Excerpts from the Press Conference
08/21/1941
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This Government will insure the adequate defense of Iceland with full recognition of the independence of Iceland as a sovereign state.
It is the announced policy of the Government of the United States to undertake to join with the other Nations of the Western Hemisphere in t...
The people of Iceland hold a proud position among the democracies of the world, with a historic tradition of freedom and of individual liber...
I must take all necessary measures to ensure the safety of the Western Hemisphere.