Four years before the Cuban missile crisis erupted over Soviet deployment of nuclear weapons in Cuba, the U.S. Strategic Air Command had nuclear bombs deployed in 41 locations worldwide. The locations included 14 bases on the territories of six foreign countries: Canada, Greenland (Denmark), Japan (Okinawa), Morocco, Spain, and the United Kingdom. The bomb-arsenal included […]
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U.S. State Department “Assures” Denmark Of No Nuclear Weapons In Greenland
Following the crash of a nuclear-armed B-52 bombers off Thule Air Base in Greenland in January 1968, and subsequent negotiations between the U.S. and Danish governments, the U.S. State Department assured Denmark that it will not store nuclear weapons in Greenland or overfly Greenland without the consent of the Danish government. Full Text: DEPARTMENT […]
U.S. Secretary of State Thanks Danish Prime Minister “Helpful Arrangements” In Greenland
During the NATO Summit in Paris in December 1957, U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles thanked Danish Prime Minister H. C. Hansen for the “helpful arrangements” for U.S. forces in Greenland. Only one month earlier, U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Val Peterson had asked Hansen if Denmark wanted to be informed if the United States […]
Danish Prime Minister Gives Tacit Go-Ahead For U.S. Nuclear Weapons In Greenland
A few months after the Danish government had first announced its decision not to accept nuclear weapons on Danish territory, U.S. Ambassador Val Peterson visited Danish Prime Minister H. C. Hansen. During the meeting, the Ambassador avoided asking directly whether Denmark wanted to be informed if the U.S. should decide to deploy nuclear weapons in […]