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Contents Contents 3 INTRODUCTION 8 I. THE PREWAR YEARS 11 1.Entering Diplomatic Service 11 A Good Family Background 11 Berlin 1916-1919 13 The Danish Foreign Service 1920 -- 1921 14 Rome 1921 - 1923 15 The Landmandsbank Scandal 1922 18 2. From Far East to Far North 22 The Middle Kingdom 1924 - 1932 22 The Generalissimo 24 The American Connection 28 A Free Rein 34 Dreaming of America 35 Getting Greenland 36 Scandinavia Facing Nazism 37 II. WORLD WAR 43 3. The Tiger Jumps the Moat 43 A Conversation at the White House 43 To Feed the Tiger 44 Occupation 45 Quisling 47 The Policy of Cooperation 48 4. Walking the Tightrope in Washington, 1940 51 April 9, 1940 in Washington 51 The Diplomats' Dilemma 57 Kauffmann's American Connections 58 US Dual Policy 60 5. The Legation Takes the Offensive 63 The Ships Go Sailing 63 Impounding the Ships 68 Kauffmann's Fight for Recognition 1940-41 71 6. The Greenland Bases 76 Greenland Comes into Focus 76 "Anything Short of War" 80 The lines are coming close 81 Representing Greenland 87 The Greenland Agreement 90 Sandbagging the Governors 94 Reactions to the Agreement 97 Calling the Bluff 102 The King's Birthday 109 Sabotaging Neutrality 114 Talking to the People 118 7. The Legation's Covert Operations 121 Diplomacy in Wartime 121 Moments of Truth 124 An Independent Foreign Service 126 Confrontation with the Governors 127 The Legation on the New York Stock Exchange 132 The China Commando Group 135 Council on Foreign Relations 143 The Legation's Goodwill Policy 146 8. Kauffmann and the Free Danes 151 In Search of Sponsorship 151 Great Britain and the Free Danes 153 Kauffmann's Counter-Move 156 The Yellow Badge 162 Between Washington and London 166 9. Denmark Rejoins the Free World 173 An American Perspective on the Policy of Cooperation 173 Gate-Crasher at the United Nations 177 Among Allies 181 The Road to San Francisco 185 Negotiating a Government 193 10. Counting the Losses 201 A Private Foreign Policy 201 III COLD WAR 206 11. Minister without Portfolio 206 The Hero 206 Awakening to a New World 208 Fear of the Axe 211 The October 1945 Election 217 12. "As my own personal view....": Greenland 1945-48 220 Sovereignty over Greenland 220 Thoughts on Bornholm 223 The Manners of Friendly Guests: The Soviet Union in Bornholm 1945-46 226 A Private and Confidential Conversation... 229 The Bear Says Farewell 233 Postponed or Abandoned? 235 A Solution Once and for All 239 The Doctors' Diagnosis 241 Looking Over the Pole 245 The Key Man 250 Without Previous Consultation... 254 Going Slow 260 A False Note 263 13. Neutrality and Cold War 269 A Very Secret Guest 269 "The Atomic Bomb and its Problems" 271 Neutrality Challenged 273 The Easter Crisis 1948 276 The Message from Washington 280 A Changed Approach to Foreign Policy? 284 The Greenland Card 285 Nordic Perspectives 286 Trapped 291 Denmark Chooses Sides 293 Becoming A Founding Father 299 Niels Bohr's Open Letter 300 14. The New Greenland Agreement 1951 303 Giving and Taking 303 Project Robin 308 A Free Hand 313 Greenland: The Silent Partner in Danish Security Policy 317 15. The Downward Slope 322 Extraordinary Possibilities 322 Compensation for Danish Ships 326 Povl Bang-Jensen Again 331 The End 336 IV THE JUDGMENT OF HISTORY 342 A friend of America 342 Kauffmann as Foreign Policy Activist 345 The Kauffmann Paradox 346 On Home Ground 350 Ends and Means 353 NOTES 356
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Kauffmann, Henrik, 1888-1963, Diplomats Denmark Biography, Denmark Foreign relations United States, United States Foreign relations Denmark, World War, 1939-1945 Diplomatic history, Cold War Diplomatic history