[5] During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc occasionally named Denmark as the "weak links in the chain.

[13] In connection with Germany's attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941 German authorities in Denmark demanded that Danish communists should be arrested.

[citation needed] In 1950, the Soviet Union signed a contract leasing the mansion Kristianiagade 5 in Indre Østerbro, Copenhagen for 20,000 kroner per year.

[22] On 26 July 1952, American President Harry S. Truman ordered the military, economic and financial aid to Denmark to be continued, despite the delivery of the Danish tanker to the Soviet Union.

[28] Bulganin said "If war is opened against the U.S.S.R., the annihilating power of modern weapons is so great it would be tantamount to suicide for foreign countries the size of Denmark.

In March 1983, Denmark was the first country in the European Economic Community to drop the sanctions against the Soviet Union.

[30] On 1 October 1987, Gorbachev praised Denmark for not allowing foreign military bases and nuclear weapons on its soil.

In the case of a major conflict, they would be transferred to Denmark where several locations already were prepared for their handling and storage.

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