ICELAND AND U.S.A.
ESTABLISHMENT. OF RELATIONS. WASHINGTON, April 17. The United States has agreed to enter into direct diplomatic relations with Iceland and will establish a consulate at Reykjavik. It has been decided that President Roosevelt’s order of April 10 freezing Danish and Norwegian funds in the .United States shall not apply to Iceland. The British Ambassador (Lord Lothian) said that if Britain decided that Greenland should be occupied in order to forestall a German move the undertaking would be carried out .by Canada in order to avoid complications arising from the Monroe Doctrine. Reykjavik is a town and seaport of Iceland and capital of the island. It stands on the Ivolla Fiord, an opening on the south•vest coast. Notable buildings include the cathedral, observatory, library and museum ; there is also a university. There is a steadier connection with Copenhagen, the Danish capital, and fish and skins are exported. The population of Reykjavik is about 28,000.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 119, 18 April 1940, Page 7
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156ICELAND AND U.S.A. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 119, 18 April 1940, Page 7
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