(Untitled), 30 May 1941

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/45

Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to President Roosevelt (despatched through United States Embassy): welcomes suggestion that the United States might take over responsibility for Iceland and stresses the "moral effect beyond its military importance" if it could be begun in the next three weeks or less; comments on the situation with regard to Spain and Portugal and outlines British plan to occupy the Grand Canary, the Cape Verde Islands and the Azores, as soon as Hitler obtains air bases in southern Spain or north Africa; welcomes collaboration of an American token force in occupation of these Atlantic Islands, and welcomes United States occupation of Dakar [Senegal].

Dates

Creation: 30 May 1941

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