The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-10
Greenland To Be
 Fortified By U. s.
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(Continued explaining the agreement,, which was signed by Henrik De Kaufman, Danish minister, and Secretary of State Cordell Huh, saying that 1t placed Greenland "in our system of cooperative hemispheric defense"
 Naxi Activity
 The state department, elaborating Earlys reference to the presence of German planes over Greenland, said that there were several iIl- stances of Nad activity in the area.
 During the summer of 1040 Ger. man activity on the eastern coast of Greenland became apparent" the department said. "Three ships pro- ceeding from Norwegian territory under German occupation arrived oil the coast of Greenland, oSte1l. eibly for commercial or scientific purposes; and nt least one of these ships landed parties nominally for scientific purposes, but actually for meteorological assistance to German belhgerent operations in the North Atlantic. These parties were event. ually cleared out. In the late fall of l0l0, air r reconnaissance ap. peared over East Greenland under circumstances making 1t plain that there had been continued activity in that region.
 "on March 27, 1941, Q German bomber flew over the eastern coast of Greenland and on the following day another German war plane likewise reconnoitered the same territory. Under these circum- stances 1t appeared that further steps for the defense of Greenland were necessary to bring Greenland within the system of hemispheric defense envisaged by the act of Habana."
 The department went on to say:
 Safety of Greenland
 "The government of the United States hes no thought in mind save that of assuring the safety of Green. land and the rest of the American continent, and Greenland's conitn. uarce under Danish sovereignty. The agreement recognizes explicitly the full Danish sovereignty over Greenland. At the same time it is recognized that 90 long as Denmark cannot exercise the Danish sovereign powers over Greenland under the Monroe Doctrine, and the agreement therefore was signed between the secretary of state and the Danish minister in Washington, acting as representative of the king of Den. mark, in his capacity as sovereign of Greenland, and with the concur renee o6 the governors of Green land"
 Article II of the agreement, oov- ering establishment of American Notifications, stated:
 Tt is agreed that the government of the United States of America hall have the right to construct, maintain and operate such landing fields, Seaplane facilities and radio and meteorological installations as may be necessary for the purposes set forth in article I (Greenland defense)."
 Rights Specified
 "The grants of the rights speci. lied in article IT," the following ar. ticle stated, "shall also include the right to improve and deepen iiar.bors and at1chorages and the approaches thereto, to install aids to navigation by air and by water and to con. strtict roads, communication serv. ices, Notifications, repair and stor- age facilities, and housing for per. sonnel, and, generally, the right to do any and all things necessary to insure the efficient operation, main- tes,ance and protection of such de- tense facilities as may Do estab- lished."
 The agreement has the effect of extending American Atlantic de- lenses from the northern coast of South America, through the Atlan- tic and Caribbean islands, and be- yond the Arctic Circle to Q point approaching the North Pole.
 Like Plan With Britain
 The agreement resembled, in many technical respects, that on. tered into for leasing naval and air base sits in the Atlantic from Britt ain. 1t covered .. s. postal facilities for the bases which may be estab- lished there, exclusive American Jurisdiction over U. 8. citizens in the area, and for tax-free entry of ma. terials and goods needed for Ameri- can garrisons.
 The agreement spoke of "tradi- tional friendships" between Dem mark and the United States, and said 1t had been entered into in that spirit.
 Danish Minister De Kaufman, in Q letter to Hull, expressed "rny feel. ings of gratitude for the expression of friendly concern of your govern ment and its earnest hope for the complete and speedy liberation of Denmark"
 Hull made it clear that the United States had initiated the negotiations for the agreement.