Germany'S MINISTRY FOR CHEATURES AND MORAV, PRAGUE (1906) 1939 - 1945 (1965), inv. 1049, sig. 110-10/53 (damaged)

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84 - 6. At the request of the Wehrmacht commander Denmark, the islands of Laesø and Anholt were declared as a safe area. Thus, the same provisions apply to Laesö and Anohlt as to the safe area in Jutland. 7. At the request of the Wehrmacht commander, Denmark, it was ordered that the Danish administration should carry out a proper marking of the arrivals and exits with the Geueindenzmon, indicating the distance of the nearest town for the safe area in Jutland, since the previous inscription did not meet the military requirements. 8. The fortification work in Jutland will continue as planned. Special problems - except for the ongoing material procurement questions - did not occur in Mirz. II. Communications from the foreign policy. 1. The Danish envoy in Ron Wadsted - following a wish of the republican-fascist government of Italy - moved his headquarters to Venice. 2. On 25.2.1944 the Icelandic Alting unanimously decided that the Danish-Icelandic Union Treaty should be lifted. Pieser decision of the Alting will be the subject of a general referendum from 20.-23.5.1944. If the decision was adopted in the referendum, it will become valid as soon as the Olding took on it. There is no doubt about its acceptance of the prevailing sentiment in Iceland. Iceland's Alting has also adopted a legislative proposal on the introduction of the Democratic Constitution. Under this constitution, Iceland will hold a president elected for 4 years by a general referendum. The President's powers of attorney are relatively limited.