859B.01/179: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul at Godthaab (Penfield)

4. Your 3, May 20, 7 p.m., fourth paragraph. In developing any conversations which you may have with the Governor of South Greenland on the subject of the defense of Ivigtut or any other point in Greenland, you are authorized to say that you will be glad to transmit to your government any views which the Governor may have on this subject and, if desired by the Greenland authorities, to inquire of your government as to what steps it might be in a position to take [Page 365] to be of assistance in formulating defense plans for Greenland (to be carried out, of course, by the Greenland authorities themselves) and to make available appropriate defense equipment.

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