Oslo, Feb. 19.
German naval forces have been instructed to abstain from all war ac-Gon in neutral waters and to respect Norway's three-mile territorial limit, line Wilhelmstrasse informed the Norwegian Government, the Foreign Ministry here announced today.
In mid-January, it stated explaining the sudden announcement, Norway requested the German Government to investigate and inform it whether German naval units were responsible for the sinking of the British steamers Thomas Walton and Deptford and the Greek vessel, Garoufalia, off the Norwegian coast. Norway at the time declared her confidence that if the sinkings were due to German naval action, the German Government would give assurances that no further incidents would occur in the future in Norwegian waters.
On February 6, the Foreign Mi try's statement ended, such assurances were received and the German Government at the same time denied that any of the three sinkings cited was due to German naval action—
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