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UNITED STATES OF AMr_ '

Stockholm, September 3, 1945.

My dear Mr. 0 1 Dwyer:

Thalli{ you very much for your kind letter

of July 14th with the generous word of thanks

regarding ilar Refugee Board operations in Sweden.

I feel very grat Hied if you think that the

Legation and myself were of some as·sistance in

these difficult and vitally important activities.

With very be'st wishe.s, ·believe me

Yours l;lincerely,-

Herschel

The Honorable William O'Dwyer,

Executive Director, War Refugee Board,

Washington 25, D.C.

JUL14J945

My dear •rr. Minh ter:

Before the final l1qu1dat1on of the War Retl18ee So~rd~ 1 w11tb '~ tb~~ lo11 on behalf ot the ftottt<S for JO\ll' Pet~sonal 1ntel"es' in ol.lr opev&Uone 2nd tor ti:JM«t,s,sistance JOU and your start g~~ $o Ml". OJ;~·fl~ tot.lr personal he;lp was extr~~elY.impq~~ai.Ui to the eu.ooeee 'Jf OIU" Ut't!ouu &n4oxouo1ti.l aot1v1Ues.trom sweden. we rilie . dnct!tl-~l.Y Jrf!tetu;l to,. :7our . d.d and that ot 'She LegatJ.bn etatt ~ ·

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;.JEDEN ON GUARD J -~To trap quislin~ ~lipped 1 m UER. FR. ONTIER·.·S/ ~.w:::,n ~;.o:;,~~ ~::~~·~.~! . .,.-A...J-U returning home to ·h~rre·

...... - _ . ___ . sl_stance group_!!! there!. f!_wedehl>'fo­htbits Norwegians And Danes· from

Neutraj. Nll,tioll Now Harbors em~=g ';!!h;~!; ~:~ 1 06,000-Refugees, B11rs Entry Swedan haa giv~n "poH~e" and

to Qermans Collab·orators military training· to 1o,ooo young ' ·--· Norwegian refugees and 3 000

Danish; and to several diffe~ent • By NAN(JY nl&cLENNON lationallty poups of refugees, col-

Sweden now harbors 108,000 Eu-' .~~~ati:.!.tlOnal and high •chool ropean refuge~s. but .fa vlgUantly

1 • Basic to Sweden's refugee policy

guarding her_ frC?nUers ~gainst • 18 work for ~ose who are emplpy-qufsHng, collab~rationJe~--an~J, Ger---

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man fugitive~~ ~rtin Ka_st.engr~! m agrzculture, industry, forest {Uld Swedish--Cc?naul-G~eral-in. ~~'V~ road wotk and p~at cutting. Many York, disclosed-yeaterday.= · ·_- _ int eUectuals and scientists among

Russian "pressure" is being--~- the exiles found work tn- archives erted_to retrieY.e from Sweden :the and scientific Institutions. · nationals ot -the :SQviet-Uberated Sweden-of~era the "rigbt of a,a.y­states, but ~ny refuse to return.,lum" to thpse refugf!,es _who_ have Further complicating Sweden's ad- :f~ught for _ ~reedo~. _The_ group ministration of refuge~s is the !no_w _on he~ soil fucrudeB '3s;ooo need for especially close PoUc;e- ex-JNo~e_gians,- 15,tii Danes,- 6,100 amina.tlon of those from the poUt-! Finns, 29,600 fro Baltic states tcally complex Bal.t.!c. st.ate.s- a. nd' (mostly E~tonfa.)-. nd smi num­Finland. Furthermore, the neutrl!-l!bers from practtc lly eve .other nation has to finance those from/country b1 Europe: Moreb er there­the Baltics,-the atate.Ies.s, the quts..,,are 6,5~0 stontan. Swedes ins. we-. lings and the other exiles -"for/ den by 1 vitation o! the overn-whom nobody will answer" said ~ ment; more than 5,000 -Gar-recent- -Swedish Foreign' Office mans a Austrta.ns, 1,200 Rus-memorandum to Mr; K;ast~mgr8n. slana 800 Poles. There -.are Refugees from ll{orway, Den_m~r~s more tJ:lan 18~,000- foreigners in RU8sla, France,- Poland,- Holl61ld Sweden. · and other lands are financeQ-_ by

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Swedtah 18.~ _giVes lhe"_: Govei-IJ.­ment foUr means; trQm eXtradition· to_e~pulsion, to fe~i~ve_ the cOun~-r~ of undesirabl~ tefugee.s, but to pre­vent an "Invasion" of theitrin·thi.a laSt phase- of tne War~ new safe­guards have been enacted, Mr. Kaatengten said. _ ~-~e~enuy ·_ the Governn;te~Jt. decide4 ~~ Norweg_ian and Danish _ refugees -should . be .. turned away'' · af the trontie:r, Iince It would lie 'dlff!cult to effect itr@edJil:te s~re~11ing-_ ot:tbBl)aH-J.~bi among the_m · from quisling• · -and collabora!,!on!stB. This ~·lo ~!:h !liscref!~in regard to Dane• and Norwegians, but ln. the.- cUe· ot German refUgees., :-au are ·~turned ·s.we;y•_•- as sOon as Poa- ' Rlftl~.- . - - - • - - -

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, . Refere~1Ce is.Inade yto tne ;.;roposed cable to. be sent to Olsen ti1rougi7 ~t~~e Der'~r"Lill~n~.lac~lllil<;:s, s~~ge~t.1n5 ~~1at -~!u.s- g~ve~"nmenL. ac9-u1re ~·oner Lor certcun of lcs needs :.:rom Sver1ges RlKSb.i!ik aga.msc >ex;;ortt<ole go.La, and to Olsen' s-'-815 ot· rilarcn 15, 1164 of A1;ril 5, and a. provosed or aciual messa~e !1eaded "AJ,'ril 6, 1944, Taylor, Stockiwlm." .

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. .Pertinent and e~~~J..l~iai infurlllution re~,:..t~ng to the.:;La~ter~ 1nent.i?~~d -~r~-~ lil i..he- Hl83Ga,5"68 B.iJ8C~11.8Q a .JOVe al.;iJ8al't; to be lrtCOr!JOl'U:ted 111. 0.L0B!l 1 S b04 .....- r of l;'ebruary :G3. 'I!1is last-me111.iuned meo.:iage is not. at.ta_cned to- -r;li.a _i:Li.e and t_._!e oi'_ices oi r1iessr.s. Penlp, Lesser, St.e:wB.~~t, t.fJi!Js Hodel,_ .iar l:l8f'ugee .do::.rd distriGu.tion ofl"lce and Foreign Funds Control dL.>tri-Out);on ot':(ice nave· rel.Jorted T,tlat they do rlOL 1.-ossess a cop~· of Gucn m.eBsase. in ·ViG,rt· q_..1.._ t.11e ,.,robaole nanu·e of oo4, no re~uest has 'oesn wade of Sta·ce by t11is oii:ice 1or sucn messag-e.

From 1-ne inr·ormat.ion o.vo..ila-ole, Lne .tJr·oblem raised ai.J,_,cars t.woi"old: (uj acc1ulsition of kroner for certain ,_urposes of this governm~nt, and (o)

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vision of Ar&entine e~zcl1~nge -co t..ne S\vedes in tne event Arsentine as.set.s soould be blocked bJ tt1is 5overnment.

Insofar dS (b) is concerned, tne Swedes appear presently to .have ~l.de..;.t.ud,e resources in Argentintl to finance ti1eir trade. ReJ.'O ts under tile Swedish General License lndic:~ Le ti1a t Sweden i1as con:c;iste,ltly. trausi"erred dollars to Argentina for illJ1,ort,; into S;7eden very· substantially in· excess of transfers under tile general license from Argentina in payment of exports from Sweden. There have been indicatioas ti1at Sweden has, shipped or ;~as consi<iering ~ne shipment of gol<i from South JU'rlca to Arg-entina t,o IJrovid~ add~ional bal­ances. ciince January 1, 1';)44, there have been transfers of ~5,350,uuo from tne. A:·,;E!J:ltine .Central Bank to ·the· account of the Sveriges Riksbank, .mu from this it seenis reasonable to u.educe. that at le,,st at present Sweden contin~Jes to nave su-osta,ltial balli.ilCes, in Argentina. In view of the lack of clarity ·as to the ,cresenL o.nd future S::/edisn financial ppsltiOJ:l in :ftrgentina, 1:tnd. in the light of considerations expressed in the, follo;'ring paragraph, it is felt that fatur•e SwediE;il' .financial oper·ations v1i th. Argentina .rieed .. not .no1v bir ens·ured.

With regard to (a) it is felt undesirable that this government at this -;.time propose to Sweden thctt it obtain kroner againsbi;.e:x:portabie gold. Fil·st, up to the present the Sv1edes have been prepared to freely provide kroner against blocked dollars for both govermnental and )?rivate pui'poses, ·and the initiation of .a ilpecial method involving exportable gold. ll\iglit .easily lilake, the Swedes reluptant to take blocked dollars against kroner for other purposes.­The proposal accoJxiingly could ea:;ily l'esult in a presently ._generally satisfac­t"orY: situation·l)eing comvromised se1•ious1y~, Seconc!iy, the Swedlsh restrictions and strict· reporting requirements 111entioned ln the :lecond l)al'agravh of 1164 appear discriminatory since insofar as Swedish ·represer1t_atives iri this country

·. :, are. concerned, they may utilize ·funds rami tted . to. them. from· Sweden wl thout pre~ audit. or ex-,poat4"uoto,.check. Such fuhds are t1~aJ1si'erred 1.mder the Swedisli

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Accu::·U.i.ng.L;y, r~u:.ller t!.cn ~ropocie a 1_jrocedure to ti~vetlen lnvclvir~g --tne L-..C­quis~ tion of' Aroner ·:O..~dln6t 6:X1Jortci.Ole bolci, it o'Tolild at~pear J.Jrei"era.ble- to lnsiot on raciJ?rocal trea·t..ment of our r·epreset.lt-:t~ives in Sw~den, 4n\-'- -L( T.his is no-r. iorthcomin~, to Lil_l-JOSe restrictions on _til~·, use of funds by 0w00.i;3h retJresent,;.t~ves .ae!·e, alt .least equivalent to t.ue restrictions -~1n:ioseq. U!Jon oar re~res~n-.:.: .. tives in bi'teden. rrne i'oregoinE; conclusion l.la:::> beeri _'re_--~.9~~eJ. on t;le ba;-;is of ava.ilaDJ.e infui':n:..--'~l-ion anu accorUint;ly is ollen to reconsicier::;.tion on the J:'resent.-=.tion at' aue::.i_uat-e factual ln1urmation reveal-in6 COllif'Slling red .... ons . .-, . .-!y tl1e rux~:.ter involved s.l.loul.(i be ·cre:.li .. eci in a ul.(l~erent. nl:.innar.

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Dear Iver;

I aa aand1q TOU herewith tha thb4 aupPleaent for •war Bahgea lo~ - Pro.1aetl and -Doou.ente".

Included vlth the material is a aet of lnetruotiona indicating the or«ar ln vhlch tha new lllllterlal 1B to be 11lflertect. and which of tha old material ia to ba deJatad.

Hr. lYer c. Olean, ftnanotal Attache, VDltad Stataa·Legation, Stookhola, Sweden.

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A reaea• report hat been reaelftd here h'oa Loaloa \hat \lie ,swe4leh

Gcwenaeat hae ladloate4 wlll!qu .. to appJ'oaO. tu Qerua ao ... ..-.,

tor releaee of up to 20,000 ohtlbea of all uUoulUlee to a-Au, pl'crrt4el

CQI'aa\eee of naouaUoa td'l fortl:!.ao•f.Dc· t01U' tel.,.._ kht h'llruJ7 lJ,

lo. 1110, repone \ha\ alallar prOpoeal ••• lll.4e .. a preyloue ooaaeloa nt

t)aat ao aouon ••• taken at tl:!.at u •• _, Stretea. n ...,. be pot.a\e4 01lt that

aa &ppJ'OIDh to Gll'llalll' would ao loqer U1u17 ~eopal'the Olwloee ot fth&He .... to eeoape &I W&l thea feU'H, elaae \he .... encu.Uoa of U..leh lewe 111111111

utertwa at tbl \IIIli of the earlier propoaal baa now ""a oapletet. the

Ju Blfv&ee loan 11 prepued to •••• all ooa41Uoae 4lloueee4 b J'01ll' teletl'U

of..., 19, 1943, lo. 1610, uA l'equeeh that 7011 approaall the lft41.eh GoYei'IMat

TO Mr. Leeser

FROM !fr 0 Smith

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

WAR REFUGEE BOARD

INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION

DATE

Ap~il 1, 1944

,/ ' ... : OA March 16, 1944, Schwartz of the J.o:i.nt"Distt;i)utiol! Committee wired ·

from· London to the War Refugee-Board t~t ·"Swedish~vernment ~indicated willingness apprpaoh ~is and Satellite Governments for release· up to · · 20,000 childrenfof all nationalities to Sweden pr9vided ~antees for evacUation forthcoming•" He urced that the Board encourage the Swedish GoYernment 1n eveey w~ to undertake this proJect.

In the apri~ of 1943 a representative of the World1Jewish Congress induced Sweden to make such a request of the German Government. As reported. by Breckinridge.Lonc.on November 26, 1943, before the House Committee on J'oreign Affairs; A The neutral· government was· unable to get ~ favorable response from the German Government. The original· •inquiry is still being conducted. The German Government, the reqW~lit having been made some time ago, .hae not indicated that it will aooepti nevertheless; '11'8 are teying to get the ueutral government to c;:ontinue ita· .. actiYities."

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On March 19, 1943, (Cable No .• 1610) Johns,on in Stockholm reported a conversation between the Brithh aD,d the Gove1'lllilent, in which it was indicated ·that .the · like assurances from . the goverlillients of ·~=~;;":~;,..:~~~:;~ woUld be made as ·soon as · question from Sweden and enter s*eden .to aid in finano:i.ial.. bUrden was acquiesced. :i.n the .· . the. qUestion of. n. o'; otlilllo.· SVII.CUatllon ar&\Uil,ent ttat "such a ··guar~un,ee tbe JUdeli Reich policy. llell'lllaif ~IOv,iirlll!le:rit:,;

an· February 13 of this ;Year (Ciable ub. 1i8o) J~hliao~ reported that "on . one o~caai"oi1·wl!en ¥41eh ·aovern#'e.n,t W!l~ ~let to ·m~· publto:aPie&i~t!l •... · ae~ans ·.to P81'1111t Jslfiilh ohildnn: to o PD!e ito SWeden, fr$ill Pol81ia. ;' action·

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was not taken because it was clear in advance that Ger1118.11y would turn down any such offer and it was then thought .that' public app~al might even injure the chances of some refugees to escape unnoticed, but the Swedes let it be known lbat they were prepared to admit Jewish children. 'I

In their program submitted to the \'{ar Refugee :Board, the· World/Jewish C.o ngress requested the :Board to investigate without delay whether this~ult l!'"CNm has 81J3 prospect of realbation. (/ r.

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I aa eendtDC you herevl th the IHOnd supplement tor "War l'lefUBee l!oa1'4 • ProJeote ud Doauente• •

Included vlth the .ate•lal le a ••t ot lnatruottona 1n41oat1ag the or4er ln whlah the nw material 11 to be lnllrted aad whlah ot the old aater1Al 11 to be deletet. -

Ill'. IYer o. Olen. J'taaaotal Attaohe, ~., .. a,., •• Lecatloa, 8tollkholll, Sw4en.

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Dear Iver&

I am eend1q ;vou herevi th ·. euppleaental ll&terlal tor the volUIIe ot Wu Betugee loar4 pi'OJe~ttl aDd doouaenta recently tonarded to you. 'the aocompaJ~y-1ng 1netruot1on eheet lndloatee the order ln vhioh the new material 1e to be lneerted and vhloh ot the old material ia to be deleted,

I am also eendiq, under aeparate cover, an additional blader with index tabs tor the new headlnge,

Mr. Iver O. Olsen~ 1'tnano1al AUaohe, United Statee Lecatlon, Stookhola, 8ve4wn.

Yery truly ;vours,

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.Mr. John w. Pehle War Refugee lbard ~reasUry BuiLding Washington, D. C.

Dear .Mr. Pehlel

You will recall that some time ago, I spoke with you about a cargo of clothing and food in Swede£, which was he~d up .from ehip­ment to Poland. I have been tioying to get aWtional ~information about it, which ia contained in the enclosed memorandum.

Perhaps the OEW_ could instruct the :AD1erican A~taahe in Sweden to allow the parcels to go throuih. !rhe Britieh have already agreed to this,

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MEMORANDUM

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At the beginning of 1943 a cargo of clothing (mostly used) and food, arrived in Sweden from the United Statee. It had been brought by the Polish Government.

!!he cargo was to be shipped to Poland, not as one big load, but as several thousand food packages, and parcels of clothing. Such packages were sent from SWeden to Poland since the beginning of the war. American and British authorities were informed of this and never raised any objection.

The shipment mentioned above, was to be used, not for the general Polish population, but for Polish citizens, working within the under­ground, including Jewish and Polish organizations.

The British authorities made no objection to having such packages sent to Poland, bu.t, undoubtedly due to some misunderstanding of the American Attache in Stockholm, he objected to the sending of the packages, and referred to instructions from his Government. He considered it to l:e breaking the blockade. Just about that time, the manager of the P0 lish section left Stockholm and the matter remained in abeyance.

It is now necessary to explain to the American authorities that the packages sent to Poland are not to aid the Polish population, but are intended only for specific categories of Poles and Jews active in the Polish underground.

June, 1944

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I • u.•~•t.J~C the r.,.n ot ov aethtu .. tor \lle week of ..,. 8 to 18.

I haq reo.t'"d FOV reout letter• eaOlo ... he pre .. Ua• tru O• heat.lh li"P•~"•· We bYe toaa4 thea eatre•J.r '-\treat~,. u.d I &ppreolate pv .._JIC U&a a'n.Uali1e to u..

'Jiaelonre

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We &N tenal'dlng to pu by lpe ... al pouO)a a WlUM tlha11 liN been naentlly ptltlb .up tor uea 111 ilhQ SWI ot 11he ... llltl'u&M loaM.

i'hla "billte-" 11 ••• p1'1Mr11y to attorcl yoa ... ., ll'Ollllcl ather 11Mil aa. en at4 sa •••Una epeolfto P1'01tl .. 11hat rou My baft to buull•• It h aot OOIIpl•to nor la 1.11 entirely up- d&11o "'" • .,..d llll'ft to &1• rou ..... flh!ng ot the '"' ot wll&t .. an t,ma 1lo do.

Wlth beat sf8tar41.

(Signed) J. w. Pehle

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INTEIIt OFFleE eOMMUNleATION

DATE April 17, 1944

TO Mr. Pehle

FROM -:::; 1'.iss Hodel

/ Miss Thompson is leaving tonight for Stockholm.

Since she told me some time ago that she. could not take anything bulky, I sent on all the weekly reports to Iver.

~ You might want to have Miss Thompson take him a

6 personal letter from you. A draft is attached.

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Dear Ivera

I want to take this opportunity to eend you ~ personal greetings and. congratulations· on the tine job you are doing; I also want you to knQw how pleased I am that you found it possible to take on the work as our special repre­sentative in Stookholm.

Harry White sent on to lll.!l your excellent report for Jaquaey. r was partloularJ,y inter~sted in the sections on refu­gee problema and, in fact, Circulated copies of those portions to all~ staff. I look forward to seeing more of.these reports·.

· _· ;: qay~ .~eqt jf/~~ ~ilr()~!1,c~l\e,l!ql191l"'!)Op~f!zt.~of ~l J'fftr RefUgee Board weeJtl)' reports 'lijiil)t(~l.give you the .general baclfgi'_ouhd ot our:W6rk and the .ck!ve~op11Jents on an overall scale. 'rhase~'l-eports will be sent to you ... ~~~(~Ilk· You will, l)Otioe tha~ 'lte are concentrating on. a pay:Ohpl,ogipal. progj:'.~~c!!''igned to forestall 1\lrthilr perseout1on8 and Oli aotiuu rescue 8!ld relief op_erations. · ·

!tecentli• ·~ h.ave ._been puall~lfrat.her ~t~enlloou!tlY Gl a pl'ogrllln 11\1de!> '!fbJ,Pb this Oo~~ent\t~ld ann'?linoit•:;~,g the 'tfQl'ld

~~11:~~p~~~~f~ -~:~tl.~~-·:':~f~~j~-,;~:{~~~r~~tr~i~h nl.l , ~ ~~··t~IA 411lt pr$.•~e~e; of. ,r~ .aq~ k11pt in · centel'e 1ri t~e · 11r\~~:~;.,(i~~e•. fo~. ~~· !liil'•¥,01;1. _ ~t,:.~~o~ t;t .. • tbey- wauld J1a -~, , tu~it~ ~,t~fll~.r ·hClllle,._.or ~l!ltf'Jh~S;·~~P•Il~s lipClt'l the. o1rcu~C1a,!p_.~ ~IJe.~t~•r 'f!'&a dt11ous~ed ·at. .. a_meeti,l'!tt __ o, the W:at Rerul!e .~--~~~?' ~ ; ~:cfu,~~ c~he. agr.efjmen~ of_ Se,c~e1;au,•y1 ~fi«<~&~tillli .. ~d ·IJiare~aey -~l4:.:. ~o.fe~J'i, .~t.l••on hae.lt9t; -·_ •s y-~\f ·~PP-'C?ovec:l o,t tlii's pl'ogriiJii apd ._ . • ~.· ~11,). -Pll~hma: ~t~ · .until' a ·d•ciielon> ~· &'eaoh~d~.nothtnsio ot ~~"··~~~h;(~::~ .. dPne. ·- >::,·: · · · ·. ·

. ' · .. · ·.• 'IY_e ·have. reo~1v~d q~Jt:e ?ti~~t~ble- t•POlltll· '-l ,the- efteot ·• o! ~h!. P""~~~!l~· ~ .. !)il.~~~~fpn.t',~f,JI.~~ ta4,, 19"' .'litiioli ~·-· ~~~, ~ · ~C!Y'(ll,l,_:,::.X,t.;eppeare:th.~t.>C!.#t•i~ta'tlle ,qo~retion<lt!l,l!l• bettli•r•~t!t.4

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'trCIII most quarters with respect to publicilling this announcement. A's you may have heard, Anthony Belen made a sillilar announcement .in the House of Oommona a short time after the Prea1dsnt 1s Deal.aration. I understand that this announcement, which want somewhat farther then ours 1n pointing out that those in Axis and Satellite countries who follow the righ~ path will not bs forgotten in the daf or final reo!Coning, will receive the widest pOB8ible publicity in all eneily or enamy-oooupied countries.

In connection with the rescue projects of private organ;.. iotions, you wl.ll be particularly interested in the change ot policy which was effected Just before the creation of the Board. With the aonaurrsnoe of the staie Department, Treasury fin~ decidac;l to permit the usa of trsa foreign exchange in en81ly-ocoupied territory, 1f necessary. All lioeQSSa which are now Usued tor relief and evacuation operations in enailly teri'1to17i>PI!l'mlt tbia. The text of one of the licensee has been cabled to the Legation in stockholm in connection with the program of the Amal'ioan Relief tor No~, Inc., tor rsllet and evacuation operations in Norway, wllioh you have no doubt eeen. · · The Board has appointed Ronell J~cOlelland of the Alllel'ioan ll'rienda its repreaentat.ive in Swltsarland and tor Portugal, it baa designated Dr. Robart Dexter of the trnital'lans. Ira Hiraohmann, nee president of BloOIId.Dgd!llea, who h!ld -gcqe to tgl'kay as a pl'ivata citiSen, baa bean· acting as. our rsprs.antaiiva in Ankara. He 1e retuming this weak tor oO:naultaticli, The ettuation in Spain, which baa beeh ~tlinad in detail,,. ~n our reports, is still rath~ distressing. A nllllbar of requests have been made ~ the i'IIU" Ra1\Jgea Board 81ld the State Departiiet that Ambassador lie,yea apprQaoh .the Spanish Oovarnment or otherw1ae take .. eteps in' aaoordanoe ~~b our objaot1vea. to date the Alllbasaador hail not .aaen tit to ~ with our nqueata. In $dd1tion1 be appears quite opJ1988{1 to tbe aaaipment of a full tills l'epJ<eeep~tiye ot the War fte.fbgee Board :ln lladr1d. We first propoile'd Da'dd 8libkenataft of the Aliertoan <¥ ·Prienda aa 0\lr representative. Allblissador Hayes,· b8'101'e disauslilng tlia lliatter with Blioktiietatt, oabl. •. d thAt, by reaacn or the exCellent work 'llhi(!b Bllok•etatt was already' doing in lieadf.na up tlie Nllef orsantaat1one ·in Spain, be. did not feill~811okenatatr aould d,evot.e hiS ·.fbl.l tilla to War Re.fbgee Bo~ aoi1Yitbs. In view ot. tliit, and 1n view of aert&in other intorilattori which we had indieatina that il1ok~•tatt ld.sht not be th~ tm ot person who waul~ M.6pt an aure••1~ approaoh to the refugee problem we proposed J~' SQon. Allb,&iiador · R6,Yea than o1111o baok · o~jeat:lng to . this on the grlll)nd that hili ... not oonvtnoed ot the ll808s!l,1~7tof appo~t1ng a tull -~tile . W~ a.:ru,e• :Jtoard rapraeeotat1W• .. lie· said that it IID1' app~~t · .-.t'e-naO.el~. he pretel'l'8cliJUOitillatatt. Thie indiciJtes 'that> we' ~-'~p'~-~\ba ~· ' . . ' . .

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The foregoing is, of oourae, for ;rour inform11tion only and ie to ba regarded as moat confidential.

With kindest personal regards,

Sinoarely,

0/ C: Executive Director

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APR 15 1944

I u ooloa&q ooplat tf perlo4loa1 1'4tJO•t• ea the aouoa of the War a.~q .. loa1'4 tlatt u• la .. ptlon. I thbk that \hq wlU do llllOh '- aoipdat fOU wtt• the cneral noJrctoud aa4 PlU'pt*H et the 1oua. the elOpe et lta taaotloae, ea4 the aat~ of lta oporatloaa.

f!lt~e npona WlU be ... , to ,. ..... walk to keep 70U pottt4 oa ov aootaplidlatatl u4 to·-'" rt• aa .,..to-4a,Ja, on~!-all, pt.otue of ov proar.... ••. at .., tt.ae. •uauuoae otitV te rot& vbta 70\1 Ual- .._,

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~)Dictated by Swedish1 Min~ter s 5:15 p.m., Uarch 27, 1944 ")

In a news dispatch from Stockholm, dated March 25,

the Associated Press1 reported that Sweden had turned

down an American Government request that some Swedish

sh~ppins(be used to evacuate Jewish refugees from

Rumanian and Black Sea ports to Palestine{ The reason . ~ l:i~

given for the Swedish attitude was,,lack of avai],aole

shipping. The War Refugee Board confirms that the

matter has been under diecuesion,Ji:O,e to technical

reasons of various kinde1 l<owever, no arrangement has

as yet proved 'possible. It should be emphasized that

the· technical difficulties involved do not -reflect

any negative attitude on the part of the Swedish

- Government which has in no way ~hanged its sympathetic

interest in humanitarian efforts of this kind •

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February 22, 1944.

, Ini'ormatil.on obt&ined tmp. th9 ti1es of' the Refune Un1 t of' the State Dewt.mem

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Late in September 19,A3, Johnson in Stookholm,..reported to the State Department tbat Germany propgsed to de~rt 61000 Danish Jews. Sweden had remonstrated to Gel'IWV' aDd· offered to interlie aey f1e'rls which Germany would permt to l'eave Denmark tor emigre.tio~ to Sweden if Geruvmy is afrai!i that the politioalini'luenoe or the ref'Uge9,$ might ~ felt in Sweden •. This condition was made only because or 0el'lllaW1S ins18tftnc~. that ~e proposed deportation •s made necessary by the political q~tation· or Jews in Denmark, .· although the Swedes appear convinced that this agi,\,lon was purelt"· fictitious.· .

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Receiving no respOnse to this request, Sweden followed it up by requesting thlit aU Danish Jnilh ~Udren be pei'mitted to coma to S.eden since they obvious~ were not dangerous. to Gel'llll1n.interasts~ ,

On September 29, Danish llinister Kauffman illi'Ol'llled SeOJ"etary Bull that he would undertake to gua.."'aa\tee to ~·government the e:lq)enses inoUITed by it in helping Danish Jews or other Danish netiqJI8l,e, · He was pre~ to re1mbllJ'se auoh governments out or Dailish public i'il:nds in the Unitacl States. ~s no1:.f...W!UI I'Qferred by the s~te Department to tbe.J~xecutive Oommi~tee of tl!e. lil.tergovemmental Oomiid,ttee* On Odto'ber 8, the State Department prollii~ Ka'l.lftan that it "'oUld urie the U~ited State$ Trea11U17 Depe.l'tment to unl?look a· reasonable SIIIOunt or Danish f\uids to care for nee4T refugees 1n Sweden. · · ·

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On Oo~'ber 2, Storch in S.eden. intpriJIE!d the Wo!"l4 J8'1f1Sh Congress that Swed"n was prepared. to ~c,i-ye e~err Je1f. 1il Delililai'k~ on. October 4, he WOr!ied the same or~tat'-QJt ~t he had li:~ 'i'&)lOrta tbat the 8\llli ot tzs,ooo had· been otte~ to the Swtaijj)i QQv,rm.ent; and h.e: adv.ta.d tliat no 111011&1 Should be sent • .tl:iat the Siradis!i' ~'Ve~i\t' •a: ~lhg all $Xpenaea. Up to :tllat ts. ,,ooo Jen. bad &rr1V8!l · troii'De•k~ · · · · · ·

On 6otOber 91 Bobe~ in ~.m. ~· q~ot.ed b7 our. Johnson that ~. "a]mol!!t ~he ent;ire .Jew~!Sl( poplll,at1on (Jt'JieJ:!IIIIU'lc ~!\,.11~ in $reden"• On ' Q.oto'ber 15, .T(I)uiaon repo:rte<r ~. the State· De~nt that "the DaniSh · i:wtiaD!ta~1~n ~-~en ~or h.e~JI~. :~~ees es~}ie·,·n<~iF'o~tes alnons other tbiq~ a ~r or' ~!DitU lX*~ oi'«)aa!Jii"dUli ~ ~:swtb Swed1ib

- ooaa~"~ on Qotel!et ~5, s~:r0~ reP.(Ir~ to tM w~J.s., th&t apj>ro#Jilate~· 7500KI DaJd.~. r,tug&ee had :•rri~ up .-£0· that tiilie'• or· :tb4t miiaber 85 to

-90·pel'C8rlil: .. re .r.. ~ ,. tew moz.e are st:lft'e,rrlV,!ni~ .

DEPARTMENT "'" ' OF T:da;;:·· but:i.•)\

STATE :'''"'~ 1~,,, o'·l:·,

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l"'l)'.;rocir- tion of \A:eU.i ell efi'orte l'CJ~ortet1 in ~·ouxo

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For security rrP~ors t'·e text of this n'essa·;e must be closely [uarded,

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By R,_ H. Par~ nat<!~ 3 197Z

CABLf. 'YO liUIII5Tl:.h JOHNSOti AiiD vL;>hli 1 l:lTOCKHOI&1

SWEDEN

Please convey to Von Post this Government•u appreci«tion of Swedish effort.s repartee in your 696 of Fobruary 23. Keep \'iRB advised oi' any further ,>regress in t;.i.,! iJattcl·.

THIS IS \'IRB ST<JCKJ'O.W CABL.C: 1;0. 3:22.

11:30 a.m. March 9, 1945

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Miss Chauncey (for the Sec•y), Akzin, Gohm, DuHois, Gaston, Hodel, HUtchison, Mc"ormack, O'Dwyer, Files

..,.. DIVISION OF t."ENTRAL SERVICES

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DEPARTMENT OF

STATE

DSI-I-978 Distribution reading only arrangement •

INCOMING TELEGRAM

TELEGRAPH ~~Tl-:./ vUUV'-- /~4/· .. '-4"'

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Secretary of State,

washington.

696, February 23, 9 p.m. f

Dated February ~3, 1945

Rec•d 8:00 p.m •

CfiNTROl COPY

When I saw Von Post this afternoon he informed

me tho. t the Swedish Minister had made an approach

without the support of the Swiss Minister or the /

Papal Nuncio in regard to tho Jew's who were tho sub-

ject of' my~' Februar~ 9, 7 p.m. and related corres­

pondence: Th~se ·representations, in which it appeo.rs \

Kleist, who has. close relations with Rimmler, was

concerned, has had result that according to Von Post I

Germans have consented to 2,000 Jews being removed I

from concentration c_amps in Germany to Sweden. I

will endeavor to 3ecure furthe} details regarding

these 2,000 and, if possible, the names of the camps

from which they are to be taken.

JOHNSON

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DECLASSIFIED State Dept. Letter, 1·11· 7S

By R. H. Par~s Date_.SEE_ 1 3 1972

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DEPARTMENT OFi.t••

STATElist~'i ,;"tL;-c

" OUTGOING ·'·: ~"'::,cTELJ;:GRAM

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/ CDNT~DL copy for Johnoorf nnc1 Olsen i!l I~RH 310.

Hefe~nce ~rnur 48;:; of li'ebruary 7, appreciate your

tllat De)~,_:-,t;:;;ont' co J.C6 of J,_nu~lry 19 bad irL r.1inr1 1nt1.1rect .

influen·~e Qf Ci"'"·ioli consu1,~r officials e:r,brcisetl by their

:;::.reeenca n~~:r p."L2ce:o ui>cre Jeus are cpncentrated and euoh

inforr.1a.l convcr'c~:tione , Hlc:.1 tile;y could hol<l on the spot

ratiLer 1iik_n of1'~.cinl acts o:1' intercession.

tRB:mw:Ku 2/14/45

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DECLASSJFrm - . ·. &tate Dept: Letter, 1·11·711

·• , .. By .R. H. P~!<~ri'!\~~1 3 1972

0.4BLE fO liiNISTER JOBHBOB AND OLSIH, STOOlll>LII, BWDEB, FiiOll WAR REFUGEE BOARD.

Reference your 483 of 7ebruor,y 71 appreeiate your energetic steps.

In purBU!Bg them :further, 'lf11l you please explain that Departaent•s 106 of Jartual'J' 19 had in mind indirect influence of Swediab CIDJIIUlar officials exercised b7 their presence near placee where Jews are conoeatrated and such informal eonversationswhioh they oould hold on the spot rather tb&n official acts of intercession.

THIS IS WRB B'l'OCIHOUI CABLE NO. 310.

3:00p.m. February 14, 1945

Mise Chauncey (for the Sec•y), Akzin, Cohn, Drury, DuBois, Gaston, Hodel, McCol'IIW.ck, O'Dwyer, Files

BAkzin; ar 2/13/45 ~

DEPARTMENT OF

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SEcrEtary of StatE•

Washington. CONTRDL COPY 498, FEbruary 9 1 2 p.m.

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THIS IS OUR NO. 124 FOR WRB.

GEnEral information concErning numbEr of JEws :hl

SwEdEn is givEn bElol'l •

DEpartmEnt of Social ~ElfarE has rEgistErEd 5508

REfUgEES arE rEgistErEd by dEpartmEnt

according to passport YJith which thEy arrivE. It is safE

to assumE 1 howEvEr 1 that thEsE arE all 11 statElEss 11 sincE /

GErman nationals arE rEgistErEd undEr 11 forEignErs. 11 Of

thEsE 5508 "GErman rEfugEEs" it is EstimatEd that about

2500 arE JEwish.

ThE following may bE considErEd a fairly accuratE

EStimatE of tot~l JEWish rEfugEEs in SWEdEn •

GErman statElEss 25GO,CzEch ll5,Polish 70,NorwEgian

750,statElEss from Norway 350,Danish 6,000,statElEss from

DEnmark 200, Finnish 8, st'atElEss from Finland 123, total

JEwish rEfugEEs in Sv1EdEn 11,916.

Of thE abovE total 50% livE in and around Stockholm.

DECLASSIFIED State Dept. Letter, 1-11-72

SwEdish

By R. H. Parks Date-sfP,: ~ .3 1972

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-2-#498, F'Ebruary 9~ 2 p .• m_. i'rom Stockholm.

SwEdish JEws.

ThErE arE approximatEly 6.,500 SwEdish JEws oi'

which about 4,500 bElong to thE community in Stockholm,

720 to thE community in GotEborg1

and 1,200 to thE Malmo

.oommuni ty.

JOHNSON ~7MB

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BAS.-.848 1945 FE3 Distribution af truE " rEadihg only by spEcial arrangEmEnt •• ~~7-llirlia'li}_; .

SEcrEtary of StatE,

ivashingt on.

507 1 FEbruary 9 1 7 p.m. y

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DatEd FEbruan. 9, 1(45" ;fi>.~1~:~'~ 2: 49 a .. m •. lOth ..

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CONTROl COPY I was informEd this p~m •. by Von Post that rEply

~has bEEn rECEiVEd from SwEdish MinistEr BErlin t9

,%! :: i instructions mEntionEd in my 483 1 FEbruru:-y 7,. 9 p.m.· ._, I ro "' 1 Srriss GovErnmEnt unwilling to makE joint dEmarchE . ~ .~, . i

.• ( with Vatican and SwEdish GovErnmEnt to GErman GovErnmEnt / /

on bEhalf of J~ws in concEntration camps but has / I

instructEd S<riss MinistEr BErlin to confEr 1vi th SwEdish 'rl __ , ....

s._ . ~-; --~--~

MinistEr and ExamiJ:lE possibilitiEs prEsumably for

indEpEndEnt action'. Von Post said Swiss official

---- rEply in gEnEral was morE Encouraging than rEaction I

of Papal Nuncio and Swiss iUnistEr in BErlin. HE ,/

also said a Swiss citizEn MonsiEur ~1usy succEEdEd in

gEtting libEration of 1200·-,JEws from ThErEsiEndstadt .. , )

through his privatE Efforts and that th~S\!.Lp,koplt', '' ..

now on way to SwitzErland. PrEvious lot of 1500 said

to havE bEEn frEEd as rEsult of Musyts ll:(:f:ct~y~ alN:ady ·, I

arl:'ivEd . DECLASSIFIED

State Dept. Letter, 1·1~·72

- By R H. Parks Date~ 3 1972

--2- #507 1 FEbruary 91 7 p.m. from Stockholm

arriVEd in SwitzErland. ForEign OfficE considErs

nEws of thEsE rElEasEs through privatE Efforts of

significancE and indicatEs possibility for rElEasE of~

othErs.

JOHNSON

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DEPARTMENT .. OF ,STATE

HF-83 Di:atribution reading only arrangement.

INCOMING ""' DIVISION OF '-t-7-NTRAL SERVICES

TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION DEPAcm.:r:r:r nF STATE -h. · j ~ I

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Rec 1 d 11:55 p.m. ,.·-~---

Secretary of State . ,, . , . J

CONTROL COPY lvashington

483, February ?, 9 p.m. I

I have personally discussed briefly with Foreign

~------: lHnister Gunther and several times at length wi tb.,. Von

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Post substance Department's 106, January 19, 8 p.m.

(1VRB 293). Official Sl'vedish reaction entirely favor-

able but both Gtmther and Post skeptical that Germans

would be in any way amenable to Swedisp sut,Eestions in

this matter. Full memoranchcm_of our vieHs was trans-

mitt ed by Foreign Office·· to S1redish Hini ster Richert

at Berlin •rho has replied that in his. opinion approach

by sw·eden alone tJ German Government under present con-

ditions would have com~Jletely negative results. Richert

also reported German authorities entertaining no requests ,!

by Swedes or others to visit these Jelvish coneentration

caraps. Foreign Office then on February 3 sent instruc­

tions to SlvEidish !iinist·ers Berlin and Bern to take up

secretly with SHiss Government and Vatican through

Papal Nunoio

DECLASSIFIED State Dept. Letter, 1·11·79 ·. ·

B)' R. U. Parka Date,..s.E2.1 3 1972.

-2- #483, February ?, 9 p.m., from Stockholm

Papal .I'!LuHoio at Berlin suggestion that Slieden, Switzer-

land and Vatican mal:e joint approach in this matter to

German authorities ~Jointing out deep concern arroused

by statements attributed to Goebbels in DAS REICH on

Jammry 21 indicatint; lives of Je1;rs in camps in ex-

treme danger and pointing out disastrous reactions on

German reputation Hhich 1-rould result if they come to

harm. l''o reoly received yet froi:l Swedish f.iinister Be.rn

but Richert re~oorts l'a;;al '·'uncia considers such ap;Jroe.ch

not only useless but might under present conditions lJro-

duce effect contrary to its intentions, Same opinion

expressed by Swiss liinister Berlin.

Swedish Government keenly al'lare of de.ngers and all

their implicati-ons. I 1-:as <fssured by ?ost that they are

examining every possibility for useful action. Fact

that S•redish Government has made these exploratory sug­

gestions to Vatican and Sviss Government should be kept

secret and given no publicity. ~ t

There exists bare possibility Intercross might be

able to take some action. Richert expressed opinion

it is only possible body l·rhich could be employed.

JOHNSON

DEPARTMENT_ OUTGOING DIVISION OF OF ·CENTRAL SERVICES

STATE .... _ TELEGRAM"' TELEGRAPH SECTION "'" .. anuary 20. 1945 Distl'ibution of true: 'loj / ~~adi~ only by !P5cial 5 p.m. a--, , ~~A- . -. ·1.:::; ··•· g£".£"a!!,~me:n"G.. v .. . Iii W) · ~ . /. I, "

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l'he tollowi~ fOl' Johnson and Olsen from De:pe.Jttment

and ~lar Refugee Boara 1e ~iRB 29Go

Doard understands that s,.,od1eh 1'.1n1oter 1n ·i'!aeh1ngton,

at the request o£ a privata organhat1on, is transmitting

to the Swedish gove!'Nilent the l'ea.ueat that. ::lwec.en ~ain

app'e~ to the Germ£n Government to retrain from further

extermination anc'i persecution ot the Jei·Ts rell1Qin1ng in

u-erman-ocoupiec territory.

Xou may 1no.1cate to appropriate Swedieh officials

that thia Go.vernoent i·•oul-cl ,,:elcome an appeal along such

lines.

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CABLE '1'0 JOHIIBOJJ AHD ar.sn. SfOOIIlOJ.Jf. FRO. DBPABI.IIIII'l Mm lWl IUII'UGII BOABD.

BDN'd ~ ... Slred1ab ll.ra&etu' Ia WaabSDPon, at tM

nquen ot a Pl'l•te ~-. 1a tl'anal"!Dc to the Swlldlsh

~-• the nqveat. $bat 1w1111m ap1a appeal w ta ~ aown-

.,... • 1Dha iD ~pled Wlritoq.

rea..,- i.Ddlcate te &ppl'opr.late SWediu otl101de ·tl!al.·thla

Oo'IUIIII8M 11'01Jl4 lntlo- ea appeal a1oag IIUOh ua. ••

1:00 p.m. January 20, 1945

Miss Chauncey (for the Sec'y) Ackermann, Akzin, Cohn, Drury, DuBois, Gaston, Hodel, Marks, McCormack, Pehle, Files

,-,}_.

DEPA~T~ENT 0 UTGr'lll\.1 r::: .-___.---OF" . ~t!bf-r"l9,

, ''i.J.'_ ut1on of trnE 'T'ELEt::QAM ST1-15tling only by spEo1a;f · 'B""!>~dl::~H:

arranr-;£m£nt. 'JF 'i) ·

-,. DIVISION OF l94 .. CENTRAL SERVICES

TELEGRAPH SECTION

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,A&m;~~:_. CONTROL COPf 106 ./ K Tho tc:Uow!n~ tor Johnson is ~mB 293.

In view of well-known German practice of extermina~1ng J&We

au:niv1ng in any aroa previous to its evacuation, Department ~nd

_ ··-~· _ w· ~ consider 1 t neoeesa:ry ones more to draw attention or 3wed1sh

· au tho1•1t1ee to the dangal" facod by the Jewhh eurvi vo:rs -4-n Ge!'lllan­

.oontrolled territory.

Aooorcl.ingly, it t·Iill lie appreciated 11' you ~.;111 visit Swedish

Forei&n i'11rtlflte:r, and ttrge tht1.t continued ettorts be made fl'Om now

on to keep the surviving victims or Nazi persecution alive dUring

:the coming stages ot hont1l1t1ee in lfurope. You should apeo1t1oall7

.. mer.t~on in this connect1on.ghe tour largeet ooncent~t1onr. ot Jews _'-'··· : f rl -~ ,....::_ !

in ~1B tevritOr,F known to exist, Tiz. Lodz with 801000 to 80,000 '------1

1nmatef1, Thereoienstadt i•!ith 40,000 to eo,ooo inmates, camps nea:r

Vienna wH.il 18,000 1Dmatee, nnd camp Belaenbergen '!>rith 91000 1nmatu,

and ;you should alr:o mention any other .local1 ties or regi_ona where

J~~s are bo11eved by ;you to survive.

In ;your oon1'erenoe w1 th S\-1edish. Fozoe1sn ~!1n1 ater 1t ehguld be

mt.de clear that this Governmen~ considers that tre~ent and extended

vistts ot 3wed18h Coneub t~· plaoe•1dQ.Jl~ tffi81one where Je'llre s.re oon-

oen1ira.~ed oonetUute ·ic~ r? .t;ff.t!lotive me,Atte of prnent1ng ' • ci :iii · . il~cLASSIFIED their · . il~;~ \ ., . ti(Dept. Letter, 1-11-7ll

· , · '· ~~!:il~N._,~ k~1>~\ont~ 3 1912

~2 .. #l06p January 19~ 1945• 6 po::.,._ tc Stockholm

tbtir t"~tber exte~m1n~tion, This meth~d proved lts efficacy in

S.dapaat when, th$nl~s to the !Jll'SI!IGmce of Swadl~ pareonnel. lllaftl

11vea appear ~o have b~en aa~ed"

More part1oula~lf, in ~iew of large number ot reli~t pa~cele

recently ~aching oamp Belaonb~rgen, with the aasietanoe ot

3wed1sh X1«0A and Red Ct•oas, please urge upon these organizations

the d\H11rt.b1lity ot their dolegatef! being stationed in or sent on

an extended T1s1t to tn~~ oamp, to a~~iat in the dlatribu~ior. of

auoh paroel.cl. Xou may e:lt}).\nin informally that this 11uggeet1on 18.

made in the l1ght or the above oo~sid,rat~one with ~ view to eafe­

gu!11"d1ng the lives ot: OVtl' 90 000 __ inma~os reported tJ be 1n Beleen­

bergen.

Furthermore~ pleaoe emphasize to Foreign 111niater the mounting

eT1dence ot contusion among looal German ot~1c1ala anQ their 1ncreae-

1ng aooes1J1})1l1 ty to peyc1.olog1oal preesure o9ek1ng 'to: c1taeuade "them J rrom exe~tt1ng extermination pol1o1ea ordered bJ-oerta1n German

-a~thor1ties, ana urse that full advantage be taken ot th1~ etate ot

mind in the interest ot oav1~~1veo, through unott1o1al as well am

ott1c1al ohannele.

Plea•• en4eaTor to make-clear to Swede~ that the aot1v1t1ee

suggested aboYe 1hould be ao~i~ely·puraued a• long as the danger

oonUm&Otlo

»lease

~;-__ " ;,l JS, January 11_., l!)<;J8

_-_ ;Jo: .• ,. to Stockholm

l'lua.se advise Dapartmen~ and l!M o? Swedish reaction.

I The tollow1ng fll'fl!ll l11Ul tor t~lnhter Johnson and Oben:

It trould be helptul it 1'0U inquired at t:roquent intorvall

wbat spec1t1c aot1on flwedu ara taking to carry out the above

eUggedt1ons.

In viow ot the situation as outlined above and ~ view of

recent reports 1nd1oat1ng effectiveness of publicity and othe:r

t'orms ot psychological pressure upon German otficlala, you are

r$quested to ~~e special attorts through ~l channels available

to you to increase suoh prest.n.\re w1 th a view to safegUarding the

lives of the surv1v1r~ v1ot1ms of Nazi pe:rseout1on.

"'RIUMMV:KG l/19/<11

NOS

"'l'S:T'J'UHUS (n.t.;)

/

In visv oJ; wel.l-Jmuwn QeJ"U'Oll !'1'Mt.14.le of ollt.ul'IUM~na Jewa aurvi'Vina in lli!T uea previouo to 1 t.s naowation, Depal'tamt eOO \fM OOMider it JlOG(>asru')' oiK!il more to lirae at.t.entiOA of S'QGiah aut.ho:r1 t.:Leo t.o 'hu dang~ !Med by tho J•w1eh aurrivora 1D tlt!t'lllaa-eont.l'OU.tlll terrlt.oq.

Aocorc11nal¥, u. •Ul be *PVN01ll ted 1r ,rQ\1. will v1a1• swedi.Bb Voreilift ll!1Dist.l!r, ana 'Url)tl ttw:t. oont.imled ottort.e be ude trou Blllr on to keep t.lle aurviv~ v1ct.i~a Qf na•1 pereeo~tica elive darius t.bo ooaing ste~ta 9f lllltft.1l1 t.ioa 1.11 turojlfl!~ t'ou obm&ld epeolftaa.l.q muUon in t!U.a connooHon t.bll tfuur laraeat. oonaont.rfl.t.toua of Joe 1n Axli \tlrritorr kilo'"' to ex.tet., vb. Lotts w1t.h 60,000 to ao,ooo 111Htee, 'lbU'flllllfiDI!t&cl.t. wit;b 40,000. to 6010:::.0 imlnt.ee, qqpo AOIU' Vienlltl. wUh .1,81000 U.t.n, ami ~ Belsmbfl'gell wi" 91000 1DII&t.e, &1'14 1"~' ehoW.tl uao j11ent.1oa 41t11' ot.ber local.l.Uoe or r•61ona wbere Jtrws areo belleftel by 70\l to IIUI'Vlve.

In 7our aonferenoee, wit.h .SWedieb 1'oraiSA IUniswr it ctl1ola14 be 111ade olear t.h~t ~h1a Gove~en\ eo881dor» tunt frequon~ an4 extended Y1e1ts or Swedleh Conrnale to plaaae alld l'li!SiOM 'll_bll:re lows are ooaooatrat.ed con- . st.itut.• ol!fl of t.he moat. ottootivo llCitdUI of prevt~nt.S.aa theil' 1'\ar\ber ox'-r­r:d.lli\W.oa. 'lh111 ~;;ot.hod provod Hu ,tticaq 111 Bll!llapeefl wbllro, \Mnk11 \o \ho preeOD~ of Swedish p$l'IIOnn&l, rnaDf l1voa &ppenr to ~V$ boo~ ~avedo

More put.iC\ll.nr)¥, A.a vJ.ew of J.ario IIWllber u! roJ.tef ~~>roela rocient.q reaal.\111i coap B•lsenborgeD, pltb:ot.beJ''IlllpU.no• ot ~1Dil 'DIC.l and Its4 Cntu, ploaa• vse U,P(JA t.heue Cll'WJ.ui&d1ou \be <1e1t.rabl\1t¥ of \heir del.ep\u tleln& lt&\1ofl.t'4 ia or e~ent oD 4ll oX'Qaded \'11111. t.o t.lillt cup, to &J!ItlP ill t.ba d1etr1but1oa Cit auob paroele. lllll f11f1 eJI,pl.a1a J.IU'ont.U, \b&\ \llle nt­/lllll\ioa J.a H<le in \tie llaht Gt 1.ll.e f4bQvo eonold.eratl1011e wi\ll a 'fle"' \o aate­guardlft& the l1veo ot CIYOJ' 91 JOO iaaat.• r•po~'-4 to bo lD beleuabtr~~Q.

J'liurt.lut~'VJ'Ml •bo111d e111plwlll1ae \o foreiaa Ltlllllat.or tho aO\mUDa ·evidence of oontusioa aaQhi local Ooraan otfiolal• aD4 \he~ 1nore&~1DI aoaes11b1lit7 to p.,o~loJicel prenour• lttkloa ~) dle~e.tbNI from "uwti~ oxt.~r.!llinat1on 1101to1 .. o1'dore4 b1 ool'\t.\lll O.:...U llut.hont.laa, 11hl1 urs• t.ru.t £laU u'fadap be t.aktll' of t.bil '""" ot ld.u 11a t.bo 1nhreot. or oaY1~ U.vee, tlli'Ollab .-t:1o1Al &I HU •• ott1o1al o1lanaeleo

Pl .. ae eadoavor \0 make o!oar \o 8-.doa t.Aa\ tho aot.1v1t.lea IUII•et.e4 &boYe •boGU 'be ao\1Y4tlf' p\&I'IUd as loq ae \he dUpl' · IIO!l\laltao

Pleaee. IUSv1H ~eat. aad Wll8 of Slf0di11b l'U.o\I.Oilo

tbe rollowill& h'OII WD tor Mlaltit ... Jo~ lllld OJ.a••

U. tr(lu14 'be ~ 1t J01l lrlil\U.Nil "' ti'O<t.U lat.on~tltl what. •pnltlo aat1oa Sw..Sea ·~· t~a to can, wt. \be abo.,. ~NJPiaUo ...

I~ Yin of \)le •s.~\1QJS llO o"*"•4 ·•llo'N atl4 ia d .. ot ~-#li~>t. .. rfpott.• 1..S1oat.,_. oft.O\J.Y ... H of 1)\iblt.tl" u4 ot.twr to~s ot pqa~flo.l

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pressure upon German officials, you are reqUested to make special efforts through all channels available to you to increase such pressure with a view to safeguarding tl~ lives or the surviving victims or Nami pers~tion.

THIS lS STOOKHOU! OABLE NO, 293.

1:30 o,m, January 18, 1945

Miss Chauncey (for the Sec 'Y) Ackermann, Akzin, C~lm, Drury, DuBois, Gaston, \. '. Hodel, Marks, McCormack, Pehle, Files -'\

B~zin:ar

_(

INCOMING TELEGRAM \

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COMMIJII/CJ\ TIONS AND RECORDS (liAiSON)

SEcre:tary of State:

washington

;< 4335, TVIEnty-fi:t'·:~h

DANISH NmS.,

Stoct::101m via· London

2)ate:d OctobEr 25~ 1944

REc 1 d 8:48 P• m. 26th

,/

DAGEJJS, tvJEnty.Pf'ourth: Cope:nhage:n TT de:live:rie:s

from GErmany have: be:gun to dim!.nish. During Octobe:r.

EovEmbEr De:nmark will re:ce:ive: no ke:ro'Se:nE:o · Police: v ~

gasoline: re:se:rve:s amounting to one: million litErs

v1e:re: se:izEd and sEnt Ge:rmanyward. Shift nor~ be:ing

made: with crudE oil producEd at Kalundborg4 Only

156 1 000 tons coal arriv.e:d De:nmark Se:pt·Embe:r instEad of

promisEd 230,000.tons and cokE quantity was also lowe:r.

Ide:m, DPT;. ';According t~ rECEnt invEstigations by ,/

Danish authoritiEs about 10,000 Dane:s now und-Er arre:st

by GErmans. Figure: is 6,000 if de:porte:d Je:VIs and police:

arE de:ductEd. About 2 1 200 hEld in CopEnhage:n and rE­

maindEr in Fro~l EV C~p Dani~h provincial citiEs ·and

Ge:rmany itsElf.

-~~ !}• Ide:m, DPT:

(:.~;·¥R·IS·

l /

-2- 4335. Twe:nty-fifth. From Stockholm via London

'V: Ge:stapo has re:ce:ntly sought contact

with Fr/e:dom Council unde:r prEtc.:nse: Gsrmans couldn't

longc:r maintain law orde:r with own policE alonEs~ Whe:n

Eve:ry contact proposal wrts ri:jECt:Ed, Gg·stupo oontmcttd /

state; attorngy Troe:ls Hoff unde:r promisE of safg con-

duct and latEr arrEstEd him thus brEaking promisE.

This shows ·GErman fEElErs mErE clumsy' attEmpt to

pEnEtrate: inne:r oppos~tion movEmEnt circlEs.

S"EN3KA, tv:Enty8:'ourth, Cope:nhage:n corre:sponde:nt ~ I

Danish Norwe:gian trade; agl"Ee:mr.nt signEd for pEriod

Octobe:r first to ]darch thirty-first. Agrr.c:me:nt calls ./

for de:live:ry 50 J;D.illion crowns worth Danish commodi­/

47 million crowns worth Norvngian .;

tiEs to Norway and . I

goods to DEnmark. / Dani·sh e:xports irfclude; foodstuffs,

se:e:ds, machine:ry, me:dical goods, iron and stEEl pro-. J I

ducts. NorwEgian e:xports include: fe:rtilize:rs, pape:r,

, pulp and othEr raw matErials.

JOHNSON

WI

-~i~E~A;TMENT ,. OF

STATE

ALH-243

,/() INCOMING

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O!Vl~letf n>::

19~4 OCT 27 PM 3 58 PLAIN

Stockholm via Lon ,,_~4 . COMWAd(;J,fiONS AND I~ECOf\OS (LIAISON)

SEcrEtary of StatE,

DatEd OctobEr 25,1944(/r~. " R<O.'d So42 p,m., 26th~)

' ~·· Washington,

433~, TwEnty-f~fth, SWEDISH POLITICAL.

CONTROl COPY I /

MORGONTIDNINGEN today carriEs articlE by Baltic ' /

friEndly SwEdish ProfEssor BirgEr NErman (SEE our ./

4307). NErmo.n writEs practically all Baltic rEfugEEs

arE dEmocrats and nationally mindEd, Far'as known -thErE no Nazis or Nazi sympathizErs among thEm bE-

causE fEw thst __ ExistEd in Baltic countriEs dE-

campEd to GErmany, not SwEdEn. I know prominE~t

rEfugEES pErsonally and havEn't mEt singlE Nazi

or Nazi sympethiztr nor anyone: admiring GErmans.

GEnErally spEaking rEfugEEs dEtEst GErmans and

Russiaps alikt. REfugEES. rEprEsEnt dif:fErEnt dEmo­

cratic partiEs and thErE marty Social DE~ocrats in­

cluding Estonian Ex-P-rEsidEnt August Rii and Latv.ian

tx-ForEig~-MinistEr Ftlix C:j._EfEns. Fact most r£.fu~e:E:s only Ci:llilE

\ ... I

-2- #4339, tvno:nty-fif'th from Stockholm via London

only camE SwEdEn rEcEntly isn't duE thEir having

collaboratEd with GErmans but to f'Ear of' Russians.

FormErly 'twas EXCEEdingly difficult flEE and

GErmans attEmptEd prEvEnt flight by imprisoning many

making ettEmpt and firing upon thEir VEssEls. Should 1 nt

causE. surprisE that Balts flEEing from anothEr Russian

occupation f'or thEy rEcall 1940-1941 occupation and

its unspEekablE horrors whEn ovEr 130090 dEportEd to

Russia, 6500 murdErEd and inhuman torturE mEthods

practicEd. No small nations havE suffErEd so drEad-

fully during this war as Bill ts who EXpos Ed two Russian

occupations and C·nE GErman, Bal ts havE most to f'Ear

from futurE bEcausE thEy'rE facing prospEct rEmaining

undEr Russi~n yokE aftEr-othEr small nations libEratEd.

NEVErthElEss nobody can accUSE thEm of' aggrESSiVE plans,

ThEy dEsirE pEacEf'~l nEighborly rElations and bE al-

lowEd dEvElop own culturEs on tErritory to which nobody

ElsE has right, Its mattEr of' honor f'or SwEdEn do

EvErything possiblE rEcEiVE in f'riEnoly fashion rEprE­

sEntativEs thrEE agrEE ablE worthy capablE, Baltic

pEoplEs coming hEr shorEs and ·~t~ what, WE intEnd '. ' ' doing •

.\)ommunist NYDAG today discuss.Es / rEprEsEntativE

,

--37 #4339 1 twe:nty-fifth from Stockholm via London

Ne:ville: I - ~ -

Goodman's inspe:clion Baltic re:fugge: rEcEption

ce:nte:rs / Gotland (se:e: our 4308). Goodman in DAGENS

inte:rvie:w state:d he: was profoundly impre:sse:d by co-

opEration bEtwe:e:n military and civilian authoritiEs ·

and voluntary aid organizations. NYDAG writ~s so

civilian and military authoritiEs a~e: taking charge:

this importation Baltic Fascists! The:y 1 re: doing

imprEssive: workt The:y're: saving Ge:rmany' s.,Baltic·

catspaws from punishmEnt! hnd UNRRA sEnt spEcial

rEprEsEntative: from England dEtErminE whEthEr the:se:

traitors be:ing we:ll lookEd aftEr in Swe:de:n_and re:­

ce:.iving nEcEssary Swe:dish ai-d to comE he:re: t How

intEre:stingl Hasn't UNRRA ::rome:thing impor~antEr_

do like: succoring Allie:d pe:ovle:s inste:ad lavishing

care: on Ge:rmany 1 s unsuccEssful catspaws? .. JOfiNSON

RB

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D'EPARTMENT -~-- (:J INCOMING .. DE TELEGRAM

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STATE Dl.iH-880 . I

I -)AN_D_ RE ORO LtJoq

Stbclmolm vi::-. Lond.on

1944 OCT 27 All_ I · ' 0 01 D2.tod

Roc'd

So crotary

':Jc.shington

4325, 'l''-';cntyfourth x r , Sv1oc:..is:-1 a::-:icl Finni;~~~ co:.nmont Pinlo..nc: TT 2L1th:--

Violont fic:':.tlnC rc·.cocl o.ll nicht ~2nd ::-.Jj Niese~ __ orth

of Eolari 'ootFoon FirElS aEd Gor:n:.c:>s hc::-.vy los sos both

'sic"cos. Llain boc'ty of rctrc::-.tine; Gcrm::-.ns bolicvod 30

ldlo;:netors north of Kolr.ri lnst nic:ht.

Stocl;:holm JX.cpors 21:th report heed R::c'b'Ji Professor

l 3hrcnpreis at Intc..r-Yordic Jewish Confc;_ocncc hole<

Stoe1choll•l 22i-Jd expressod t>;rLti tude of Jcv:rv to Finnish

Govornment c.nd pooJ!>lo for llm'lnne tro:'.tmcnt of .Jewish

~;ooi)lo outpointinr Finlnnd only countr" ;.lliod Yii th

Nazi Germnhy which hal- resisted pressure C.fWinst Jews

rofus inp: dopri vo J cwislc ci t·i z ens of cons ti tu tiono.l

froodo~l e-nd rirhts.

Svro~isb cdi tor:l.::.l 24th donls l~rgolY >;i th Tanner's

victor'' roportod L-.r:::tt:i'on's 43.13, 23rd;

SV.'JHSlc;, 24th bcli.,;ve;s that c,lthought so-o::.llod ' \

\•!

-2- #4325, Tl7ontyfoul'tll, from Stocl~hoL1 vin London

OQl}OSi ti on continuin[ its efforts to oust Tc.nner it 1 s

hc.rdly possi'Jlc. turn current of letbor opinion s·•fficicntly

durins month romc.inin.n: bc.foro pc.rtv convention moots I

1Tovm;1bor 25. For ti·'10 ~lcin:; T~cnnor firmly in s::cc~c~1o.

UORGOliTII.Jl'TUGEN 24tl1.: Dospito 'l.'r:.nncr 1 s victOry·

22rid 1 twould seem v;hon <x-.rt" 1oc.dorc. hc.vo pursued

c.s c"\c.nr-or _of split vrl tl-c :3oci8.l Docnocrc.tic P8.rtv ho.s

boc~~c obvious to oraor ncu cl3ction of Cclc~ct~s to

pc.rt': convor;tion c-.nc1 csl~ convention for voto of confi-

donee. If this not· done o;1ly proper t:"ling for these

thc.t split .v,i thin po.rt'.T J.nevi tc.blc c.nd im1>1incm t.

Finnish le.bor movcnont- lc~cks lof'~dof.s possessing sumo

quc.ll tics thc.t me-cdc Tccnnor strong mo.n of SocJ.c,l

Domocrc.tic Pc.rty.

Di>G:SNS 24th consi.rlors wh"·thor it v1ill be possible

con vi nco Rus~li£tns tl' -. t To.nnor 1 s ro;naining · r t hoc-.d of

Social Dcmocrc. tic P~:.rty ifl reliable 9xpross ion of

Finnish will coll('c'Joro.tc ,.1i th Soviet Union urid proof

of country's p"oliticc.l rooriontc.tion. Soviot c.uthoritios

on sc.vor'c.l occasions h:iv._, ocr,phusizvd that Russio. wants j., .•

·~.~ . i : '~: ....

.;.3- ;~4325, Twontyfourthl from StoCJl"Jwlm vis. t·ondon

Finland it can dopono. on; Finlo.nd r:: _:· ~:1 is net only

loyal today when country is holploss and o.t mercy of

victor but loyal also toPJorrow and day after· when \'IOrl-d

situation :r.lO.'T be different. "Present Finnish ro•·:imo

docs not fill measure in 'this respect •. If 1 Rightist

solution' in cabinet mo..lwup o.nd To.nn·or c.dminis tra tion

in Soci~.t I!o;nocro.tic Pc.rt~r continue put their stct>jJP on

Finlo..nd ·then romc~rkc.blc stoRdfo..stncss is rcq)..;.ircd of

Sto.lin, Lolotov ctnd Zjdc.no'J not to f[lll for temptation

to in tcrfero in Finland 1 s intorn[ll affairs in one \';ay

or ot:.1c::r 11•

frOEl Swedish vie;vJpoint seems rCmo.rlG:!.~lc th['~t mon -~-.'110

loC: Finlc.n!i in 1941 to -unfortunate &(venture h~..vc fol t

no no0d of duty to o.cco~1t consoquonoos of fc.iluro,

This o.ttituG.c best illustrated bY struc;r.lo over Tc.nnor 1 s

lo['.dorship in Socie.l Dm:JOCr['.tic Party.

All Stocld1olm pep.:.rs 24th: i1.ccordin[" td official

figures 3C,006 pooplo and 18,047 heCld of livos~:;cl~

urrivod Sv10den from !:orti1 Finland by midnight 22nd •.

TIDlUNGEN 24th: :>;Ryti operated on for cancer 'of

stomach not ulcer Cls re;_)ortod J..oj!.)lti.oh' s 43l3 yostordo:y

and is

-4"" ;(4325, Tvicntvfourth, from Stoct:holm via Lonqon

and is seriously ill L1 hospi to.l.

Finnis)l odi torials 21st deal lart>oly. with Ta.ss

nec-usation that Finns ~!D.vo boo;1 slow in fulfilling

;.\rticlc Or:.o of ;~rli1ist5_co _· ... rrcemont:

UUSI SUOMI outpoints th2t in ro£tdloss bridc;eloss

terri tory of r_ort~i ousting of Germans no -ef'-S'! tP,Sk

but nevertheless Finn1sh troops hEve f::dvnnced fc,r be­

-yon<i Rovan1ci;s. "~To doubt of fact th~-.t. Finnrsh people

desire good relations wi t:1. Soviet Union but Finnish

people are rather slow d1en it comes to mo.ltins complete

turns o.bou t~ 1 ,

rf3LSilliiT Si~i'W: .• '/l' s tros scs Cliffi cul tv for Finnis'.1

o.I'i·J~' uhic:1 helc"L cdfforent and distant lines suddenly

to transfer north fran t, l';:owever a.ftGr, Finns co··:~len cod

operr:tions ti"w-,' o.dvc..ncec~·>long distances h::tve :ttlr0acly

tal:en principr;tl GcrmC.i1 s tronrhol<is; ,nnd cpp.t:tntl\7, '}gains t

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-.S- l/4325, Tvrontyfourtl1, from Stockholn vin London

IIUGVUDST;.:usBL,.D:<:T 22nc"'t writin[ on nc.cusations of

Sovic.t press sc.ys thiH i!.Ipc.tionco une<orstnn6:i1Jlo but

one must also u.ndors tanG. C:dffi cul tic? confronting·,pinns.

I!JLSil'TGI;~s Si.l·iOiL'.T 22nd wri tinr on strife 'in Social

Domocrc. tic Party says cO.n be no two opinions ·r·oe;C:rcling

f~w t that Finlc·.ncl 1 s '.7rrr ~>olicy led to unfortun<' to rosul ts·.

11 0no thing tho.t must be dono to oc.so fulfillncn:j:;. of dif-·

fic:.1lt duties is to shift persons in responsible c:nd

viai blo lco.din[. pcisi tions -lHHf it 1 s evan been no ted c,~)rond

thG.t o. person who during ··Jost ·crucir.l periods influenced

Finnish policy o.nO. w·,_o then bY force of circumstc.ncos h2.d

to loo.vc his position h::-,s _boon o.ppo~ntc.d to q.not;~,or high

posj_tion anc bv ov!:ldins usual procedure (undoubtedly

uhon country's r:clfuro o.o;·Jo.nds ·men in rosponsi.)lo posi­

tiorls cnn be ohnn'ccc:, 11

JOHNSON

l.iill.1

StoCkholm vic. ~n ( )PL,.. 1 I j DetEd OctobEr 2~, 19'~~ A 1 A -~j j

KEM-892

(/~l.{(!_ . :I' Rtc ld 8:53 p.m., 2§,th. 0 ,...-• j J

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SEcrEtery of Stut'E,

Wnshineton. 6~ i

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'~323, Tv1 Enty-fcurth.

SwEdish politics. ... HLJ\'DELSTIDNING 23rd. ce.rri Es follow inc; rEport

from its Stockholm officE, Be.ltic rEfugEE floW he.s

now subsidEd. J.ddition 6 1 500 Estonien SwEdES 20,000

&tlts o.rrivEd SwEdEn of which 18,000 Estoninns nnd

rtmeindEr mostly Lutvians with handful Lithuaninns.

Communist ellEGf'.tion rEfuGEEs mostly Q,uis:).incitEs is

EXag[;Erntion, BEtWEEn SEVEnty SEVEnty-fiVE pErCEnt

simplE country folki thc.t is, fishErmEn leborErs hnndi­

crnftsmEn and pEnsants. ThErE somE intEllEctuals and

bEttEr situatEd pErsons but rEfUGEES GEnErally

constitutE rEprESEntativE cross SEctionsociEty.

Obviously fEr.r of nEw rEslmE onE of motivEs for,

mie;r.ation but it 'is Equo.lly cJ,wr many rEfugEEs simply

took opportunity· Escepine ·fi'-om' !yi~\f.~ s·.'mi's·Ecy. ':-WEll!

informEd p.Erson who is anything b)lt pro-~~r:~1an

' ; '·;·i:~}iii~~~;~J~il;. \'

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... -~/J

() -2- #4323, OctobEr 2'~, from Stockholm via London

statEd hE hasn't EncountErEd morE thl'.n two Balts who

intimatEly coopErntEd with Gn>nu:.ns, SomE Bl'lts think

Russians dnngErousEst EnEmy whErEas othErs fEHr GErmE.ns

most bEcHus E thEy Hr.E so systEmD.tic in opprEssion.

HJ.NDE.LSTIDNING 's informc. tion from privatE c.nd offic i£Cl

channEls contraC.icts allEgations the t Bel tic rEfu[';EEs

manngEd gEt to SwEdEn bEcausE of stEps tP.km· by· SwEdish {

authoritiEs. It is truE BD.ltic vEssEl SS JOHLN sailinG

undEr GErn1e.n fli',G brouc;ht rEfUGEES to SwEdJ:n D.nd SwEdish

EuthoritiEs wErE concErnEd v1ith thEsE trcnsports but

it wo.s ESsEntially Estonio.n S\'IEdEs trl'.vEllEd on JOHi,N.

Smc..ll numbEr purEly Bc.lt rEfU~EES incluccinG small

childrEn also camE on vEssEl but that was outsidE

schEdulE and SwEdEs bEEn unRblE ExErcisE any control

ovEr pErsons pEl'mittEc1 E_mbarlf in BRltic port, OVEX'­

whElming me.jority Be.ltic rEfug·EES huvE e.rrivEd in othEr

ways aboard own craft, GErmans attEmptEd prEvEnt

flic;hts from Balticum until Tallinn's fall but thErE-

aftEr thEy 1d othEr thinc;s thin!~ about. JOHAN's trips

arE supposEd havE bEEn part somE sort priv!:'.tE arr-angE.-/ j

mmt, Burmu ChiEf Schniidt of J.lims Commission told

Ht:.NDELSTIDNING SwEdish auth'oritiEs havEn't concErnEd ·, ,\

thEmsElvEs with. any Baltic l:'EfU[iEE journEys hErE savt . '

Est'onian SwEdEs. Schmidt stt+tEd ·Ba·:Lt1)c''rt:fut;EEs {. ;; ' .• ; .: ;:. i ;'.~\~['·>.: .

. · ,-: immE:dfa.iiE:·~~.' ·

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c: --~ #4323, OctobEr 21, from Stockholm via London

immEdiatEly placEd in mEdical quarantinE coastal arEas

and simultanEously mch rEfugEE was subjEctEd political

inVEStigation Which attEmpts aSCErtain criminal ElEmEnts

collaborators and informErs. This catqo;ory tr.EatEd

along samE linEs as ~ui~linGitEs among NorwE[ian Danish

./ rEfugEEs. Schmidt statEd formErly KummErlantEs was

rECEption CEntEr Baltic rEfU::<;EES whErE thEy WErE sortEd

out but whtn influx suddEnly incrEasEd authoritiEs

oblic;Ed EffEct policE invEstigations EvErywhErE !!n

various coastal quarantinE cEntErs, Schmidt confirmEd

HANDLSTIDNING's statistical data rEgarcinc Baltic

rEfUGEEs •

Communist NY DAG 24th. rEpliEs LindstroEmfs

li>ORGONTIDNINGEN Editorial (sE~ our 1188)-statinc

LindstloE~'s dEfEnsE a"[;ainst our criticisms of traffic

likEly makr:: Sv1Ec1En anti-Russ~an intricuErs .cEntEr took

form violEnt· attack against USSR and NY DAG. tindstroEm

attEmptEd lEgitimizE ~uisling ElEmEnts who· from fEar

rEt_ribution awaiting GErmany's collaborators toolc rEfuc;c

S'wEdm, HE dEfEnds .sh£tdy traff-ic orcanizEd with a;!.r

substantial monEtary contributio-ns from SwEdish ·m:J.d-,

b.mErican quartErs: _HE: t1Efqld_s Sw~disJ.1 authorit:b,:s.

in matt E:r anc;l r i~ds 1:1;· e;p.~lr'E\LY i~ O!;d EI;

should' cr'b.it;E: :in 'SwEcl~h lAr!jE · . . ·.~· ,.·., .. r..:;;.,~·:t,::~l~~:·:t\i~t;·T . · .· ·

. -~f!ttiM¥¥t~oJil . .

~4- #4323, OctobEr 24, from Stockholm vic London

ore;anizati_on for anti-Russicn Fascist activitiEs which

will dEvElop into activitiEs ExtrtmEly hostilE to .. ./

SwEdish intErEsts dEfinitEly compromising Sv;Eciish

forEie;n policy. Atlantic ChartEr dEclarEs only such

tErritorial chancEs arE rEcocnizEd as arE approvEd

by pEoplEs affEctEd thErEby. Baltic pEoplEs in

populc.r plEbiscitE conductEd undEr dEnibc_rl'.tic form

by ovErwhElminG majority votEd join USSR as fEdEral

rEpublics, ThErE is no quEstion~orciblE annExation.

Balts morEoVEr possE.ss constitutional richt sEcEclE

from USSR whEn thEy c~ Es irE, ·SwEC:ish GovErnmEnt ttnd

othErs ace Ept Ed plEbiscitES and r.Er,ard Baltic rEpublics

as portions USSR. Thus LindstrbEm discounts SwEdish

GovErnmEnt's me;r.surEs in mattEr, Our c.ttack concErns

orr;aniz Ed impor:ta tion war. criminals and Q.Uislingi tEs. . .;

\'IE havE basEd casE on Social MinistEr MoEllEr's ,.,,

dEclc.ration that w/r criminals and Q,uisli'ncitEs cannot

t:xp Ect SwEdish asylum;; iiE havm 't · oppos Ec', 'idEa that

dEc mt pEoplE who have:· flEd· from war and hunGEr shou).d

eain SwEdish asylum. WE maintain it's SwEdish inte:re:st

that hEnchmEn old Fascist re:c;imt:.s shan't bE allowEd

makt: SwEdEn into ifitrit=;u~ cmtE'r f'oi:- rmctione.ry anti­

Russian activitiEs; It \Hl.S~rve:_~ hvii:d~J:irs purposE to

.rolE playEd. by)':inl~,rd .. ED.il.)'icum J,"oland ns · ~ordon .· against'·vssR':f>s·l~~:rJJi\ii'~ms:{~ot play\i[)a' '

... <J.nu·.n.~.·i.nJdi·s' · · ·< ..• ,., • ·· · ... ·· ·

FRO!I:

'£0:

IfJ!IDER:

A;:Jo;~GATIOii, Stoc!cholr1

Secr:Jt""ry of Str: '.c, ~.'ashinr;ton

October 23, 1944

431L', CONTROL COPY See your 4020, Octo1Y'lr 21, to De artment ro­

pe:J.ted to Stock':}oln as Ho. 3 ,,_nd your clo'lr

unn".mb'!red '.•;ire of the SJ.l'llO elate.

The mess·:~o given be1o\7 has been t -ans'llitted to

Eoscow qs 42, dated 23rd of Octob9r.

Attention Kennan:

The following is for y0ur personal informatirm:

Betr:e,:m the· seventh of Jnne and tl-Je trJenty-:fiftl-t of September

under the auspices nf t"le ~:iar Hefu~ee BoRrd cert'lin rescue

operati.ons tn the ~altic were c;orrbd on. After thn.'; ti'!J.e O!Jera­

tions ceased bec".use positirm of .Germans 'ln tl-le Baltic had be­

come so ltopeless tl--ta~ the representative of the ·.:·~r ':i.efugee

Board desired to protect himself against the ossibUity of ta'~-

ine pn.rt j n th;~ rescue of individuals who r~i~ht be co1l·tborators

with the Hazis. Individuals who contriv<~d to escape to s,.,eden

from the Baltic countri·:os thro'll?,h the fEJ.cilities of t''G ·.Jar

Refugee Board ;·;ere refugees r~om Germ· n persecution althou;h

there may have been anti-Russian:peDsonf? .·ll;f.lO,~j th.em. The tot~l

~f the entire operations n~fectine the three laltic countri~s . . , ')'

was only 200,000 kroner "1ost of which \Ve~t · f'or transportP"- · ·,-,

purposes. The JYDAG article which _was r·~produoer ' DECLASSIFIED

• i . State Dept._ Letter, 1-11-71\ untrue

By R. H. Parks Date-S.£2.13 1972 · .·. .

-2-#4314, October 23, from Stockholm

untrue, speculo.tive and provocative. No coQ~ection with the

so-called Estonian Government is had by any employee or the Le-gat ion.

"' I have been i.n ·armed by T.hda111 Kollontay ~·;f th W'lom

I have had a complete discussion of the matter,t_h.,.t a correction

to !.!oscow !'las been sent by her. The NYDAG article ap•,ears to

disturb her very much ana she in~orms me that she has ad­

ministered a strong reprimand to the editor. 0ur belief here is

trat the article was not inspired fror.t Rttssian sources but is

largely tied up in a tan~le of internnl Srredish politics arisin<; {

from the cff'orts of the Swedes to lJrin"": Bstonian Swedes here

oonce:rntn~ '-'Thich you wore informed by STiedish "!inister. To

I1YDllG article I h:we made no ansrrer and·: I do not anticipate

making any comment or ans'.70r to it.

See my 4231, October 18, 1944.

10-26-44

DCR :Ef,1S

JOHNSON

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DEPARTMENT OF

STATE

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SEcrEtary of State:

Washington

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INCOMING TELEGRAM

PLl>IN

\~ · DIVISION OF . COMMUNICATIONS

. AND RECORDS

~~ Q_~.r., t~ •· Moscow via l•rmy )1,.\d, (~.(~ Date:d OctobEr 20, 194~

REc'd 7 p.m. 21st.

~~dl9, ~;~e:ntyfirst CONTROL COPY

v

v PROH REH Octobe:r 20 dEvotEd 11 inchEs to Tnss

rEport quoting from Stockholm NY Dl•G dEscribing allEged

anti-Sovie:t Emigrant organization of re:fugre:s_ from thr

Br.ltic statrs end criticizing pnrt alle:gE:.Uy plnye:d by

Swe:dish Gove:rnmEnt in fostEring nctivitie:s of this

orgnnizn tion. i•rticle: sta.tr~ that about 301000

rEfUgEEs from Bllltic hnvr nrrivrd in Swe:drn. ThEy nEEd

nssistnnce: and must be: rEturne:d to the:ir home:s whrn

pe:riod of pe:ace:ful rrconstruction be:gins. Basic probltm

is Fasc1sta;roup among Baltic rmigrants. /.rt:\clE nsse:rts

thn t 6 or 7 thousnmllE'stolilihs of SwEdish rxtrnction \1£re: I

e:vaouate:d to Swe:drn c.nd that othrr Est~minns ·and Latvians

wErE s.Ent to Swe:de:n in accordancE: with plans·of Baltic .. :·.·

organization. It asks how ''thE: Sw~dish GOVErnmE:nt which

re:oognfzrd de: facto . .

and ur jtt)€.':\ti11ol:i or Baltic ·':-~:·ocJ ~'h·-·~'·~-' .·~ .. ·>J

I,. ;.~~~·~1\ ·')~. :/(f! ~a - . '<·'.\, .

StatEs

-2- 7¥4019, TwEntyfirst, from l.!oscow via J..rmy

withSoviEt Union could pErmit coopEration of' SwEdish

authoritiEs in organizlng transfEr of' population from

SoviEt tErritory.

Finnl paragraph of' quotation rEads in translation

as follows: "AftEr thE libEration of' Estonia somE kind

of' a 'national 1 govErnmEnt suddEnly uppEaN:.d. ThE

Estonian pEoplE took no not£ of this govErnmEnt but th£ .. SwEdish prEss advErtisEd lt ns a political rwlity.

ThEncEforth nothing furthEr l'lcs hwrd of' this govErn-

mEnt but WE found out that on£ of thE EmployEEs of th£

[i.mErican l.!ission has thE scmE namE as onE of thE

MinistErs of this 'govErnmEnt'. It is stntEd with

c.bsolutE dEfinitEnEss thr.t this is onE and thE samE

pErson. It would bE highly d~siroblE to rEcEiVE th£

EXplnne tions of thE ii.ffiErican UinistEr Johnson on this

mettEr. For it is a qu['stion of rElations v1ith thE

grEat ally of thE l~itEd StatEs, LEt thE LmErican·

HinistEr also stet£ whEthEr it Wf\s· known to him that

onE of his EmployEEs donatEd morE thnn 9001

000 SwEdish

crowns for thE EstablishmEnt of thE Bnltic orgc.nizntion

in S\~EdEn. WE must assumE that 1.this was unknown to thE

MinistEr

·~---r

.. -3- #4019 1 TwEntyfirst, from Moscow via Army

MinistEr, and VIE hopE thnt our communication will

arousE him to undErtakE an invEstigation and to find

out that cErtain of his 'officials' arE concErnEd in

thEsE o.ffairs 11•

REpEatEd to Stockholm.

HARRIMil.N

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DIVISION OF COMMUNI~ATIONS

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DEPARTMENT OF STATf

0CT20 19.1.1

, f Stockholm via London

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Dated October 18, l94j ;-

\JoVI::.IONOF COMMUNICATIONS& ~ECiftilS

Secretary of State,

\Jashington,

4236, Eighteenth. x

Swedish politics.

Rec'd 12:43 p-.m.,l9t1h

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Al;:TON'I'IDNINGEN dis cussing

recent desertions :from German Legf\tion writs.s no

significant additional desertions presently expect-

able, Gestapo watches personnel carefully and

latter now largely composed very loyal Nazis· who'll

stick to bitter end. Party discipline within

i Legation now stronger than when \"lied was !Iinister.

l.linister Thowsen outvtardly_ appears very concilia-

tory amiable type mal>:ing favorable impression in

i7ide circles, P_ctually· he 1 s very ardent Nazi upon ,/

v;hom Ribbentrop can cor.rplotqly r~:).y. Initiated

I circles maintain rtwas consistent policy for Thomsen

I . replace former Landes cruppenlei ter.. Stengel leader

German Nazi party Sr1eden with Legation Cot111selor I

Gassmann.

diplomatic

-2-)/4236, Eighteenth, from Stockholm via Lohdon ··~.

party leader Sweden Stengel <;as superior p:octy

me)nber Thomsen whe:i:'eas Gos smann as German Lee;ation

member is subordinate to Thomsen~ It's public

secret German Legation ni th associated organiza-

tior:ts has staff between 230 240. Person enployed

one secti·on often ignorant who works in others but

everybody knov1s Gest:::.po everywhere though f~n kr:tow

hou Gestapo works who belongs. Everybody tal~en

extreme precautions and distrusts others:' Local

Gestapo expanding into numerous branches and El-:,ny

Swedes consciously or unconsciously work for it'•

General~y German· Legation' s· anxious behave correct­

ly ap.d/ compromising connections are handled by

subsidiary organizations. .persons_ familiar \'dth

. Legation disbelieve ru!nors that pr()Jllineht staff ,.

members about sever ,relatJ.ons. Pres.s A:ttac::tes I ·. \ . ' . ·.. . C. • . •

Doctor Hepp and Paul c-rassmanni 1.1ometimes ·)llenj;ioned

this connec.tion •.. Former has Ame:Hiiii:n wife bUt-

f!J .·.e;y .

. -3-#4236, Eighteenth, from Stockholm via London

,; vtith exception Miss Schacht,. see our 4140, all

recent Legation desertions o.ccurred only after

persons in question summoned Berlin and refused

follow instructions. :Vonloviagins see our 4159

were previously considered GeE;tapo agents and dts·.­/

trusted.· Mrs. Vonlc,viagin allegedly rep9rted her

husband to Gestapo but when Vonloviagin sm;moned

Berlin both refused go~ I

DAGEHS reports internment camp for Finnish !;,;. _,· J

army deserters·being establ~shed Soerby outside

iT\vas first (

Ume~~ with nccommodations for 400.

[\ssumed camp· intended particularly for Finnish

Quislings but apparently it expects heter'GgenB{)US

cl1

ientele, · Ali~ns -col<~J\ission h6tieveAs consider.­

i_hg need ~for one 'br more Calnp~.;fot: EJ~nish, ~uislin[\\1 exclusive use. Since 'the~~ ~~i,t{gee¥'Tci2Cpe,~(ti.a· r.E)­

)i1?-in sweden-_l,ong time. they~ 1i:i:Jk .~i.V;eh~eralii<?Ym~nt · );lleref()-re .i6caUon such b~i·n'/5' ~?-'s~u~·~:~~ \vit}l' rjab()ur

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":'4-;¥4236, Eighteenth, from Sto·ckholm vi·a Lmidon

Articles entitled prepa1•ations for third-world.

war. Wh<;Jn applying for Swedish residence pen:.it

Tigerstedt alleged held abaridor;ted propage.n1a work

and would henceforth' write only novels.· I - . . - .

I:!ORGONTIDNINGEN Writes Tigors.tedt r s propaganda

rmsn't limited to serving Finland an&· for m:m-y:

years has primarily served 1~azi Germany. One still

remembers horrible article concerning Germstag(fd /

findings Katyn which he succeeded having publis_hod

in SVEHSKA. In latest TIDSREVYN he attacks Swedish

press for. its ·at·ti tude towards. Finland's VIal' on

Gorll\any' s, :Ude. Tigorstedt finds new con~Hions

Finland .uns8fe and unoomfortabl~. S:amo~-truo· con-

,ce_rning gr·owing- n',lmbor No~weg:Lnn:Q.uistj.r;tgs novr • _

soekipg_,}•efuge Sweden.,.

is Swedish,; authori tics

i: !1

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-5-#4236, Eighteenth 1 f~om 'Stockholm via London

protest against publishing nmrres Finnish visitors I

Sweden see our 4176 ,;Ji>i tes in present situation

Sneden has justification for· drawing disth:tCtions

between her guests. That 1 s'why DAGENS has taken

liberty publishinc; names F.irlllish travell_el•-.Odiplomnt_s_

politicians wartime leaders and notorious Anti-

Swede ·--in_fuil realization they'd be discoufitod

by public.ity, Sweden 0'9ght be refuge _;for .. tortured

innocent people but shouldn't-become sort or·

Riviera for nervous gentlemen· who after their

political speculations fail become uncoraf~rtable

and desire c_liniate change. It 1 s pref_ernble lt ttor

group stay away and increased publi_ci:ty may con-

tribute to discouraging; them. DAGENS finds it

-utterly tactless that F~nnish'' stud~p:t~ cqrps sent ":(-_ ., ;.~-: -.-.

notorio~s anti:.-swedeKalli!il- to .tn:i\ril n:t --_ -- . _· ,::-;.- '

recent tund Uni ve1•sity festi irar; ..

< liunga:rian ;Min~stcr Denmal'JI: . --. -.. - •' · .... _. - :.)_

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-6-#4236, Eighteenth, from:$tockholm via London

Vonkristoffy appointed Uiriister Copenhagen by

K2.llay regime but assumed duties Gfter Sztojay

13ainad power. TIDITING;:;n reports Hungarian G~lal,g6

Stockholm Von Parc;:;_cr see our 4217 still co;1side1,s

himself lawful Htmc;m,ian .Gcvernm."(nt Is representa­

tive and refuses surPender Legation.premis'os.to·

ncv1 ·regime 1 s reprcsentati ves, Svicdish Lc:gation

Budapest finds itself- in strange positim1 cuing

latest coup. De jure r•JCognition_ of Szo.lo.sy isnrt

likely but as events apparently movin[!; rr-.pidly in

Eungary problem may never 'become seriously o.cuto. / J ·-

SVENSKA writes now Hungarian IntoriorJiinister 1 s

. statement Hll foreign protective. p<ssports fc:c,

HuhgP.rian Jews will be nullified and-continued

intel:-ference ~in Hung[\ryta i~ter)ipl.affairs VTonU

be tolerated· obviously 1,efera to iott.ers ;of ,pro-- ". . - - ... ,,_.-•.

taction recoi ved by certain Hu-~gar;la~ Je_\'la as -~0;... . ~ - .

. -·')

-7-#4236, Eighteonth; from Stockholm via London

limited to 4,000_. 7nen latest coup made it 1 s be­

lieved between 3, 000 41__000 Jews held such passpoP,t s.

Holders had Swedish cultural economic family or

other connect:i.ons ._ P~ssport entitled bearer .. loave

Hungary when opportcmit;y arose but this proved

poss.ible for only six J\.1•gentine citizens. and.hnnd-

ful Hungarians.

TIDHING:2;N carries interview with UNRRA repro-

sont£>.ti ve Neville Goodman who r s just vrri vod

SYTodon and had conference yesterday w j_th Birgor

:i!:kel:)_erg chairman Sv10dish Committee for Postnm·

Relief. Goodman states Sweden may play largo role

in postwar relief work. Un:ite:d Nations partiou- ·

lo.rly grateful·for·swodish hol,p_as_Swedon has

certain resources~- other countri.os l.v.'ck. Itt s hoped

mutual contnct ·will bo m~:l:qi;ciin~d ~~;:swod6nrs and

U~BA' s relief act;iona may cf'f~:ctively ~~~piom.ont oaoh othop{ Goodmo.n >1ill ;emhih tthd' stu-dy Sweden: r s

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.-S-#4236, Eighteenth 1 from $to·ckholm via London.

Finnish Government commission for S\vedi sh

Finnish trade returned Helsinki yesterday to sub- ,,._

mit to Finnish Goverm1ent result's of riegotio.c;ions

recently conducted stocl~holm. s\~edish For_eign_

Office announc-ed last night certain Swedish ship-·

ments to Finland rondqred possible by Soviet

Finnish armistice ho.d been promised earlier.

Shi.pments concern principally food but other

Finnish desiderata been considered during nego-

tiations just completed.

AFTONTIDNINGEITS LOJ:J.don corr0spondeht r0ports

·flying fortress0s which were converted into pas~

sengor planes by Aero Transport see. our 3293 have

nm·1 beg_un flying S\7eden Britain route. First '. ~

- fortress' iapded sco,Uan·d we"i'lk agQ- a_nd;i'o.thers fol .. . - ' ·:.·.,.;_~:\~_··:.~·~:·-·--_.·: ..

lowed~ MANC~ST::R GUJL""lDIAN p;J..aiieif.:\'liH <:;JO.t?l1 cri.t(:lr . .' ; -~.~::: :_'_ _- . :''· :-· .'.. .'' . ; - • ~. ·.. I

:;Jorvice betweep. Sweden Rutrs"iah :_;ril:l !Wed.6n usA:.;: ..

confirm!! repoJ:;t' fo~tr~ssf'_sc ilb\~· fly:--. . - .. - . ~-.--- ' ' . ' .. . .

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heavy fortresses. {No other Stockholm paper

carries report or quotes AFTONTIDNINGEH,)

German fi,ghter aircraft forcelanded Oscarshar.m

yesterday. Plano badly damaged but two qrew -~•wmoer·s

unhurt. ".

Swedish trawler attacked by two unidentified

foreign planes Honday afternoon v!hilo fishi~g in

Sl~agerrak 13 miles north Hirthshals Denmurl~~

Tno crew members wounded and vessel badly dar:agod

but succeeded reachine; Go.eteborg yesterday,

AFTONBLPDET writes Swedish· delege.tion to

"'international commercial conf~rencio which departed

for America October elcv~enth satis.factor;J.ly rep1•e­

sents Swedish industry commeroe -shipping v.nd . .

aviation but porl11'-ps one would preferred weightier . .

names. Leo.dihg Sv1edi sh indqs~:da~ 1Jghts\:howev6r.

~uri> greatly needed. Sw~den no\~· s.nd couldnt t spare ' , : - .. I ::-~· .. - .- '_ -.. :-' ... : . '

several mortths. .thi:l.t

Sl'wden' s been able,

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crisis and its equally important that Swedish

viewpoints should be cJc-pressed whon highly signif­

icant decisions in int.ernational c·conomic rel.o.tions

being 1:1adci.

WINANT

CSB

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