Le Nord : revue internationale des Pays de Nord - 01.06.1939, Page 569
CHRONIQUE TRIMESTRIELLE
of these messages is given above (see
the present issue of Le Nord, p.
425—434).
The following communiqué was
published after the meeting:
“The Kings of Denmark and Ice-
land, of Norway and of Sweden
and the President of the Republic
of Finland have together with their
foreign ministers met in Stockholm
the 18th—19th October 1939.
At this meeting the general situ-
ation was scrutinised from the
point of view of each one of the
countries represented. A close ex-
amination was especially made of
the difficulties which, in the present
serious international situation, these
countries are encountering in the
maintenance of their right of self-
determination in favour of a neu-
tral position which these countries
have always affirmed and which
they have confirmed by their de-
clarations of neutrality at the out-
break of the present war. The
meeting unanimously stated that
Governments are determined, in
close co-operation, to adhere con-
sistently to this strict neutrality.
Their intention is to let their atti-
tude in regard to all occurring pro-
blems be determined by their solici-
tude to uphold their neutral posi-
tion in full independence. They de-
mand as their right that this atti-
tode, founded on peaceful relations
to other Powers, be respected by
all.
Recalling the declaration made
by the Governments of Denmark,
Norway and Sweden during the
Great War at the meeting in Oslo
in 1917 of the Kings of the North-
ern countries, according to which
the friendly and confident rela-
tions between the countries were
to be maintained, however long the
war might last and whatever deve-
lopments might ensue therefrom, it
was unanimously stated at the
Stockholm meeting that Denmark
and Iceland, Finland, Norway and
Sweden in the present situation
would in their policy follow the
same principles as were, by firm
collaboration, successfully applied
during the war of 1914—1918.
Furthermore were discussed the
difficulties, to which the commerce
and the shipping of the neutral
states have been subjected as a
consequence of the measures taken
by the belligerents. It was unani-
mously decided to continue mutual
consultations in these matters and
to adhere to the principles laid
down in the Copenhagen Com-
muniqué of September 19th 1939,
(see the Danish chronicle, Le Nord,
p. 487/88), while maintaining tradi-
tional commercial relations in every
direction and supporting each other
in securing the vital supplies of
their peoples. There was also un-
animous agreement regarding the
continuation of the co-operation
within the group of the Oslo
Powers and with other neutral
states with a view to asserting mu-
tual interests.
On the occasion of the meeting