, is entiticd to thc best wc can givc, but when thc United Statcs asked Icc land for something it could not give anyone, it was hnpossible to sav ycs. " Thc ieaders of other political parties expressed agrcement with Mr. Thors' statenient and eiuphasisod lccland 's dcsirc to join Uuitcd Natious with dutics as well as privileges.
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Chronicle (Levin), 30 April 1946, Page 7
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194NO BASES FOR U.S. IN ICELAND Chronicle (Levin), 30 April 1946, Page 7
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