By Gram Slattery, Reuters
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US officials have discussed sending lump sum payments to Greenlanders as part of a bid to convince them to secede fom Denmark and potentially join the United States, according to four sources familiar with the matter.
While the exact dollar figure and logistics of any payment are unclear, US officials, including White House aides, have discussed figures ranging from US$10,000 (NZ$17,000) to US$100,000 (NZ170,000)per person, said two of the sources, who requested anonymity to discuss internal deliberations.
The idea of directly paying residents of Greenland, an overseas territory of Denmark, offers one explanation of how the US might attempt to "buy" the island of 57,000 people, despite authorities' insistence in Copenhagen and Nuuk that Greenland is not for sale.
The tactic is among v
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