DANISH NEUTRALITY
WHITEHALL ASSURANCE TRADITIONAL POLICY (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 1.15 p.m. / RUGBY, Aug. 30. The British (Minister at Copenhagen, having been informed by the Danish Foreign Minister of the statement made by :the German Government 'regarding the observance of Danish neutrality, has conveyed an assurance .to the Danish Government that, so long as Danish neutrality is respected 1 by Germany, it will, of course, be respected by the British Government, who have no desire that Denmark should toe involved' in a war, which they still hope may toe avoided. This intimation to the Danish Government is in conformity with the traditional British policy, which would apply also to Belgium as the Belgian Government was informed by the British Ambassador a few days ago.
It would apply no less to Holland, but no official demarche at The Hague is required, or would be appropriate in that case in view of the well-known attitude of the Netherlands Government.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20030, 31 August 1939, Page 6
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