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Mr. Hugh S. Cumming, Jr., Political and Liaison Officer for Europe, to Mr. G. Hayden Raynor, Special Assistant to the Chairman of the American Delegation (Stettinius)
Mr. Raynor: I attach Ambassador Morgenstierne’s letter to the Secretary regarding Denmark.9
Mr. Dunn suggests that Mr. Stettinius not read the letter himself at the Executive Committee, but hand it to the Secretary of the Committee to be read and introduced into the records.
The letter sets forth the Danish case except for the status of Denmark as a member of the United Nations. I do not believe that this point should be raised, but if it is raised, the story is:
The Department holds the view that Denmark has already fulfilled all requisites of adherence to the United Nations Declaration through Minister Kauffmann’s official statement of January 2, 1942, which was made public and was also officially transmitted to the Department in a formal note, and which has now been ratified by the Danish Government since it was liberated from German control a few weeks ago. (A copy of Kauffmann’s declaration of January 2, 1942 is attached.10)
- Not printed; for summary of letter of June 1 which was read by the Secretary General (Hiss) at the fifth meeting of the Executive Committee, June 5. 10:37 a.m., see Doc. 806, EX/17, June 6, UNCIO Documents, vol. 5, p. 460 also, Doc. 858, EX-SEC 12, June 8, ibid., vol. 2, p. 575.↩
- Not printed; see memoranda of conversations by the Assistant Secretary of State (Berle), January 2 and 3, 1942, Foreign Relations, 1942, vol. i, pp. 27 and 29, respectively.↩