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...proposal infuriated the Icelanders. Prime Minister Geir Hallgrimsson, who was already in hot water with his public for even making the 65,000-ton offer, was forced to break off negotiations with London and insist that the British take no cod at all. When British trawlers showed up in the disputed fishing grounds, Iceland dispatched a tiny coastal fleet (four gunboats) to cut the trawlers' net lines. The British government responded by sending frigates to protect the trawlers. Lately, the dangerous games between the two forces have grown rougher...
Represented among the collectors are classmates David Rockefeller, Joseph Pulitzer Jr., George Franklin, Sydney Freedberg, Paul Geir, James Laughlin, Gordon Palmer, Albert Reiner, and Ernest Teves...