FDR: “We would work for the complete independence of what is the Iceland…”

On the recordAugust 23, 1944

We would work for the complete independence of what is the Iceland, not of today but of a thousand years back.

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Democratic · New York

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Toast at a State Dinner for the President of Iceland

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FDR: “We would work for the complete independence of what is the Iceland, not of today but of a thousand years back.”