DEPARTMENT OF STATE
FOR THE PRESS NOVEMBER 3, 1939
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The American Minister to Norway, Mrs. J. Borden Harriman,
reported to the Department at 2:00 A.M., Saturday morning,
(Oslo Time) that she had received a telephonic report from the
American Consul at Bergen, Mr. Maurice P. Dunlap, to the effect
that the American Steamship City of Flint now flies the Americar
flag, the German prize crew having been interned and the
American crew released by the Norwegian authorities. Consul
Dunlap had been so informed by the Norwegian naval authorities
at Bergen.    It appears that the commander of the German prize
crew had requested permission to enter the harbor at Haugesund
on the ground that he wished to deliver an American sailor,
who was ill, to the American Consul.    The Norwegian Admiral
promptly sent a doctor aboard the vessel to determine the facts.
After investigation the doctor reported that the seaman was
not sufficiently ill to Justify granting permission for the
ship to anchor.    Nevertheless the vessel did anchor and the
Norwegian authorities then took the action outlined, in ac-
cordance with international law.
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