Word: jonasson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Next day at mid-afternoon Franklin Roosevelt sent his message to Congress, transmitting a note from Hermann Jonasson, Prime Minister of Iceland, and his reply. He told the Congress...
...republic should be established, able, revered Svein Bjornsson, Icelandic envoy to Copenhagen, was named regent. There was no need to create a new diplomatic service: Iceland had already planted a set of stalwart Vikings in world capitals after the Nazis captured Denmark last year. As for protocol, Premier Hermann Jonasson had always got along with a staff of a secretary and a doorkeeper, and still could...