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1. J'OR HA.TlilRIAL BE ISSUANCE OF VISAS PIRMITTI:!G THE EVACUATION J'ROM Fil'lLAlti> 'l'O SlliDD OF 100 TB!UlATlmED JEWISH llEFUGEES FRC»« OEN'l'RAL EUROP:I
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For correspondence concerning relief to Lithuania and Latvia thru S~1eden
GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER 00, - LICENSES W-2222
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."TifJN OF THE;._'· LEe:;,...... ' · • <::R!L,._,:
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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Will~r.tm Q1})wyer ix,cut1ve DireotO»
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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
~~ a~~4v~~:~~~~~tss~~~~l.Iy New SafeguafdS oEnaetod
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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/,lay 31, 1944
, . 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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CONGRES JUIF MONDIAL ••• _ CONGRESO JUDIO MUNDIAL 1834 Broadwa;y ili·K 1$ IOI!ll' 4ilii 8 SiiliiEE'a
NE~ YORK 18, N. Y.
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GENEVA
CABLES: CoNGRBSS, Nsw YoRK
'fBLBPHONB_: LONGACRB 5·2600
37 Quai Wilson
BUENOS AIRES Corrlentes 2024-9o
JERUSALEM Vaad, Leumi, P. 0. B. 471
MONTREAL 1121 St. Catherine St. W
MEXICO CITY Sonora 174-4
.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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Sincerely yours,
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MEMORANDUM
s+m tlt etJhlidaatte+
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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With kindest personal regards,
Sinoarely,
0/ C: Executive Director
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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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, 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 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.•)\
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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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..,.. 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 •
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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
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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
STATE
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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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STATE INCOMING
TELEGRAM DIVISION OF
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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 __ , ....
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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
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INCOMING TELEGRAM \
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AND RECORDS
PIA IN J.J ~V! ~ .r?/; j·~·/ "' I
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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·
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-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
~-·-· TELEGRAM DEPARTMENT OF STATE
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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0 OtVISION oF: . COMMUNICATIONS -~-,~:>
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
' '
0 Q
-.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;. \'
--I
~ ·'""
... -~/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:·~~.' ·
1_:·
i' f
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
AVH-6~9
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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
j/~· ,_'/
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
I .
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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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