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GERMAN LEGATION
AIDE MÉMOIRE
The German Reich Government is determined, in view of the friendly relations which exist between Norway and Germany, under no circumstances to prejudice the inviolability and integrity of Norway and to respect the territory of the Norwegian State. In making this declaration the Reich Government naturally expects, on its side, that Norway will observe an unimpeachable neutrality towards the Reich and will not tolerate any breaches of Norwegian neutrality by any third party which might occur. Should the attitude of the Royal Norwegian Government differ from this so that any such breach of neutrality by a third party recurs, the Reich Government would then obviously be compelled to safeguard the interests of the Reich in such a way as the resulting situation might dictate.
OSLO, 2nd September 1939.
This is to certify that the above is a true copy of the Aide-Memoire which was handed to the Norwegian Foreign Minister by the German Minister in Oslo on the 2nd of September 1939. OSLO, 3rd October 1945. .
(signed) TRYGVE LIE Foreign Minister.
Notice to the Norwegian foreign minister stating that Germany will respect the integrity and territory of Norway (conditioned on Norway's neutrality in the war)
Date: 02 September 1939
Literal Title: Aide Memoire
Defendant: Erich Raeder
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: TC-31
Citations: IMT (page 1063), IMT (page 9841)
HLSL Item No.: 450832
Notes:The notice was presented by the German minister in Oslo, who is not named.
Document Summary
TC-31: German Assurance to Norway, dated 2 September 1939.
TC-31: NORWAY, AGGRESSION, GERMAN -- III-129, 263, 282,- 285 [German declaration, 1939 -- -- German declaration, 1939 / NORWAY -- Neutrality: German assurances, Judgment -- -- 28 April 1939 / NORWAY, AGGRESSION, GERMAN -- agreements, assurances, conventions, and their violation by Germany: German assurances -- -- 28 April 1939 / TREATIES, AGREEMENTS, ETC -- Norway: Assurances, German policy of false assurances -- German assurances -- 28 April 1939 / TREATIES, AGREEMENTS, ETC -- assurances, violated by Germany -- -- German declaration 1939 / TREATIES, AGREEMENTS, ETC -- 6 Oct. 1939 to respect the neutrality and territorial integrity and inviolability of the Nether. lands -- Norway, 28 April 1939 -- 2 Sep. 1939