ICELAND OCCUPIED
BRITISH FOR^E LANDS
GUARANTEE OF SECURITY
DURATION OF WAR
(By Telegraph^—Press Association— Copyright.)
LONDON, May 9.
It is officially announced that a British force landed in Iceland. The Government has given the Icelandic Government specific guarantees that the force has been landed to ensure Iceland's security against German invasion. The force will be withdrawn on the conclusion of hostilities.
The British Government has made it plain to the Icelandic Government that it has no intention oi* desire to interfere with trie island's existing administration, and,, further, it is prepared at once to negotiate with, the Icelandic Government an agreement on trade matters, which, it is ex» pected, would bring material advantage to the inhabitants.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 111, 11 May 1940, Page 13
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