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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 4. September 1953 / Timeline September 4, 1953

3. September 1953, 5. September 1953

09/04/1953
Thulesag 3 - Tvangsfordrivningen
USA accepterer de danske betingelser for udvidelsen af Thulebasen.
160 beboere tvangsforflyttes uden at grøndlandske politikere, embedsmænd eller indbyggere er blevet spurgt.

09/04/1953
Thule Case 3 - The Forced Relocation
U.S. agrees to the Danish criteria for expansion of the Thule Air Base. 160 residents are displaced without Greenlandic politicians, officials and residents have been asked.
Telegram from Thule 3136 145/141 31/5/1953
gdl greenland cbh
for permanent under-secretary of state /stop/ village population a total of thirty families now all removed to mouth of inglefield bay staying the summer in tent camps at kanak kekertarssuak and natsilivik /stop/ the people are amply supplied from here with hunting equipment clothing provisions kerosene and medicine /stop/ the base has promised to drop kerosene for tent campers during the summer if necessary /stop/ removal began when shortly after our return we notified the population the decisions made in denmark /stop/ many people were grieved by parting with the place but everyone understood it was for common good /stop/ many hunters asked me to send their respects to permanent under-secretary of state thanking for the help already provided in form of equipment and for promise of new and good houses in compensation for those they abandoned in thule compliments
mørckrasmussen

09/04/1953

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