"The same morning, November 4, the German Charge d'Affaires handed over a protest to the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, which immediately answered that there was no valid reason to protest the action of the Norwegian authorities, who had acted in conformity with The Hague Rules.
"The German Government demanded that the City of Flint should be held back while the matter was discussed between itself and the Norwegian Government.
"The latter, however, saw no legal reason to do so and has explained the Norwegian viewpoint in a Note handed to the German Charge d'Affaires today,". the Foreign Ministry's ex: planatory statement concluded. Havas.
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