Office of the Historian

740.0011 European War 1939/1994: Telegram

The Minister in Denmark (Atherton) to the Secretary of State

Copenhagen, April 9, 1940.
[Received April 9—7 a.m.]

59. German leaflets distributed Denmark state occupation protecting Denmark’s neutrality. Negotiations proceeding between Danish and German Government for preservation of Kingdom, civil and military authority.

Atherton