857.0011/51: Telegram
The Minister in Sweden (Sterling) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 20—12:40 p.m.]
746. From Harriman. The Norwegian Crown Princess asked me to see her yesterday and said that she accepts the President’s suggestion sent in the Department’s 233, July 12, 1 p.m., to the Stockholm Legation.
Crown Princess told me that Minister Morgenstierne38 telephoned her at 10 o’clock Thursday night telling her as best she could understand that a warship was being sent for her and family and that she might have to be ready in 4 days’ time to sail. As we have heard nothing of this the situation seems rather confusing to her and to us.
She added that she hoped she could arrive as quietly as possible in America and would not be required to meet reporters or a reception committee other than absolutely necessary. I hope it will be possible to keep the date of her arrival confidential. [Harriman.]
- Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, Norwegian Minister in the United States.↩