The United States Wants to Buy Greenland
Stockholm, October 2 (TASS).
The Danish newspaper Handelsstidende reports rumors that negotiations are taking place between Denmark and the United States over the sale of Greenland to America.
The newspaper notes that Americans are showing growing interest in Greenland, and that the U.S. envoy in Copenhagen made a lengthy trip there this summer. American military aircraft are frequent visitors to Greenland, where numerous depots have been established with all the equipment necessary for air communications.
The newspaper contacted Prime Minister Stauning for comment; he denied these rumors. The newspaper, however, treats this denial with skepticism.
In this connection, the Norwegian Norges Handelsstidende recalls that in 1916 the Danish Minister of Finance also denied reports about Denmark selling three islands of the West Indies group to the United States. When that sale later turned out to be a fact, the minister justified himself by saying that “publication of this sale was not in the interests of the state.”
The growing interest of the United States in Greenland and of Britain in Iceland has recently attracted attention. Both islands are of great strategic importance, especially for air communications across the Atlantic Ocean.
"Pravda", October 3, 1934
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