The Archive · 1940

German Officials Now In Copenhagen

Scandinavian Assurances To Be Demanded

London, Jan, 14.

The "Sunday Graphic" reported this morning that a group of German Officials arrived in Copenhagen yesterday by special plane, The officials are believed to be high personalities and' to have been sent by Field-Marshal, Hermann Goering.

It is understood that their mission consists of obtaining assurances from the Scandinavian states that no Allied troops will be allowed to cross the territories of these states on their way to Finland. In exchange, they are said to be offering a guarantee that Germany will not invade Scandiavia and a promise that the Reich will obtain a settlement of the Soviet-

Finnish conflict—Havas.

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