(THIS ARTICLE IS MACHINE TRANSLATED by Google from Norwegian)
This week, the parties have presented evidence of their views. The Thule residents who have raised the case are organized in the association Hingitaq 53. Their lawyer Christian Harlang this week tried to prove that the entire basis of the Thule base is not secured through a democratic process.
On Wednesday, Harlang said in court that both the Defense Agreement of 1951 and the decision on the Thule base are illegal.
"Neither the Thule Hunters' Council, the Riksdag nor the Riksdag's Greenland Committee were told that a military base was to be built in Thule – even the construction of a weather station in 1946 is not illegal," said Christian Harlang.
In his statement, he has left no doubt that according to the documentation he is on, the implementation of both the Defense Agreement of 1951 and the Thule base are not in accordance with Danish law. The defense agreement regulates, among other things, the US presence in Greenland.
It all began when the winter darkness eased in February 1951, and US aircraft investigated the area for a base to be placed. In a note from the head of the Greenland Ministry in Copenhagen, Box Brun, it was clearly stated that the flights and the cause were strictly confidential.
All documents that later appear in the Danish Parliament are very approximate. They are not told exactly where the base should be and what tasks it should have. All attachments to the case are kept secret for the elected officials.
Christian Harlang concludes that the American base is built without any Danish authorities having made a decision, without any law being passed and without any authority in any decision made in the hunting council for the Thule area.
