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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Mr. Roosevelt's War | 7/14/1941 | See Source »

...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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ICELAND: New Republic | 6/2/1941 | See Source »

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