Memorandum of Conversation with Secretary of State Dean Acheson, Foreign Minister of Denmark Gustav Rasmussen, and Others

5/5 6°1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE a ARGHIVES MATIONAL RECORDS AND 84 SERVICE* Memorandum of Conversation DATE: Karch 15, 2949 United Problems. SUBJECT: Hx. Quatav Hassussen, Denish Foreign Minister PARTICIPANTS: de Kauffeann, Danish Ambossador My. Frants Evass, Danish Foroign office Povl Bang-Jensen, Danish Couneelor The Secretary COPIES TO: Charles E. Bohlen, Counselor Hr. John D. Hickerson, Director, EUR Kr. Krnest A. Groes, Assistant Decretary RP. Benjamin M. Hulley, Chief, BOE COPIES TO: B/5, R, C, EUR, TRC, NOE, LE Aneriosn Imbasey, Gopenhagen 1-1493 Minister in talking with the Secrotary on Mareh Toroign Shipping mattera brought up by the Deniah are covered by the following transcript of the conversation. 15, 1949, Ameriona rarty per eant of cargoes being necessary to send NE. the first 1s the proposed bill about with the keel. our Acbassador has taiten this on an suze has in Dennark with some concern, A concern this which question anly like to mention that we follow but I vould State Department end I shan't go into matter the dotails, up countries, been given expression, also, from o ther 2 were ment taken the indeunifications from those settle- yould of like to refer to and that is the remeining I Then, there is another shipping business which forty Danish over shapm during the var. As you perhapa shipe may recall, which problem there have been lengthy were negotiations requisitioned about duräng the the compansation and thirty-five of the indemairication has been paid out fully for enttled and and, in the main, this probles has been fox the thirty-five the forty ships. Although the settlesent atill remaine en amount ships 16 definitely in order, there partly amounting to four hundrod thousand claims retained partly as security for taxation whieh anount the has Ameriean been Treasury has not paid out BO far. dollars, This that la about three million DECLASSIFIED begause the Controller General has dollars, not recognized and E, O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) 7-23-25 Dept. of State letter, the amotant Ba NLT- He NARS Date 4-20-16