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Debet. . ~-··· . . . ,_ _ -- _. - Credit. ======·======~======':".:r,. -1-,. ± lltlotorboat ....•...••. 12,ooo:; - 2. Reparation & reserve- components •...... •..•.. 1,929, -- 3. Re sel'Ve work and reparation(being ca 24 hot~rs under vmterl...... 1,185, - 4. II Motorboat ...... : . . 26,000, - 5, Reserve components..... 645, 25 6, Adaptation and rer)aration after every trip ...... •. 1,643, 40 7. Uotyl, oil, casks & transport .,,,.,,,, ••••• 20,080, " 8. Tools,waterproot coats etc ...... • • 540, - 9. Salaries for 5 mont he s .and extra payments for every trip up to 1000,- Kr.per. one man ...... 21,400, - 10, Housing •...... ,,,,, 1,620, - 11. Provision for 10 tripS. 1,210, - 12. Radio communication: l)transmitter-receivers 2,4oo, - 2)Additional suplies to operators...... 728, - 13. Financial support ( in various goods and equipments,German cyrrency etc.) to undc;rground organizatio-n and organizers in Estonia) ...... , 6,000, - 14. Support to Finlanu for - org:cmizing comrnunic'ltion -& information . . . . . • • . 2,4oo;, - 15. Using Estonian-Sweds transport.Payments-to German and Swe.dish -officials to get ne.cessary ·· -facilities ... "...... 4,ooo, lo; Rent for an additional boat • . . . • . . • • . . . . • . • 2,69.0, - 17. _AdministratioJ:l expences. 1,300, - 18• Various expen·ces..... 950, -
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DEBET 2 st~s~iftnyc~lsr l s krmrn" ,i stiil: 91 11 -):J I 2- i 241 l / lCOj ~0 I ! 4_51 ! -~- 2_l-v~p;-kopp~ri'ii.rg 2 j-- ~~- jiiUra-," - 5 Ek till tQK sumt sk~uv 1 2 st kontakt-i 11 1 kend!'nsator I 1 tandspole l Rotor 5 If sakrin~ 1 " fii.rdelalock 11 2 Accukurnuhtor!'r .•. . ' . L ist nr. l. Persons evacuated from Estonia, l. H a g a r, H.; mag, phil., Vice-director of the Estonian National Museum at Tartu,thanks to his opposi tin Germans viers not able to evacuate the i1:useum to Germany, there foe ha v1as to be arresttlld, 2. Hagar, E., stud. med,, his wife. 3, S· o o t a, 0., former editor of a liberal newspaper "Esmasp9:ev11 , active mvem-ber of the Estonian underground National Com'1ltille, e.scapsd before Germans could arrest him. 4, He l 1 at, T., stud. jur.,attive member and organizer of the underground movement,underground radio-operator, son of former Estonian fcl6ign minister ahd envoy, A, Hellat, 5. T u u 1 ik, A., wife of the captain of ouflr boat, 6. HOti b e d a, J., jurist, official of the Central 0- ffice of the Estonian Consumers Co-operative J;:ovement. he has rebdered valuable services to anti-German activity movement,therefore.was plll'rsued and escaped 7, Hob e d a , Charlotte, his wife. $.Hob e d a, P., his son ?years old. 9. H 1:i bed a, V., his daughter, 5 years old. 10. M_ aid r a,.K., jurist, managing clerk of the Central firm of the Estonian Consumers Co-ope.tative Aseeti!.a Association; the same reasons- as iri the case of mr.Htibeda. g: M a i 11 List -Fr. 2. Persons evacuated from Estonia. l. Ri.ives, Joh., prof. dr.med.,director of the clinic for nerve diseases at Tartu University.Pupil and successor oilr famous prof. L.Puusepp.He has studied al...--so in America as a scholar of Rockefeller Foundation. 2. Riives,Marta, den~tist. 3. Soosasr, Albert, engineer lj. Ots, At,_gust, lawyer, former adviser of Estonian i..inistry of Economic Affairs. former editor of nev1spaper 11 SAKALA" ·5, Toorr.inc;as, Andreas, expert in taxation, former taxation inspector in ~stonian kinistr~ of Economic Affairs. 6. Lelow,Helmuth, seaman, capts.in. 1. Tammeaid, Jlad., director of Fishing Centrale at PUrnu. B. Tamrneaid, 'irve., bookkeeper. 9. Aasaru, Karl, fishine; inspecteur. 10. Aasaru,Liida, ~ife. ll. Aasaru, Adu, 12. Okkapuu, aleks, land surveyor. 13. Saarnokk, Leopold, a specialist of saw-rllill. 14. Saarnokk, Eveline, wife. 15. Piik, Felix, seaman • 16. In t, Arjus, seaman, 17. 3runhof, Juhan, al)othecary. 18. B runhof, Eihkel, trader. 19. Tammeaid; ~ihkel, trader. 20. Tae;meai.d, Juuli, wife. 21. 1f'!'{rand, Hel mut , seaman. 22. Joasoo, Alfred, bookkeeper 23. Joasoo, Linda,· wife 24. Joasoo, ll!atti, son, one year old. 25. 3oidre, afugust, industrialist. 26. So idre, Anne-i.;;-, wife, _ 27. Soidre, Tiiu, daughter 4 years old. j 28. Soidre, Anu, accountant. - 29. Sepp,- Juha·n, seaman, motorist. 30. Vegner, Qeorg, fisher. 31. Kilvar, Albert, police official. 32. Kil var, Le ida, wife. 33. Kilvar, Juta, daughter, half year old. 34. Peterson, Al eksei, fisher. 35~ Peterson, Antonina, wife~ 36. Silman, Artur, 37. Lents, a. 38. Erviste, Arvi, 39, Paat, Aleks, 40. Lii va, Hugo, /9>Jt.5(7U(;f. . 41. Saarnak, Richard, 42, Treiealt, Konst, 43. Paat, Augudt, 44. J3:rviste,_Eimar. 45. To mingas,-Konstatin, 46. Pass, Erni - 2 - 4$, Liiva, Edgar. 48. Spuul, Lembit, 50. Hallik, Herbert, 51. Kolga, Eduard, 52. Laht, Leopold, 53, Saarnak, Artur. 54. Poldsaar, Rudolf, consckipts 55. K~rt, Nikolai, 56. Kariler, V'Hno, 57. i::adalvee, Helmut, 58. Toorusaare, Arnold, 59. Raatrnaa,Gunnar, 60. Okapuu, Ulo, List Nr. a. Persons evacuated from Estonia. 1. Perli, Harald, prof. dr. med. , gynaecoligy. Director of tho clinic fJJ'"""'JJ of Tartu University. · 2. Perli, Helgi, student. :; . Gustavson, Hilda, teacher, wife of the socialist leader ;;;r. tgusto.vson , member of'-Estonian National Committee. 4. Sikkar, Hilda, wife of the peasan....t leader Vir. Sikkar- member_olfl ~ Estonian National Committee. 5. Sildcar, Aims, daug~er, 12 years old. 6. ~ikkar, Joh., son, 9 years old. 7. Tief, Emilie, wife of the settlers ( peasants) party leader Mr. o. T~ef, former Uinister of Justice. 8. T~ef, Lilian, daughter, 13 years old. 9. Tief, Jaan, son, 10 '' 11 10. Tief, Astrid, dau~hter, 7 years old. 11. Tief, Tiiu, 1 year old. 12. Eaar:vdi, Kaarina, wife of the li!lii:EJCKtx SettJ.....-ers Part;yt Secretary Lr. W. Maandi - member of the Eston_..ian National Committy.Lawyer. 13. Eaandi, Jaak, son, 8 years old. 14. Eaandi, Anne, daughter, 5 years old. 15. Liidak, :_eeli, wife of the prof. K. Liidak(agriculture),~ ~3!8Be1'1t leader of the Estonian National Committee. 16. Liidak, Eevi, Jaughter, 17 years old. 17. Leesment, Leida, teacher. 18. Le•Jsment, Reet, dau!!;hter, 1 year old. 19. Soots. Leida, wi:t:. of the editor 0. Soo(\ts. 20. Soots ,Aino, dau17hter, 22 years old. 2i. Soots, Ilo, 1 year old. 22. Kuslap, Juhan, jurist. 2}. Kuslap, li:arie, wife 2G. Kuslap, Tonu, s~n, 4 years old. 25. Kus'jlap, Enn, 2 11 11 26. Tomongas, Arnold, director of the Fishing Centrale at Ha List Nr. 4, Persons evacuated from Estonia. l. Lavis t e, Cornelius, dr.ing .• Director of the ETK Paper-mill, he had supplied the <;ational Corni ttee vti th printing paper for underground lieflets. Was therefore pursuit;) by the police. 2. , Virve, puwn. 3. " , Luule, 4. Tr~u, Juhan , ~astor of the lLihkli congregation. 5. Silvia, pup,il, 16 years old. /daur\hter/ 6. Ellen , 12 " II • II " 11 11 I I 7. L'ihl{el , 9 " • son / 8. T a m m a r u, A., school-master, /headmaster/. 9. 11 Leida, wife, book-keeper, 10. II Inno, puoil, 7 years old /son/ II 11 11. , Ivo , fi , 9 " / 11 / 12. P r o o s, Herbe!'t, publishc;r. 13. ma e 1 Leonida, teac~er. 14. " JUri , pupil, ll years old / son/. 15. rroorna s , 11 8 :: :: II 16. _, Rein , - , 6 I . " I 17. Gustav , pul,hl, 6 :: II" l"/ 18. ; l£alle-':teet, 2 /daughter/. 19. 0 r m u s s o n, Johanna, journalist. 20. L e e t n a, Ida, wife of a underground organizator;• 21. II Ann, daughter, 6 years old. If 11 22. Tiina II II 4, " 23. , Kai ; " ; 2 II 11 24, K a a; 1:1 a m,e e_ s, Harald, mechanician, 25. II , Ksenia, wife, 26. T o o m i n g a s, Heinrich, locksmith. 27. 11 , Adele, wife. 28. S a 1 i 11 n, Paul, se,:alila)!l, · "'1 29. P r o o s, Herbert, motorist. 30. P a n n e 1, .Jakob, painter. 31. P r o o s, Karl, rnotor-mechanicer. 32. 11 11 Linda, wife. 33. M , Asta , daughter, 1 years old, 34. K o p p e 1, karie, wife of our local man of confidence for our landing-place, 3'- If , Tiiu, daughter, 2 years·- old, 36: A a s r, m a e, Ellen, pufilil. 37. Martin, 38. V a h !l. r t a' a 1; Leida, civil servant. 39. P a 1 u o j a, Karl, seaman.// 40. S a m m, Robert II__ Conscripts 41. L i i k, Erich " / List Nr. 5. Persons evacuated from Estonia. 166. K o p v 1 1 l ern, Jaan, dr.chern., professor at the Tallinn II College of Technology. 167. , Elsa, vlife. 168. , Ann , daughter 2 ye"ars old. 169. L a 1 d, Erik, mag, phil.,, director of the Estoill.an National Museum at 'rartu, member of the Estonian National Committee. 170. M e t s, Jaan, dr.agr., docent at the University of Tartu and director of the Agricultural Institut at Joge~a. 171. II Helmi,wife. 172. Hendrik, son, 14 years old. 173. ' Tiiu , dAughter 10 years old. 174. S i k k a r, Johan, economist, member of the Estonian National Committee, 175. S 'l r g a v a, Karl, lawyer. _ 176. 0 v e 1, Alide, wife of ·the former Vice;.(Secretary of State. 177. L o o, lLeida, schoolmaster /headmistress/. 178. L o h m u s, Ernst, surgeon. 179. J o h-· a n s o n, Herm. ,flier. 180. P e e d o, Endel, student, 181. K o 1 1 i s t, Marie, mother-in-law of_ Minister Laretei. 182. L e 1 o v, E., merchant seaman, 183. Liidernan n,lvi.art~, Ylife. 184. II , Enil,_ student. 185. ,Reet, pupil, 186. T r u u s, Helga, student. 187. 11 , Peep, pupil. 188. " , Liis, daughter, 189. H a r; m, Iiiall, wife. 190. , Indrek, son l years old. 191. K e s ft k U 1 a, Elsa, wife. 192. , Evi, pupil. 193. U fr v, Sa.Lme, vtife. 194. Laine, 11 daughter 8 yeaBs old, 195. ti.. - , Johan, b.uilder. 196. ~ i n n o, Regine, wife of lli.H;inno, seaman in our service. 197. S i m s, Rudolf, me-chanic. 198. R a e, Arnold, motor-mechanic. 199. N e e d e r, Elma.:r, 11 fcitograph, 200. , Agnes, VIi fe . ;t.iu{!!!!t · - 20ID. T o g t s, L:arta, wife of the /consumers cooperative ETK~ 202. Urve, pupil. '.-.: List Nr. 6. ::.P.:oe,_,r'-'s"-'o"-·'-'n-"s----'e'-'v'-'a"'c"-u"'-a=t'-"e'-"cl'-. _f=..=.r_,o_,m,_!i: s ton ia . 203. r:. a a n d i, Helmut, laVtyer, former Secretary o~_Peagant (Settler) Party, member of(JEstonian under2:round r 205. Zas~rov, Lait, doctor ( merl.) 2o6. Salme, wife. 207. Eare, daughter, 9 ya9rs old, 208. Tii!,l, II 5 II II 209. 0 jar 1, Heino, jour-naList, student. 2H'. L u n d, Erich, merchamt seaman 211, 11 Leeni, Ylife. 21.2, Ilmal', pupil 2i3. Vesmes, Alfred, captain of merchant ve,c;sel. 214. \ons:Llr, '..inda, ci vll servc.::,nt. 215. Hoor.:.1ne, Ivi, teacher, 216. Becr~1an, Alico, student. 217. I.likum~igi, Linda, student. 218. l\ohga, SLtsanna, Lookkee per. 2"19' iil.,ne, son, 2 years old. 220. Ai~ver, ''·:lvard, jurist. 221. lFtthe, vtife. 222. Eve dau~hter, 3 vears old " II 223. Hilfe, 1 ~ 224. T a f;l m, Uno, manager. 225. Valli 1lllpil 226. 'rooc:E: s, son, 5 ye3,r old. 227. Kull, Juhanne s, busiEe s s-n:an_. 228. ·ra;:;i, Juljus, agricultural advicer. 229_.- Jussman, Erika, teacher. 230. To~me, -&alme, clerk. 231. Kaidi, bookl~ee~Jer. 232. Sahum, Olev, student, 2 7 ~ ~iina, r:ife. 2§4: Rosimannus,:=tudolf, agronom. 235. i~ittesk; .. fohanr1es, 11 en~~i.nee r_. 236.- - Vaike, l.'Jif_e. 237. -,-o;7:\l, Florida farmer. 238. rcaE~ ' daughter, 7 years old. 239. Safi'r, Juta, farmer, nife of forrr.ter me~nber of Barliament. 240. ~nna, student-. 241. Vesinr~i, '/ilma, pupiL_ 242. :.:ar,tin, Karl farmer, 243. A lid~, ·:life. 244. bae;o, Alje, pupiL 245. Li*1im3.g1, ~~duard-, 246. F'~iederin~,- r:ife 247. Grand jean, cHenrik, Dane, agricul'tm'al advicer. 2lf8, Oj~ri, Arnold, ·-- 249. Ulo, pupil. 250. Jesmin, Lembit, student.- 251. Luup, Albert, pupil; 252. Jf.aiberg, -Jal te:_r, -stud.8llt. 253. Veiksalu, .:O:duard, 254. Raukas,c Voldemar, i>oout 20 persons11ere taken on the board of a ;3wedish 1'1arship; tho i.r names a.re not known, THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE EVACUATION FUND ======~====== The actua~ executors of the Evacuation action are Mr.Mr. A. R a t t i s t e and J. 0 t s, who· both are appointed by M iniste.·r L a r e t e 1. They both I Mr. A,Rattiste and J,Ots/ are in charge of the Evacuation Fund. The administration of the Fund is being carried out. according to the following order, The Evacuation Fund is handed over to Mr. A, R a t t i s t e and Mr, J. 0 t s in the pre sense. of Minister L a r e i eL The Fund must be deposited at once in a certain bank safe, The safe must be accessible only 'to Mr, A, R a t t is te- and Mr. J. a t s together. Attache 0 1 s on and Minister L a r e t e i are always justified to control the actual situation of the Fund. The exact state of the Fund must be a~ways in accordance with the datas in the cash-book, The cash-book must always stay in the safe, All entries in the cash-book must be testified by documents. All documents should be singed or counter-signed by Mr. A, R'a·t tis t e and Mr. J. 0 t. s • An account on the activity and about results achieved will be presented by the Administrators to Attache 0 1 s o n at the end of the action. Extraordinary accounts and reports are being _presented in ~he case of necessity or on demand of Attacne 0 1 s o n. · ';,- s unsruo To liir . I , 0 L S 0 N AmericP.n I:.egation· REGRt.DED in Stockholm. UNCL b31FlED On Estonian Evacuation problems, Lany· Bstonian see{men, fishers, advanturers and even some intellectuals and politicans are at present engaged in evacuation because afterall it proves to b0 a good business; ~l~:ost everyone is longing for a chance to get out of Estohia and v .r•y man~ persons are able to pay a high price for that chance. Accordinp,; to our information ·the price per one person fluctuates from 300.- to :Lboo.- Sv. lo:·ones. They pay it usually in [.<;l!lpld robles, iri jewels, _in e;ord v;a:tche S ,- rings and in fore it~n currency. One crew of- .a boat has got8000.- krones from 18 persons. To start Vii th a usua.l fi shin,; boat requires sometimes only up to a- 1000.- krones, that-suin is f not very difficult to obtain because it is a good investment. It is quite natural that these private undertakers are all interested to evacuate only those p•."rsohs who can pay a ;>: hie;h price, One needs only the necessary money or gasoline for the_fillrs_t trip. Aftervmrds he ··is able· to operate independently. Some groups are operating~ry large scale with many boats. They have sent already their r:epresentatives to Estonia, who are seek'ing out wealthy people. Each group - tries to-e 1'ind- th.,- best~·· -l-anding- place_ and' is rB.ady t_o gay __ heavily for it. One of our landing-place is already taken 2 11 11 over by those business•men , because they have given them full freedom to ask any price they lcke for sheltering food etc. They have tried to take over one of our crev1, ofi'erinr, to every man 1200.- sw. krones for every trip. In order to let OUJ;" operation going according to plans we had to e;ive them 1000;- krones for the present trip. Presumably for ths next trip they will ask more, ;·,e are quite inable to fight against such corruptive affairs with present means at our disposal. But when you have possibilities to increase our fuhd, v1e may be able to impr·ove the situation by renting some additional boats, and by employing crews for a lare;er scale ev.•' cuation v;i thout any· pay. Some r;roups who are ooeratinp; on business bases. l. group. ;,!r. Klaus S c h e e 1 anrJ. his son; i~~r. A.Horm, R.Kuusik and A,Rei. Klaus S h a e e 1 himself is former Estonian financist of' German nationality with some jewish blood. He was representative of' the so-called German ribbery-capital in Estonia, cFinancial supporter of .the- German Nazi-lr.ovement in Estonia. He was financial leader of the German 11 Drang riach C•sten" and Germ an "forepost in Osten". 1940/41 he repatriated to Germany. Some montil later ·he appeard officially to Sweden, He is supposed to be here as a German bbserver under the guise of Estonian "patriot". He hO 4 his relative Mr.K i m b e r g, who served up to now at the German Commissariat General .in Tallinn and he VIas in charge of B:stonian economic matters, especially rep1•ivatisat!Lon g;uestions, In that poet he deliber:-Jtely delayed the reprivatisatim of Estonian property in order to enable the Germans to evacuat•3 and· robe a very srent deal on Estonian national and private property. 2 group. l1:r. T i:5 n i s s o n in collaborBtion with H. R o n i m o i s. He is acting also on ;i)'i,i business ba.se s. He has little boats and therefore his expences par one trip are gteat, i-ie has to give the crew free chauce to cover all expence s and to aarn the necessary money. 3 group. ·There are e.lso some other "private" ev9cuatto~s as mr. n rs·-_ s 0 0 1\l ii. g i, E "' ' n d, v a ra m q ·Ihey all e etc. are operating on the same conditions, especially some of them, lv'.r\ Engsoo, are asking very great psrson, sums per_ one The situation ia bad, ~e considered it necessa~y to jbting these facts to your attention, We are obliged to devote every attention the problems meatioried. In addition to our ooat VIe have used an other possibility for our intellectuals,_ The German official in charge of- the official Estonian-Sweed_s- evacuation BCellJ.o e agreed-to bring out some persons who are not considered by Germans as active 5 anti-German ma.tionalists. He has already brought out some ~stonian professors, for instance prof. T u u l s e, prof. L U t:. s etc, This is also a limited possibility, ThGre remair» many ilmtellactuals and especla.lly >oli ticans, Wilo cannot use that: way--:a.nd they ar•3 not in position to pay a hi[>;h sum to private "business-men". 'rhe pre ssnt situOJtion of our fund do not permit us to solve that question. If ''ll is goin,,; on on the same line we shall be in position \'lhetter to close our oty;r:;tiona in very ncar future, or to oper~te also on business bases which is against bur better judgement. The possible _solution of that question depends 'lntirely on means at your disposal. Thankins you for your ! Yie are, Your obidient servants, Stockholm, 9.9.44. THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 848/.MET AMERICAN LEGATION Stockholm, Sweden December 4, 1944 Mr. John VI. Pehle Executive Director War Refugee Board Washington, D. C. 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"tl_;e )~C:C~!:t_=!-.:?,1~ _i}] .:;,_Ecst:.;_:,;_n. -~l1oth•_: X' l1:;:::: -c::.on, .0 ~;o::::co-.: o:r.·.~~;;:-1.1, '_'(!(!;;- !_.~.' -'JJ.' ·';o :::;y:;r;x· ...•• l\ly Bag kriver30,000 Moskvaorganet till halters liv attack mot regeringen och; ··usA~~d lega1ion De baltisk« flykting«rna "k•·iysfo••ln•ytm·e"! Sensa· tionell priekniny at> ante>·ikttnskc• beskickniuyen I &usental ocb Ater tusental ba 1JykUngar fr.\n de baltiska statern., aOkt skydd 1 vo\rt land under de 5C· na.ste minaderna. Skakande skild ringar ha givits om de strapatser. som nyktlngarna - vJikas antal nu beriiknas till 30.000 - fAU ge nomg8, lnnan de na\U svensk bot len. Hotet frAn bolsJevlsmen och tJekan bar drivit alia dessa miin- :~:Y,n:~i:::.::v:!~::t.barn, ..,., .. frfm Det ~;~venska Moskvaorganet Ny Dag reagerade i gflr hBctigt mot att man pi\ svensk sida taglt hand om dessa flyktingai och grava anmBrkningar riktas mot svenska regedngen i kom munisttidningens, tydligen frB.n ''hOgre nrt" inspirerade artikel. FOljande star bl. a. att Hisa i Ny Dag: "Siikra upplysningar finnes- som tyder pB, att. svenska myndigheter positivi medverkat 1 orglinisation av den baltlska emigrationen till Sveri· Ke. Svenskiittlinfiarna l Estland, 6.000 till 7.000 personer, har fraktats hit i samfOrstdnd med de tyska ocku pantema. Andra ester och letter har uttagits av organisationsledningen 1 .Sverige, och fOrts hit planmassigt. (Litauema Br enligt ·uppgift endast nBgra hundratal.) Svenska general staben bOr i detta sammanhang upp lysa om anledningen till att sarskild ''mottagningsofficer" ·sants till Got land, och vilka instrukttoner denne haft rOrande den baltiska emigra tionen. Svenska flottan har Iatit av bilda sig i dagspressen i aJ:l]edning av den anstriingande tjiinsten med baltiska flyktlngbi!tar. S~dana b~C tar har kornrnit hit, lossat sin last ocb flitt brUnsle fOr att O.tervlinda. Bolsjevlkorganets vrede 5r f0r Det vore Uimpligt ott regcringen st4ellg, Under flirra ockupaUonen upplyste om vad som tir harit och av BaUicum lyckade.s SovJet, trots sant i dessa angeUigenheter. De ljekans llvllga verksamhet, lcke socialistlska republlkerna Estland, Lettland och Litauen har i Over fyra belt utsllicka sJlilvstandlghetens liv Ar, e!ter folkomrOstning, varit an hos de baltlska folken. Nu . skulle slutna till Sovjetunionen. Detta f0r yxan gli, bi\rdare till rotcn ..Men de · b411ande bar av svenska .regerlngen prcsumtiva offren ba genom flyk de facto ocb de jure erkltnts. Hur organisationen av balternaS flykt un~ kan · d :}:e y_:: ·.:•" '·i'· . '(; :. J.- ~-,-· - o-- :.:_·,;_ -~ ''. "~ J li-,-•. ··n o·.. -~1 II,_, -.• (! ~:,.(' = ,::)_- ·--,_: ?_ i-:.:; ·:,-,, :J:,· t> 1 ,~\,'' • '-f1 ··c,..::::r:·,., ... _--_; .!!.:_ ·i;' ~ - . - ~ -, ·'--· .. ' ·.,., ;r:r; ··-···--- ~) . ,-·~. ·;·: ,-,··· -...-. · C: :;1:.:-~ · :::_j· /l. ')': -;_;: ~(; ,._... ,,- ..... ,-. ·-;-, _,_..-:_:- ':r·c. ~--~-c __ _:,_·_:_;__:_· -:;_-__ , !:c~~~1~-~._:_:g_ :):i ::. :?·c~._il·ts_ __ ~~~i 2_c i2.~~-_i !~J--~i~;~~-~.:.~ c_s .2.f~.:-.i?.~.p(~f~1_.:~:.o:·~;~rj_ :?~ ·:;:.-Ej~·Lii~;~!-_fl"li.f:. ~;_'}:~LE- is, -.ar.; -:v::;~::·::ono >~'-O':;s-, r~ cJ.e.::.:c i'::.::.'-,s~- :::'ic;'tion of tlJ8 :f ~-c·i;:-__;. ~he 7:.~t.7r:::C.i:Jl:l Go--;,-~:_,_·.::!I-.~>:"~nt ' ~ J:r/v ·· .. : : ,·' · ~:. ·:;1 r: o.·J ··r.i -.--:_; '.'::. Ryssarna riktar graverande · · anklagelser inot yankees Massflykt frim Ballicum oi'ganlserad av amerlkan~,· ska stockholmsinlnlstern!' Ny Dag fruktqr "fascistisk" .invandri~!i). Sverige Den· stora flyktin{ffit.fOmmen tiU .Sv'crlgc O.stcrifdn har kOtTm1it sOm Stora och friina droppar av malOrt i de ryska agenternas gliidjebiigare: Ty. niir :- folk Hyr fran . Balticum i det Ogonblick som sovjetnrmierna rycker fram och hotar dCssa omr8den iruiste ju dctta hetyda att de flyr fOr ryssarna. Detta rn8ste gOra _ ett d8Iigt intryck fOr moskoviterna I sverige aUra -heist~ som_ f~yktin ... 'garna lugnf stanq~dp kvar und~r - den tyska ockUp~tiOnen. FOr att en,enBii(l pi sitt siiU siika utrOna' denr"'.lt~rkliga» orsa.. ken till detta fenomClt : hB.r _Ny Dag nu fih·etagi_t en ·eg~m_ -_~p~iell -:~~:1;~:1J~~i5fJJ~~:~ s!:~7f!~~::; iir myck-Ct ege~B:ftade fi:i.~hii!lan den soin ryssnrgane~ . harv~dlag »avsHijan.' Till en bOrjan fOrsOker sig tidnin IYt:m pit att karaktiirisera orsakerna till V~d· dergfincr den av Ny Dag fO llykten frB.n Balticum, .Det iii'. niir<\ retagna JundersOkningen,. och de . 30.000 halter, som redan Jcommit hit, >avsliijanden> som blivit fDljdon hiir Till stor del bost81"_ dessa, skriVer uv ar det' allWir tydligt•. '\t.t l ·- c ';·: . ' /"" - •• -;-: 1 ~, ... -'-'"' ·.-.·:1. ·.·•c:" .:~- '~t ·. (: c: .- -· -· ; ,, .:.... :~- .-., . '.' ~: ::· ;. __ -,_ G J'.!...•.: _._,,,. ·>,.- ·' -~ -.,-. -._ •'·; ·---·r· --"-' Reguljiir 'slnisk flyktingtrafik rhit under J~~k flagg V ilka svenska myd0t~fi~t~r uride~~todj~r fascistimporten? . . ., .;·[ V!Jr tidnings avslojande av. den baltiska fascistirri~' porten har matts med ·.generad . tystnad i hela den s'venska pressen'·me·d etlbeteckncinde undantag, Och dettaundantag arbagsposten, soh) blivit. fullkomligt vettlos av. ilska over en he I sida fo.r' aif den skumma trafiken kommit ·till allman kannedom. Quisling~lt'ri~~.n kanner 'sig storda i sina for .. h.warrd&'n. ;·.·~·''''"'' At~- ~~s~~ -svensk~ myndigheter1 medverkar i den fOr Svenska _intres• ·sen ;,~ .. pAtagug.t· skadiiga·importen av -b~ltis:ka f~scis.tfr.. :fra,rng~~ -av e_n rad ex~mp~I. Bl. a, har ett. stOrre;1 fartyg, s-/~ Johan; gjort re&€Ibundna reSOr menan Sverge och Estland, _v~r vid det aniBpt Brevik fyra -- g;\·~~r ocli Stockholms frihamn tva gAnger, Det hi>r glltt iinder tysk ff · · enbart det siigei en del o tet !ned tyskarrla Och,_._4et -·-·---· tresset av att denn~\- fascisteiD.igra tion till Sverge fiirsiggatt i Iugn och ro. Officielit har fOrkHirlits att Qver· fOrandet gande svenskc[f.tlinga~ i ~~t· ianc~~ _- Att den·icke enba~ inskr~~ltte sig hartill var meda.rbetaren I' ilu. 'f8Jieo att kOnst -- ~-Nazistemlgra~ter_ hit. und~r . tysk flagg; . · Reda-n--- pA- vtigen till_ Higret sam- ntrliffade vi nltinligen med en re herre; So~- berB.ttade at~ -hRri ..~ ommit )lit med »J.~~~~.~ f~:~~n vrr:a- '· ,J!:A'.'; nad s"edan och" var est" :rru-- f>orpil t. Han- talade ingen avenskB~ Av sam talet framg!ck lltt han varlt iigare till apotek och industrianliiggningar »Snart sjiitraflk Svcrge f Estland men tvingatoAiimna alit· aammans efter sig. Vldare hade han Sovjet.» " vist_ats -25 Ar ~ :.Sank~ PeterSburg, p!\ Men diir fOrckom ocksA fli,k\jpgar tsar Nicolaus tid> och gatt I' skola som tydligen gett sig iviig h~t'~!l~olt diir. · Han talade visserligen.ln:t ;") . . ,,....,)_' . ------~ _.. - 80.UUU ba/liska publicera nagon skiidring av maSsgraVarna med d~--bl.\ngtusen· krigslorbrytare ' den mordade polskr"Y>fficerarna, och att tidningen,fo~·" rigt ~kte reparera sin ofjfka~., lgbet "ftot ·,; ~~~ _:_:_ i-l~an!1~~: den sovjetryske ..•-va"peh rodern i vokaten Hugo den demohatiska. fribetskampen Lindberg och' med att vid 'ett-senare tillfalle ge .LO,pampen non:t en utsand ~e~arbetare ·upp- 'Ragnar · ·. Cas~ trada som -. fOrsvarsadVokat for ·parsson i So- bodlarna vid · de'ukrainska mass cialdemoki-alens. spalter med• ,in gravarna · i Vinhitza. iedning av att den forre atagit sig Det iir n "'mlige1: "II tid ens tee OA.:s uppdrag som juridiskt om ken, att ingenting ofordelaktlgt bud' at . d~n flnlandske flyktingen I far yttras om det bolsjevikv~lde, som , nu satter sig fast i · Ba!ticum Anthoni har ett intressant satt pa. och· i: Finl}ind, som Miler pa att belyst. installniu"gen tiil gafumal etable~a sig som herre i _OstersjOn, sv'~~·~k riittstradition .·- hos'~:-~d~~. och som striVar· dter ati ligga sin som nu hetsa mot "krigsforbrytar tunga han<,!'·. pA _. 'sveriges bjassa. na". Vi ha tidigare kommenterat Den stora· pressens u!liindska le· . vei-antOrer av. ___krigsdemok~~-ti'sk ~et fOrsvar av den rena lynchjus· sk~iickpropag~nda fran av tyskar tiseh,·som har preSteras fran- kret na ockuperade. omraden er,halla saf-- av s_tor _poliHsk betydelSe i obegransat spa.ltutrym~_e f~r ~ina vart .. iand.~il[illiig~~n, ~It d~t' pr~dukter, m~n- ~~n- tid_~ing, so_m dom-iiiera.hel~ -~e~JfsPartie-ts h:~'_:: djarves citerge Ogcinvittnesskild vudofian~ Socia'\:D~iri_okr~ten, --vi~: iitfgar- fran .rOd a- armCns och sa(slg g.'i praktiskt taget lika Iangt.: ·tjekans _"belriels~verk.!!; vore ~me som--i;:--c~~P~r-;;B~--i sitt"- riit·-·att-! delb'art dlimd. Bolsjevikemissa' vara bolsjevikerna till beh~!;:?Den rierna i NY Dag vaka sorg£!-illigt finlandske forJattaren Ornulf Ti (h;er. de svenska tidningarnas de gerstedt fick t. ex. biiro,;, dagen rno.kr.itiska tenHirighft. Och p~e's pl ledaride plats i~em: -be~ Seii i sidrt -frAn Sv. D. till S-oc. sked- om att han var ~n htindre Dem. har accepterat fOrmynder- linskvaid gast bar i Iandet,'';fter soni ~·man annU har i _lriSkt fiii~ne den avskyViirda- artikel o~ _de av tysk~rna arraD.gerade Katynfyn den~ som han (Tigerstedt) till mangas uppriktiga forv.iriirig fick tillfiille. oat! public~ra:· i "svenska - Dagbladet"l _ , . Soc.Dem. kan trlista sig n:iea aft Sv. D. l da" niiooeli1 iJ i·-· 1' . ';_ci.c·:; ._,_. ~ --c :.· :; ~', .. . ,--- -·_ -~· -. -~·.c _:: .. ·-1 --·.:i.e r_··· "1.'--i. !.-.,..,.- occ·._:_::_··:::..c·· ,_.,_.i.:. _,_._ -~=- -.-- ~~~:..'I .· -~l. I' }.''-;_---l:_'CC\'1. ·;:; ''· ".,· COl., __ ,_.. _ • ·-:,- BALTISKA SV ARTABORSHAJAR TA LAGREN ... _MED TILL SVERGE TaGkade for kaffet med;'&Jhitlerhiilsning ;'.--:'-·-.·· . -._·.- Den haltlska flyktlngstrlimmen -:lf:rydligen iir det de lltersUende marinpolisens ankomst. D! den·- an. har under senare tid I hlig-lP'041 - -'iagren av svartablirsgods, sam Hinder tar den med sig Mde flyktin· iindrat karaktiir. Tldlgare kom tagltS med tUI Svcrge. " gar, bAt och besiittning for interne. • ;,;iiJ)I"'"·;f I ring. Vid avfiirden anbringas mag- most folk .Om flydde undan ty. Vid ett tillfiille tog bevakningen neten p! sill' plats !gen. skarnas tvA,;gsmoblllserlng. Men hand om en bat sam !!om iri, Pa;an·t· Etter en tid kommer fartyget tni. pA slsta tlden iir' dot qnlsllngar rap svarade man a~ de~ 'filnns __2:1_ b.__ •_}~-·- ,~_.d__ e_ t har dA varitJ•Estland och ""l!,avartaborskwl~- domi- flyktinga~ ombord. f~Y·hiii!>~.t :~.ny last·flyktingar. For ...... -.~ VampllkUpf · · · · ... ·to. ,. :get. varl.etarkt nedlas e de 1urlgefar en mAnadlsedan !Jade en ga· · 1 h •· "'~;-.: viirnpliktiga. att det fanns gods· gJo!'!' ..• "~·~~f.,~, ·--~~;C:~IIn folk om,bord, ~C.h d~~-~)g· de ·me.d egna. _-ogon-· .. diJll' , · ocksA vara· fall~t.- -BI. r,.,hi1111;,;nan ~gder med.llvsmedel, som flyk· ; tagit' med tre ~OlJ-kilosiick;ifr XOTt och tlDgarna slii!'at.!!'~d slg fcln sltt I kliisk, en jat~~I.i.d"' med a!lit ~ocke~- i f 8 tti h gm •d 6 hemland, lador, stora tiindsbckspaket ( .), smor ga, un .n_. oclf skinkor. Diir fatta:des· sannerli- llgen inte·.mat. Men en star ~el. var fOrstort uD.qer Overr~an. Bland baga get har. t. o ~. cyklar och barziva.gmi_r fOrekommit.~· -- · Nazisttrlll>~'iiP'iii·ie C:.~aiilig~·rlume· ra ·...;._· det'fOrekOiiiDI~r ¥-~d'tiD~Btt ve derhoran(:teltackar med nazisthiilsnin.;: gen. fQr-. kaffet sam de bjudes pR. av vaktmanskapet. Vern utfiirdar t~~flk~m. sta'ndet? Det ar·In.te ovanJigt at"t bevaknihgs m.an:SkB.Pet fJU' ta hand om· samma bfl: ett flerta!'gAilger. m, en flyktingbi'r anliinder gar ··oovali~!fsmanskape• frAn•.;. niirmaste'f'tstMUbn9otilbordJ taJ bort magneten fran<~rn· (dA far tyget_! annaHall oriiedelbart Aterviin· -"{.J.- :ler fOr att liiimta fler) och invantat j I -----! leas gjort lnte mindre an 4 resor,· och en besiittnlng~man yttrade da miuin polisen for fjiirde gangen tog fartyget med sig: - Vises igen, vi hinner nog ett par resor till, . , .. , Faiiet iir inte pa dgot slltt enastA-, ende, . Ett flertal stOrre motordrlvna fiskebAtar stiges gA i regelbunden tra fik mellan Baltikum och Sverge - na. turligtvis med de svenska och tyska myndigheternas dlrekta tillatelse och st1id. Bara pii en enda punkt I Stock holms yttre skiirgard var det pA en -kort tid 4 stOrre bAtar som beriiknades kunna gOra fler resQr. ~··'C'· Tydligen iir det ·friimst gam! a -~ Smugglare, soin skOter pm trafiken. I regel .. iir det lnte hei)er fattlgt folk sam kOmnuir i Ati~~a·.som passagera· re, ty >!J.!I.i,etten> k.O/.Itar omkrlng 700 kr, pr pel'llon enligt nuvarande taxa. ·DJY,d!gheterna ~fiirbandsunder ri!t~ om bAtarn&. Att ett: g<;itt samarbete betriiffande den. baltiska ,,,f/lsc!stlmpQrten, .rMer mellan vissa,.~ve'l~!L-.och tyska_Jl!.:l:ll· digheter framgAr b!; a. av~.ett litet're- plikskifte meJI, · ~ ';'m!l-" vid flot- tan och en· v~rn · · natten, 9~ch det hade-va:- ~ie pal- er den j natten. FOrst ett_ djrgn sen~re ."anliin· de ett far~Yt:r so~ }?evakDingstiJ~JJ.~k~·- pet bord.ade. Besiit · ' · ' - ,. da att 9 bAtar varft i fiirden. m~n ~tt de J. ·: ~enom oviidret. H'!l' kund~ de sve::S~a-~ ~ digheterna veta detta sli!~n!lt~i fiir-, vag? "".<: ' Vi A.terkommer- i en ~Oljande arti._ kel. :;·~~--~\DK_e, Octobe:r:· ;::o, l', -.. 'iJ_J. to- t~·~.""'c (:~(_:_{).. In s-.7ct.:l.cn ·::e.-c.:ce ,r."":;ry ·=-..11.zic:-r:_,:::, ::.l':·Yt:; _le;_~ .. Ol1 }}'j_nl CUld. 1 F~ f2.CCOU.x::t t 0 Dt:~j.11~G·~_j_21 ~O_(·t~ l'C;l:?.t:. ~-~-, ;~ :.·r.~·th the SoViet, :E'u.J~l Of' nnti1Jel con:liclencc. :t<~ Balferna mmcllortld tordo det ftnnas moJIIghet • ' ntt boredo. baltorna arbete 1 Sverlge, Do Olyckligast bland do flyl,tingnr som an.' flcata and.ra flyktlngar.kommer.-,\·. att lil.mna. Hint till Sverigc iir utan tvinl balterna. vArt_land·cft~r_kriget. Utlilnnlngsfrflgan Norrmiin och dan~J,nr t. ex, kan med gan· ."rcdt,tcerns dA till proporfion~rna. och de aka stor slikerhet riikna med ·att anart f4 ! 30,000 b111tcrna kommer lmappast ntt Atervii.nda ·till -~i befdat hCmlnnd. Do miirkns. De iir I stor utatriickning - siirskilt estlnncl9avcnakarn,!Jr - enkelt follt, hiirvarandc baiterna: dliremot bar flyt~ bOnd~r, llrbetarc och ~a'ltv. fi!rkare, eom fOr ryasarna, Utsikterna att Est1and, han ·rogaa Jn 1 vArt ar~J_Mtv. Mcd do Letttifnd och Llta~e':l s~kulle AtcrvJnna den intellcktuclla. sUillcr d~t6"~!( -~~turligtvls st.n!~~a. frJhet de hade fOre ki ;,,, JJC t>: _.:._c> __ ,~:, __ _ I cr:::::·_t:.:'_:L:t-:.~~: r_:..{}:;r:: not .-~ ;Y;G'.:(' ot}"t-::l""'isc~ 'I'lL'.t :l.lfl"('l"e:=::s:Lj~' i~~: ~~~--~r:·:;:i.r::'!.-:..~:_,-:~~.. 1:, ~1.biclr'ccnt~<-- ':t~2.8n '/ic~:.'ed i!l -s~-le _li£::·~~-~v -'J~ =:y J> ::.'-f; -'-'· ei'~.'oc·~:~- iJ!_!_ he.s . Vad viii :lreskva oss? .. ":··-· N y Da g:s- sensationella arti . kel, varl svenska regeringen och amerikanska legationen i Stock . holip. anklagas for ·au ha organi . serat och finansierat stora _delar av den baltiska emigrationen till Sverige,. ar en sa pass miirklig sak, att den fortjanar ett ingaen de studium. Enllgt Ny Dag skulle en av mi nistrarna i den av ryssarna fOr drivna estniska regeringen vara anstalld som tjansteman pi\ ame rikanska legationen i Stockholm. Vidare .uppger tidninge~, att den ' amedkailska legationen betalat 900.000 kr. fOr finansierandet av : den-- baltiska emigrationen till Sverige. Till stor del beslar derma emi gration, skriver Ny :bag vidare, av »ofOrargligt folk», som tagit sin chans att £8 ko~ma till Sve rige och ata sig ml:i.tta, och dem kim man ha Overseende med. Men, fortsatter bol~je~ikorganet, · det allvarliga ar att karnan i derma immigration friln. Oster utgOres av »fascistiska» eleritellt, som kunna bli »till skada och irritation fi:ir svensk politik -och sve~ ititressen i Ost~rled». Tid "i1inliN!· s'kriver till slut/ att den a~af':¥P.d den- sy_~~~~~ re- c gerllllen . och den amerikanske ~ini~tern ha att anfOra i saken. Vad ar nu detta for besynner llgheter, och vart vill -Ny -'Dag_ ... ---~-- ~·--·-.···------~------ komma? Vad Jigger det.for syf. Hur sam heist iir det skill at! ten bakom denna ariikel, som beakta den underliga his!orien 1 uppenbarligen icke' ~iirror ur Ny Ny Dag med dess auklagclser Dags egen fatabnr utan inSpire och uppnosiga Pilli~enden. Att rats direkt av Husbondens rost i det lir Moskvas ellJi'(~tamma scm Moskva? Vad besky llningarna fornimmes dar, rAder. icke nagot mot' d~n amerikanska. legationen tvivel om, och syftet ,forefaller betrliffar, finna videm i och for icke vara att ta mist~: Pa. Trots sig icke mea nodvandighet grund all devot anpassning och alla Iosa. Det kan mycket val 'tiinkas lakejmjuka ryggar och fotskrap- . att amerikanska prlvatintressen ningar pii svenskt hall, trots alia varit i verksamhet .for a it hjlilpa de tjanster var politik gjort Sov de baltiska flyktingarna. Men att jet, cxempelvis genom att locka ~en amerikanska stat en i nu~ och tubba Finland till dess odes 'Varande morr(ent skulle engagera digra steg, ar man i Moskva llmgt sig i nagot, som kunde tankas ifran nojd. Mycket viii ha mer. bli ilia uppt,;get pa sovjetryskt Det iir nu en g8ng sa, att den hall, det kan ingen fft ass att som rtiCker en \dss potentat ett fro. Kr det nagot dylikt Ny Dag. lillfinger, han riskerar alltid att artikeln . villlnsinuera, sA maste Il}ista he]a handen. For att icke det vara fiiiga om en ren dim saga biida hlinderna! Fragan ar, bildning av taktiska skal. om icke deii · f~ran iir Overhang Beskyllningarna mot - vara ·ande for: S:y.erige just nu. De svenska myndigheter ar' diiremot kretsar i vart land, sam inbillat en "vida _allvarligare sak. For- sig, att faran skulle kunna · eli haller· det d, att mineras genom ·att vi i givet l)lan i Mask· soka sak ogonblick hangiva-oss At ett in mot Sverig~ n bal- timare samspel med England,- de tiska f!yk{· ··nra en torde gOra k16kast uti, att sna liimplig utgAngspUnkt? 'Det ser rast revidera sin uppfattning. faktiskt l~k•L · · · ·sarsldit skiirpes 'JE\F A -Jilfii ser det mot blik . . a~ Ny Dags pastaendeJ att, svenska re geringen skulle ha. >de facto och f de jure erkiint de socialistiska republlkerna Bltland, I.ettlimd och-Litauem. --'·Nar· skulle della :::&~&~~:~!~~~~ sB! -~. Cc t'') iJ ~".::c (_'\ ------'---~------ En farlig trafik och Baltikum .,-lvlss !DAn liven frAn rubrlcenti:- Dagens Nyheter (fp) den Norge och Danmark - har givlt de Import av fasclster till .rArt land, 'svenska myz;dlghetern~,::;en -. forkiin- so~ vi upptaglt till beha~;nng: nil J av vnd som viin:tar;''' Me4an det t6rot var kommwlJ.ster aom De.t IA.ngt HvervKgand.e flerta1et ttn~ gick under jorden och !bland Bl:lkte slg nar, baiter, norrmKn och danskar !f.r per hit. al. mbte man f6r nlrvarande rli.kna sonllgt Oant,astllga, vlrda. all.-.oplg sym.. rned a.tt de tyska nazlsterna kommer att pa~J. Men bland dem fiaPJI,dlfksA. ele. pr6va Jlknande metoder, Deras n§.rma~ ment av mera tvfvelaktll'.. ~aftenhet, ate mtlnater lr f6r resten Jllegala, patrJo. hantlangare At na.zfsmerf, '!!I~Mt{a, kanske tlaka organiaaUoner ( ockuperade stater, enkom avdelade till Sv~ De mAste Om de Jyck&l!l kan lngen a§ga. Ftsrsl:Jket betraktas aom Uka opA.UUJga,.som en del kommerJ .varje fall att gl:lras- med et~ avhoppade tyskar ·- man mAste vara ler utan Hitler och Rimmler. FrAgan ilr beredd pA att de tort.s§.tter sltt tntrlge dl om den .svenaka. flykt!ngspolltlken 1 rande, om tlllfiliJe ges 1 framtlden. Tills · andra vltrld3krJgeta Blutakeda skall tilt- vJdare ilr det tngalunda givet att ana 14ta att !ven vart land bUr ett tillhAll d""'a godta.s so·m polltloka flyktlngar, fljr dem aom f6rber~der revanachen. Och de Xvriga? Det drtsjer. lnnan de slogna repar slg frAn slaget, menar man, Vem I 6vrigt ;;r det nHdvamllgt att klasst vet? - :ttcera de mlsstilnkta, hAIJa dem undet observation och JnskrK.nka· deraa rl:Srelse- I varje taU .. ir det lngen unde~ordna4 ~~~~ g~~e~i=~~:f~t~~f~1 8Ur~~: eak om V4rt land med rltta kommer att Dct H.r lnte trevllgt,- men det !tr n6dv!tn .. utpekaa aom I!D ant,ldemokrat.t.,k lntrJ.r- dJgt, -Sverge skulle flSrsumma att tm.; hlla OCh propagal!dp.oentral, ~ • Faraa varB.ta slna '·egna _ och den tnternauo .. f6r att tlllatrOmnt~ren ~v naztstel:"' ocll nella demokratlns _ vitala tntre.s.aen, qu.Jallngar antaZ. if~a-.proportloner lr om Vi Jnte fOresatte oaa att ·utforma ett myeket .sWITe In tl:Srut betrltftande koa· skyc!dSsyatem .eqm hJndrar flyktlngar i:~:~:rit ~~~~~~~~~a ::!v'::rt!J!:is~ med flentug insUUlnlng till de virden vt tnte taran mtndre. ·--:~C: :-: ~l~~:;: hHgst att delta_!- Jllojala stilmp- Flykttngstrtsmmarna frAri Ffiiland I Dagens Nyheters . artlkel iir ett tydligt st~ndpunktstagande I anled nin~cav vAra avslojanden om de av sv~n;ka myndigheter med amerl kari~liCstOd organiserade- trafispor terna av_fiJ.Sci.Ster-frlin Balttkum. Men Dageils -Nyheter undvlker saiiitldigt a'tt med _ett- Ord.berOra vlira'uppseen. devickande avslojanden. D~tta tyder pi\ pAtryckning frAn hiigre ort. Kan det vara frAn hiigsta of!:? U. D.? Inbillar man Big, verkligen att det nagon liingre. tid .iikall.lyckiis. miirk liigga en verksamhet, som tycks _syf ta till att pA Sverge overflyttti_: den roll som Finliuid och Baltlkum'' tldi gare sP,.lade.l den anticysb failclst ~olitiklm --sA -iir -vederbOrande -mer in loVIigt naiva. ------·---·---·----·------'· "Fiytt for ryssarna" ·• Iii. liilrVaran ('r.: ·!- no·.'~~ iYt ~::-:r·cc-ticc, try=: rxc: ,....l.J~'_-CL-~nt; y.on :(!l9ase'. It! f"_.n ord=:-:c-oi- thc cl:_-~- OD. :_~.~-j' lst. 19.:!.2, 8~;:· :;_:i_n -s-?j__ cl: 1 -1 Co~·~1rs.C.ors~_ ':·:e- 2.l'c :fj_sh:i::;_::_•l[; :bo:.· ~nn:- ·c-ou~~~r~T, £'o:~.· ~.,_,_::::tic_e ~_,_nd ::c:r 15JJ.crty. It is l~o-~ .:)Fj:' ::t:·; -~c c.c :_:ui:!.."C :.Coruig12 tc~... _~.:::;i~o:c-2- or-·tc- cc,:£!-\.~~l.ej:· f"Ox·E;ig.:;_ 11 }!E:OI_}le8 • ~:J.:o tho:-:e y.-:c:~:nciplGE; \'. erq 2.~~/:?lied _-;;o tl1e Ba·~-c~c -S·i:;at~.:;ri_, thcj_r i:ncr..r.:<·.>=:nU<.:!11ce './O'!)_lc~ be fv=tl;y secuJ::·ed. :s·._(t -;;~=-use ~:.:rln.cj_iJ~~8r:J · '\'Ii~.2. ·not Oe f!.:?rlied. :L'he 2uss:.2.:ns eerta~nly 2irr in the fu.tu.Te B.t qG_9ing to it· ths.t the I.i t~1ue.n·i-2.n, _tet:t~~-~~~- __ Ep19- ·;t;S~.;Oni~n _ go-l_JUlai;i;::n~s P.ie tl~ens:feJ:':::.·ec1 else~7b.ers enid re1Jl2.ced b~r Rll.8f-~iens. -·~·f'l~/ l::n~.J::ne for:"!!::.:, t~·--c~i_:e rf::?::..:c<: !·tu:~-c ·;1e -~; __ ,. D.o.Jt:l.'n ~)t:r;~:.~]J);~ ·::i1:1• -11.:-~v~.: •1~.2-0. ort~ ~- ;f a bet~J:l""' :f.':·:G·e. ~.iL:l•j_·Ec Che::i_r· u::~Yl:Li'e;::·i;od tho:Lr c:_: ~ r'·.ej_ t~r for ::.:·~- ·~ic·-:] ~:ex, c" - .. '":"·_ ;:_:·.r:.. : :.os::.~1~:; t~.-~85.1... ~1onel.-:-~21ci., .:.r:_r]_ l)erh:-~.pr:;; !"~~T~j}1 ;;:ore ~~ ·the~- .J~r~·· er._:..if:2.··.- tj_z;s ES ·:;:·~-.l~ r:~.::. t~ e;/ csn - r:hert-:: t::!.e:y-_ C0l"I.S.~r18::""' -~he:r :::.rs in· cre2<. c st Ga:fo-'Gy? Thcr·e cert.ai 11J .. ~-. lTlf:~~~ 1)e U..21.deBirc.Ol~.: el~me:nt:::; aLlong ~chem= V;'ho·· be.ve con1::: here .. It is of -cou.:r~-;e tho duty cf the S·.'tecl:i.-sh BJ.. lthor:.tiec to :·;:;~.tell out f'or- -~-~:;.en, .7,nc1 ·thP.t ·:.r~}_l cer·i.;o:.:i.. nJ.. :r Le done ... In -:=:t:n~r-.even.t-~ ·none__ o.f -the~,~ c~~n C?011,stj_tu:l:e B:Y.l.Y <.l~~ne;e:r to -~::-~:~~; _GOl~r.:.tr;-;:- ho7icvor. On~i nust Tee>.ct a,~ai.nst· this·- c1:1.lel )_Jolit_~o:-:.1- ritB~l>:unt_ Ylh:i,o~- ~rT ~-)_~~G .~?nn-'~s to connj_t us to~ :I.'c at1 oJ_d soci/.eO_ .h_is1l .. ;.· Balticums ~~fk Fr~gan om de baltlska ~pti~~r nas framtida stallning i!r i detta , iigonblick en ~ent. aka:'de~isk frllga, N~gon praktisk polttisk betydelse bar den icke, Sovjetunionen kom mer icke att sliippa dessa omrAden, FrAn ryskt hall havdar man att de baltiska folken sommaren 1940 frl villigt anslutit sig till Sovjetunionen och att detta !eke skall andras. Hur stod det till med "frivlllighe ten" i balternas bealut kB.nna vi till. Det var den slags siiregna "frivillig het", sam hOr salnman med, dikta turstaternas maskinerl. Sovjetunio nens polltiska och militara makt iiro de- faktorer, Sam bestiimt de baltlska republlkernas Ode. Det har horts protester~ frAn vissa hAll I Storbrltsnnlen och Forenta~ stater ria. Protesterna· ljB-varit svaga och . framsUUlts ay e_Jlskild~ medborgare. V?,s~a~ternas _reg~rlngar tig~ Skulle Atlantdeklarationen tllli!m pas )'ore •de baltisk!! republlkernas ·ahit}ig:a\~Q~cti --n~tioMa frihet· sjiilV ·kra~:=~~~t~M~n~ A~dekia~ati~n~ns fasta ~ och frlhl!il!!betonade ~satser galla ieke .{i!r vad de synas att vara. ~ Niir de a.ii-3 framstalldes de som 'orubbllga '~'·heliga !agar; nu ha -:de ~Orvandl~·ta··~l "huvudsakliga 'oeh priiieiplella rlktllj!jer for en po mik". ,J tilli!mp~gen aio \le hur· vida s~~ --h~isf:. Sovjetunione~ -bar. · anslutit slg ···till . Atlantdeklaratlo nens l~atser -::.>·i den m:ening de: en ~ dagorder till de ryska . forst tolka4es. I. ;;;;p(e.mber' 1941~: ·atridSk~ferna -den fOrsta maj eade Stalin i ett tal 'Qm.jio\ijetunio· 1942 uttalade StSiin: ~ "Kamra nens krlgs~larid~lf~iiat: ",Vi ha ter! ·~:Vi kiimpa-:'fii~ -vArt land, !eke oeh kumia heller !eke· ha sAda~ for ~l!.ttvisa oeli frlhet. Vi syf~ . na · krl11smAI soin .~~t erBvra ,friim: ta ielte till 'att skaffa oss friimman '!land~ )ee-'torf~·.;oeh ~ lincierkuva de terrltiJrlum oiler er8vra fiilm- - friimm811dil'. folk; vare . · ~lg det mande-":f'Oik:}• Oni-_de~!3a gTU-ndsitser gllller foil!;; ~~ Europa eller Aslen." tilliimpades voro de baltiska ~tater- :,,... , nas sjiilvstiindighet, fullt tryggad. De komma !eke att tilliimpas. N y Dag bearlver I kommunlsmens · n~mn c'eii:. fullstiindlg hets mot de S iikerilfen .komina ryssarna i fram- baiUSki.;iflyktlngarna. De beskyl tlden att s1irja f1ir att de litaulska, las utan spAr av bevls I kommunlst lettlska oeh estniska hefolkrilngarna bladet for nazlster, svartaborshajar flyttss undan oeh · ers§ttsa av rys-· oeh Gud vet alit. F1irstar !eke Ny sar. Man viii ha. e~, "siiker" )?e- · Dag som bllvlt sA patriotlsk, att folknlng i de riskal?!a, griins- oeh nlir folk stA lnf1ir faran att for lora kustt:rakterna.. A.Ven:om denna om· Sina fosterland. och kanske iinnu flyttnlng av folk- fAr tlll'lijet yttre mera, dA dra de slg - I den man humana fonner mAste dess verkan de kunna.··- dit dlir de mena att den bll att de baltlska folken efter nA- storsta trygghet~n. flnns? Siikerll gon tid utp!Anas. De voro viirda gen ken det flnnaS !eke onskviirda biittre Oden. Under .sj!ilvs.tllndig- element bland d~ hit flyktade bal hetstiden ha de vlsat Sill liwduglig- terna. Det iir - som Vi niirmare ut het, trots att de begingo !l!lirkimta I veekla I fOijande_ledarstiek - va polltlska felgrepp, Allt~i!lifta, iir !, ra. myndlg~eters pllkt ·att se ting, som numera. endaat kunna upp med · dein. Detta kommez:-, sake{~ konstateras. Ingentmg synes ha ligen· att ske. NA&-on f~ra fOr makt att iindra dem. vart land kan i varje fall in- Det ilr i denna situation !eke un gen av dem . _rePI-esentera. Man derligt · att strommen av. baltiska • nii\ste reagera inot __ denna grymma - flyktlngar till vArt land varit sa politiska m8.Imisk6j~kt~ eom Ny stark under de senaste inAnsderna. Daa vill- bringa oss till. -FOr en Miinnlsk Moskva tar upp ~Qfik mot U.S.A. och Sverige i baltiska fr)agan MOSK'I\A, fredag, U.P. Samtliga !tlosk.Vatidningar bar· Atergivit IAnJ& O'irag ur deri svenska korump.J.li~tiska . tidningen Ny Dag, som ~lagat de svensk~ myridigheterna fOr att tolerera och tlll och med uppmuntra att 30.000 baltiska emigranter· organis~rar anM tiryska politiska centra och konspiM rerar mot Sovjefunionen. Citaten ur.Ny Dag omfatt.ade bl. a;p3. ;;t kravel_ att den arnerikanske fniW.stel11fl.~ 1 Stockholm,· Herschel Johnsollfto_'!;kall· avtef fOr·kl·arhig i·.denna··· . frfr.. Vi~. Citer~_ anklagelsen att =en av . tem.tnhria i 4ift amerikanska legati bidragit · .Ked 900.000 svenska krOnor fOr S.tt akapa en antirysk. baltisk organl&ation l Sverige. - _cor!ll:1c:.rti~::; J.'bo :r.·-:-:ct th; -~; ti1o :LnfJ.U~( oi' I'f!i"U,_}3e::.: i':com thrJ 11 .f3a.J."[;:l_c ':~3.'CEl. inc·ce~.~V }• .'JS (!Gl'juQYl dOI1i.l'18.':H;6 i:n i;ll(J{:lC (j')i_Uitries It is r~at1J~... Dl 1 :1o·::ev·ei", to hazarq. tho gp_f;f;~: tl1:.t .Js~·~or:;o ·:.rho h;:'.Vc 0 -;~n coo::_:or:~rtj_ng Y::~th tho .-Ge·:r... ne1lfJ_ ~htr:l.n,~~- t!~c: o·ccu:D~:-~:~on h2.v-::: b(";cn :rm.rtj_cul;:Ji~ly o.nxiou~ ·co ccn; ::::.t,-.'f?.J', Elld h!_:::V': pO~'icr~,::Ee 20,000 BALTER HA iFLYTI TILL SVERIGE 70-75 procent utgores av fiskare, I arbetare, hantverkare och bonder STOCKHOLM 22 okt, (FrAn vAr insatt person, som. HT talat me'd och delare, att tyskarna sokte hlndra flyk- Stockhohnsredaktion) som, it:~om par~-~tes 13agt =minst av alit ten friin Balticum B.nda fram till He- Om flyktingstrOmmen frlm Balti.. iir ty.Skv8nlig, betiiltar att vals fall - sedan fingo de annat att ligen lnte tri.Hfat plt tanka pci. Vad Johans turer betdi(far cum fOreligga nu en -del uppgifter, ter som hade uppgc det ha varit frB.ga om ett slags 5 som ge en klarare bild av Higet i:in Ityskarna. Tatar privatengagemang. den a~Bnheten hittillS ·kunnat fEt ga- tiska llyktingarna - Vad betriiffar flyktingarnas Over- nom pressen, Tydligen har strOmmen olikartade svar pli resa hit har svenska mynd(gheter inte I nu stoppat upp nagot och iir inte 1 ans~ farli~ast: tyskar tagit befattning med niigra andra bal- av den verkligt strida art sam var- liga siiga i likhet tiska flyktingar an estlandssvenskarna, fallet: f.or. niigan tid sed.an. Inall. es. Dag tdiffat pA, att sii.ger bydchefen Schmidt i utUinning • 5 ltarde aUt sam allt nii.rmare 20,000 rent Bro de far~te 1 kommissionen pa HT:s f0rfr3gan. Han 1 baltiska flyktingar ha kommit Over frukta tyska ril.est, OTQtalar vidare att de baltiska flykting- j hit till Sverige-. Av dessa iir Oet ant Bro sa 11 sy~te Btiska" arna genast Iaggas i medicinsk karan- ; OvervBgande· flertalet, eller Omkdng 1 tryckningsligS:rder. Uin pii _kustorterna, och i sam band 18-,000, es.~~·F;:~~tterna ·up·pga,_ till nii- Det har ocksA gjorts dii.rmed ort;lnar- man iivefl med en po- got tuse~tai;-r:o~~ -. a~talet litaiier SOn:t de baltiska flyktlngarna liSiiir undersOkllirig av varje flykting. flytt hit fir n)Yc_k~i litet, I dessa-siff- rna hit Over tack vare · Dii.rmed vill mah allts3._ scilla Ut, dels ror Bra inte-~e'"6,500 estlandssvenskar- svenska myndigheter.:- rent krirnineUa e-lement i den m8.n Sa.- na_inrii\made: _, ___ .,,..._ _ , . jn_hBmtat b!de p! privat 0-ch - finnas, ?-els s. k.,~~iifbetsman -Koinmunistpi"E!Ssen ta}ar oTo:- de ren-f li~U ligger det inte tiU pA. de_t rller eller: miiia,f~), angf- baltiska flyktinttarna som om det vore Det Br riktigt nOg, a~t en ·baiHsk_ . s. v. Derma glupi)~~eh~ndlas en hOg quislingar. Det Br Ju en Over- Johan, sam ~eglat. under tysk flagg, efter alldeles samm.if:;o1n.lttstock drift. bvervBgande flertalet, -eller om- transporterat flyktingar hit, 'tlch- atl som exempelyis- de qlli5Iih'g21-, · vilka kring 7Q-75 Procent, _u_tgOre.S, _enligt svenska myndigheter_- haft rn~'d.· desSi smugit sig in bland de norska och uppgift~ sam Himnats- HT_ av initie- tranSporter- att_gora-:- JVIen def'cir i affi danska Ilyktingarim. ra~e pers_oner; av e~k.elt ·folk fr.Bn' all- viisentligt estlandss,v€~k3~i~C?~ far- - Tidigare fick Kummeln.Bs tjiinst mogen,:d. v.-s. fiskare, ~rbe:tBrfi,_hant- dats med Johnn. "Ett litel~fatal. rent gOra som ett slags mottagningsl8ger fOr verkare-och bOnder. Sedan finns diir baltiska _flyktingar, dBribland Sf!18. de ba1tisk~ flylctingarna, och d3..)l~d givetvis ock58. ett visst a~tal intellek- barn, har kornmit med p8 denna_ bB.t, nadeS sov~ingen dar, sii.ger hr SC~)dt tuella och mera viilsituerade. Det rOr men· det_ har sa att sBga skett utanfi:ir vidare,- men nBr sa flyktingstrOIDnien sig -har p~ det h'ela taget om ett ordi- p_ro?i·~~-inet, oc~ · svenskarna h~; fOr plOtsligt 11ntog verk1igt stora dim~n- n~rt tvii.rsnitt _av- befolkningen. A_tt Ovrigt-:iC\te kunnat utOva nftgon kon-, sioner och flyJd Orjade kern:. riid_.s_~a.n fO~ dEm nya regime'n- _yciru ~n I troll over-v!J_ka--pers-oner soin ratt em-- rna i land litet _lev vi tVung- av _drivlo.:aft~ma. bakom d(!nna._!1yk- bat·kera.p!_~_ohan·i-baltisk hamn._Det na attfOr]iigga i1l ting.St~Oin, Br ·uppenbar~, rile_n' ~ydligt allt OvervBgande flertalet baltiskal de o1ika kara· ii.r OcksB. att !tskilliga av QykJiilgarna flyktingar- ha komlnit hit p3: anmt I d~tt~ sani helt enkelt flyit.undatl det e1Bnde sam siitt,· d. v. s. med egna farkoster. chefen de sifferUP krig numera- alltid inneb~r f~r civil- Be~i-aff~nde Tysklands hallnin_g i tingstr.Bmmen fr~n B~lticum befolkningen, En _i dessa saker v81 denna affBr, omtalar en av HT:s ~ei- _]Bmnats. , ·.-.: T• ·:··-··, _,_ .. ./ :~.::.'lt~:~cl'Bnt~JJ_:;-, thr:: _;sto:-1~_;:·.21:·; Tr.)cci.v_:-~d ~-t~-:-:-os·G ::1t one_ EO 'i-~G ,-~.()C 1 ;=_;·.? .- rJ:r •. f1~on t;:~-e __ .ge~1tlene.:1 -co:'lc0;rned, ~c'Co L-etts 2.nd ·ths Li.th,n~ni ·_-:ns 2oc; ,oc.c; ~ th_::.·s lJ:1.fo::.H-::.t -~_on be-~.r~-~-- - 2 - f_'(;(;•)i,:. ·_, '. ~ ;;c:~ ;.:: . ' ··.,- .r> ~ -- -- .- .- ·<-.• -;:;-_-; - o: _... •.;! ···-·'-"" ·· Uen . udlt1ska flyktingsfragan De upplysnmgar rHrande den baltiska fasclstemlgrationen till Sverge· vllka vl publlcerat 1 nAgra artiklar under den g~ngna veckan bar ront berattigad · Uppmarksam het bland allmanheten. Myndighe ter och · lnblandade perso~er och institutioner, lakttar dock Wlsvlda re en fiirliigen tystrili.d, Vll.ket 1nte fOrvAnar, ty sA brukar · ju"folk giira sam ertappas pA bar giiming med dgot fuffens, Deb denna affiir ilr I verkligheten bAde stor och fsrlig for Sverge, varfiir vi vat fOfstA.r att »_noninformations styrelsen> fAtt tunghafta och fiir sOker.·pra.ktisera metoden ,svam.. pen ph. I liingden bAUer lnte den metoden, och vl skall nag flnna medel att rOka ut rllvarna ur de ras lyor. For dagen kunde &ven vl noja oss med att intaga en avvaktande Nermun ·\·ara fasCist diirfOr att han' medverkar i den s. k. baltiska kbmmitte~. Svar: Nej. Herr Ner Wti -- Rr >hara,. sovjetfiende och politl~k analfabet. Ungefii.r sa be skaffade ar fiirresten en he! del i den baltiska emigrationen, ocb vi vill erinra om att vi redan fran bOrjau salh ifrfm att mte all a hltkomna ba]ter ii.r faseiste.r, och aU av<:n- ~n- .-Jd ir Doyjvtvfin:~u:r~ Men det vasentliga i denna ~ s8.~ iir den fascisti~ka ·kiirnan 1, den b~~tis~a emigra.tio·n.en... · Det _i!_, den ·sam utgor faran fOr Sverge, och det ar mot _sven~k~ myndig heters och militiirk6mmandons understOd -at, och ·favoriaerande av dessa el~en_t S~Pl_ vi_ ~lagit alarm. OvaruitAende,,adre•serar vi oll dele8 siirskiit till< MT sam i liirdags . i .ll dA &verge bli den nya >co.r don sanltafrE.~- .. mot >1isterns bar -barl:t, ~~~~:Finland och -~aiiicull? sOkt atf_~~~ :mellah v3.rldskrigen? I dag vet alia att det. var en fruk- . _t~VijJ::d f~lspeklllation B.v atyres miinnen i namnda:·s_tater_ ~tt l;liinga fast vld den preslimerade histo rlska uppglften att vara vakthun' dar mof :10c!allBmens land. Skall den svenl.ka, :utrikesledningen ilver' -taga de '.b~Jitiska haveristernas iidesdi~ dArskap? Handliiggnin gen · il~;;den'. baitiska ·flyktingsfrA' gan vlsar att 'det hr fara pA taket. Samlingsregeringen har ordet. ·l ha~~ P.cc8-;Yt8d ·01:.2 ~;l~:: ~Ji.:... ci -~c- _re_;;;nltf.J, e.n_d rece: rds ·l;h~ J=.:e.l tic Ite~;-o.Dl:_cs 2s ,-;-~~-=ctr_: o:t tlE;_ So•Tiet UnifJr:.. ~:-~uS, RiC::~gi--d Li_~'ldst~·/:5:-J 2.~20 di;Jcotliit":-~3 triG s-,.-edis}r Gove-:->nnent- 1 :-:; ··r~e:=~s1.:.r-es in -tb.e !lC!.:nd., ·.\C !!:.:.""~,.··. 1~:)":~ o·~, n:~· (!. ~;~·t i ' ~ ·~t; i·t :.L:-1 ·-=·- ::J·.-:ecl:i.;.;~\ ~;_nt;~r ::;-.;-~ t:C:~·.t th~ llsnfir~:·"_l.:n C0 1 1ntr~-- ·:~_rl·-~() ::.x1 _·_lT~:- :I-;:.,·:n·:: c !.1-:_;c~'-" :f:'o:::' re::ic·;;~\.:-.: ·:_·_..~.:_ , e::lti--::E::_:::~:; __ :x_._ .c·.c-~i v:~---~:~:; ;_·. r-:~ Cf.-J'J2:JOt ,-:.,l~~L''f'J S\·n.:dc2t 1 ,':!_. ··;u.r·-:-.o,c; ~-; to :;.~· L:-=.: o•.r.-::~!.~ t:-::2 rc;lc- ~-;l:~~.. -oc1 b3r J!lj.21J. !:nd, t:-'lo ::-;::•.J.t.:Lc ·s-~o.tou ~-.nd I;ol: l'"'~~-·::-:·c OJ.: t11<.': -·:.'o\·J.d ••••••• ·•• ~h_-,_·::t(".:'.L:~~~z.r ~;o':::~~~... ·:1.s o,·!a_r·-ci·i. -:~!l.:.-=.~u::. ~-·n·~.l. t '-· ;:; ! In'l; ·:>r:c!.s.-1;}_ on~l V.!ld:-;_r:;·C.-~·n(_:·_~:..'_) :.·:--~0!' -.~he ]8 ~-;·i_;i~'cl~:)l_'.:~ Rickard Lindstrom - Hana vilit'~ir"aate pAstAenden ir ve aroetamte masso.nu:~. .. .___ _ 1) att de baltlska atatornas lntor- · kum. erhBlf-1940 forfoganderiitten i MT . . . , llvande mod Sovjetunl~nen stAr 1: liksoln ·aganderiitten till alia lndu· Herr Rickard Llndatr!in\XMor· atrld mod atlantdeklaratlonen, 2): strler, rAvaror, banker, kommunl· gon-Tidnlngen triidde 1' l mHnnlskojakt Aterfaims J Morgon- .~d{ iiite begatt1 nAgon dom bar illte. Tldnlngen · tvenne ollka artlklar : iiilitk over dem, nAgon lag som om: baiter i Sverge. I dari ena fram- Sliger att oskyldlga miinniskor hAIIeii~f~tt Grilso . kommunalfull-_ skall. .kunna .lr. efter Ar hA1111id miiktige. hemstlilit till li!nsstyrel- f!ingolfgt forvar har •vi h.te, ·-.;,~n sen att ~~n flekekonkurrens av detta bar inte hlndrat myndlghe' ester somU•edrlves 1 GrllsB .skar- · genolnfora (n · s!dan · gA:d mAtte ·begrjins~ for att. pr®:J,;; l!inge har'lnte ~en gam- ~~::J::J~'P.~- ~~:-~rn~!~~;~~:~~:~m.~!uma.·hti;~t~~e:;~ ~,;;. -~tt.bia~d~~at·"~ • 'eii~ och - Ills Lindstrom! "--- haf~ nAgot vaddfabrlken pA L1Jjeho1Inen bar att lnvi!nda. Det !ir. forst liHr vi _(ackforenlngama __ bel!andlat frA- protesterar mot en for vArtland gan om ester som viigrat faokllgt synnerligen skadllg och llventyrlig o:fga~ieera sigo Dessa_godfut,-.sa-.. ~~;:1-ksamhet, som IQ.8jligg~res ~e·' ge~ det, vilka _ackOrdSpris-er so~ ,-~h~~-den organiserad~ importen _~v helat och bryter · sllullda avtafeil:. .. qlllslingelenient och deisas mojlig VId vaddfabrlken fi,;,;s blaD.d a'ri~ .. het.·.~ att·(·:~llf.rl~et;.biOdrJ. va ~in I tui.t'"ei;.''balt som lnte vAgar resa _yer~et;.'S Copy for lilr ·<-r 01· ~ Y~," W~shington ' ' . t LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 4582 Stockholm, November 27, i~44 Prase Charges ~hat Nazi and Anti-Soviet Betugees Have Been Brought Into Sweden :Jrro.m The Baltic Countries; The Honorable The Secretary of State, Washington. Sir a I qave the honor to report and comment ·upon a series of items appearing in certain local newspapers concerning pro-Fascist and anti-Soviet Baltic refugees in Sweden,. with particular reference to .. allegations contained therein that this Legation is actively and financially supporting the underground evacuation of suoh individu~ts• The first of these_items appeared in a front page article in the Communist organ NY ]§g of October 17 1944, under the caption "Baltic Fasoists-rQ Large Numbers 1 To _ · Sweden. The Swedish Authorities And The American Le~ation As Organizers?" _(See Legation's 4219 of October 17.) The following excerpts suggest the main theme, of this article: :.·! J11;~4-~~~·*·~; "Dilring the current year the~"-·Haa been bUilt up in secrecy inside neutral SWeden an extensive pro-Fascist and ranklySoviet-hostile Baltic organization whose_lllain PJ~pose _i_fl tQ CQn".Pi.R!! against the Soviet Union, the _organizing of ·political - centers in collaboration with German and Swedish Nazi elements as well as with some simple anti- • Communist 'democrats• to oarryonpropaganda.hostile to the_ Soviet, tb,e" organizing of emigration from the Baltic Sta~E!s tQ~:;1_1feden, and silli:t.l.ar matters. i "This is the sensational result of certain in vestigations- which our paper _has made in connectiO'n with_the striking increase in the stream of refugees from the Baltic States •. All in all, no less than nearly ,o,ooo Balts have thus far been received as refugees. * * * It won't -do to come with aey· excuses to . the ef!ect ths:t it iS from German occupied areas from which the refugees have been 1 saved' i •~•. most of them have for more_ than three years adjust(d thsmselvas to the German occupation and only just as the Germans were driven out felt they aught to flat~. The more· prominent persona· among the refugees hav~;,;· been well regarded in German circles, wherefore this is not in general a flight from the Germans. ~ . "The \ l'lECLAsS!Fmn State' Dept. Letter; 1'ltc72 \ l3y R. H. Parka ljlate , S [ P 2 7 1972 - 2- Stockholm/Despatch No, 4582 . "The American Minister ought at the same time tell the public whether it is with his knowledge that over 900,000 Swedish crowns have been paid out by an employee of his Legation for the· organization of Baltic emigration to Sweden, We must presuppose that the Minister is unaware ;of the matter, and we hope that our information wi·ll cause him to investi gate what kind of business a'number of hie employees are c ondu.ct ing. " The entire article was reproduced verbatim in Arbetar-Tidningen Goteborg,of October 17, a daily communistic newspaper· published in The following "exposure" was seized upon with obvious gratification by Stockholm's two leading Nazi newspapers, ... D~sposten of October 18 carried an article under the cap:tM~\ " e MOscow Organ Attacks the Government and u.s.A. Legatj;on,;t The Baltic Refugees Are 'War Criminals'. Sensational Reprir(>t'' trative:of the American Legation." The following excerpts are illfre..;. "Not least sensational, however, in NY~ inspired article is the tone which the organ uses toward the American Legation in Stockholm. The paper accuses the Legation of having participated in a particularly effective manner in the activities of the Baltic ~tional opposition as well as in con nection with the organization of the Balta' flight from the Bolsheviks'.fc • "Thus NY 12!.!&. reports that one of the ministers in the recently proclaimed Estonian 'national government' is an employee of the American):.eg~tion in Stockholm, Fur.thermore; the Baltic elliig!'a:t:i(>nto Sweden has been financed with 900 000 kronoi'':t'rom the Legati()n in question, 1 "Thi~ izii'ormation,. which Uru.stpresuP'pose ;t'~t ~~~e~~e!eL~:if6!8~a0 ft!n:~~~i~n~!¥~fsli~o. another Legation, are in truth not exacti].Y:'un.seP,sa tional. The Moscow organ, moreover, ord,~r~.·1;;1:le_d·:· American Minister",- Mr, Herschel Johii~on,'''t() anawer unto the serious charges made, while 3t,he Paper simultaneously has tlw effrontery to mai:nta.in that 'from the Swedi.sh viewpoint it is .plain that these machi~tions nnist be condemned'. .. T.lle~:fttrther develop ment of this11 delicate affair is being',.,~B.ited with interest, · · ~-·~- ~·-c·. Stockholm • a aftern~J"Jii·~;i;;i17t~!ipaper;;1'~Jtts Daghi'ild, of October 18, discussed!! ~·a article under tlie caption "The Russians Direct Se~ious--miiir'ges Against The Yankees. Mass Flight From The Ba:Ltic States Organized By American Minister In Stockholm;·"):;;. The- following excerpts are illus trative of' the comment: "The - ~- Stockholm/Despatchi~o. 4582 "The Russian o~gan accuses the Swedish author ities andtithe American Legation here of beingcthe real and conscious organizers of the mass flight from the Baltic States, or, iri its own words 'the deportation of a Soviet population •. One can under-. stand that this is an accusation of very \Vide scope. Especially the naming of the .American Lega,tion in this connection must result in a deterioration in relations which .are already strained. But?one does not even stop here. Continuing its plaintive declaration, NY ~ asserts positively 'that the American Mini'S'ferTn Stockholm has even bad his hand in· the game in the matter of--constituting the 'free 1 Estonian Government which some :time ago allowed itself to be talked of in :the press, and also that close to a million crowns have been dis bursed by the Americans for the organization of the Baltic. emigration to Sweden. "So far as the American Minister is concerned, he will have to answer for himself. It would, how ever, be a source of happiness if If.r ~ was right on that point and that the Yankeeslac~ly had made one contribution to democracy and civilization during this whole long war." (See Legation's 4251 of October 19.) Continuing its· line of attack on the Baltic refugee problem, while pointing·· out that "this newspaper's disclosure of Baltic l!'ascist importations has met with empgt'ras!!f$d silence on the part of the entire Swedish pressf'Wi•tn!fone exception i< * * ~spoaten which is utterly bes~de itself with rage at theact that this nefarious traffic has become_a·matter of public knowledge11, the.!!! ~·or October 19 makes -the following excerpted comments: -.1--~ "A number of examples make it evident ·that certajn_SwJ!_ of them .;· - 4- Stockho~Despatch No. 4582 c ;:'>'i of them: had been running German errands du.ririg the cCC\lpat·ion, or else had had consciences fo:J:•:one reason or the other and did not care to face the music when the Estonian and Lettish peoples again became masters in their own households. Others, on the other hand, had plainly come to Sweden in the hope of promoting the restoration ofthe new political regime in their own countries, or in-any event causing it all the damage they could." No reference was made in the above article to any participation by this Legation in such traffic, presumably as a consequence of my discussion with Madame Kollontay, reported in this Legation's cable No. 4314 of October 23, 6.p.m. Di~cussion of the Baltic r~fugee problem was also rea~d in the Nazi newspapers Dagspo sten .. and Folkets Dagblad of October 20th. The following is excerpted from Dagsposten's editorial: · . "The greater par:t of these refugees have frightful personal expe'riences b~hind them from the Communist terror in the first six months of 1941. These unfortunates were very definitely restrained by official Swedish authorities from passing on their experiences frqm the Soviet Russian liberation!- The stream of refugees has assumed sUch-proportions, however, that it has. been difficult to keep them all muzzled; storf_es of shattering personal tragedies during the Ohe~'s 'cleanup' operations in the Baltic area have bifgun leaking out from the refugee camps to the Swedish public, with the result that the voice of the Bolshevik liberators in Sweden,- NY ~. has sounded the alarm. 11 A further item in the Dagspos ten of the sa.Jll:e -date quotes ---·various -Swedish -public officiaJ:s' immedi,t;;j;ely concerned VIi th-- - these refugees as stating that such l'i):lljigees are on the whole very respectable people of th~,- ordinaryFvB.riety - farrilers, fishermen, ,l~?.,orers, business~en, doctors, clergymen, etc. ~" u In its editorial of October 23, NY Dag re~er't~d to and expanded its chargea-conrierning the AmeriCan'Le'gation•s par t_icipation in Baltic refugee movements. (See Legation's 4307 dlf October 23.) .The following is excerpted from the. editorial: 11 * -* * we should also like to supply:: a few lliore particulars in response toinquiriea.frO:m various quarters. As regards the American Legaiiion employees• involvement,:tllB.t is, Pt co"ur~~'f no main consideration for us~ M:r'~·: Johnson 'must s(it~le up . ' that matter. as best he can with Messrs. Giiiither and Cordell Huli, and it would rather· seem. t~t the -; employee who was-responsible for.,; the BaltJ"c finapcial operations has already b~en replaced,- a-mat-ter~which,-- if true, will certain:lyji-;&jjregretted by the Balt:;f.c Committees in Sweden; for; incidentally, the Estonians . - 5 received almost at one go 450,000 sw. Kr, from the gentleman concerned, the Latvians 200,000, and .:tile Lithuanians 200,000 - this information being given as a tip-off to their ~ditors. · "We have not devoted any attention to the Americans• interest in Finland, but in passing we must express some wori~erment at the fact that Fascist infected Finns enjoy such steady employment at the American Legation. However, as we have said, the Americana are no main consideration of ours in this . matter, and it is of course not considered altogetll,_e'r oomme !! ~to be impertinent to f~reign legations; 'Oii"tiiat account, we will quit the subJect." The entire matter of Baltic re~ees was then discussed in the Gtlteborg•s Handelstidningen of October 23, (s~~f.l Legation's 4323 of October 24) from which the following is ~~lHlrpted: "A number; of particulars are p.ow at hand a!>'out the influx of refugees from the Baltic States which give a clearer-picture of the situation than the public has hi tllerto been able to gain from the press. * * * The Communists write about the purely Baltic refugees as though they were a mass of Quislings, That is exaggeration indeed. According to information * * * the greater majority * * * ar~. simple countryfolk, i.e., fishermen, laborers, handi(lraftsmen and peasants. There is· also of course a certain number of intellectuals and better situated persona, but by and large the refugees constitute a fairly representa tive cross-section of the people as a •whole, .. It is obvious that fear of the new regime has been ·one of the motives compelling this migrat:l9'n, but it is equally clear that many o.f the refugees haye just simply taken the opportunity of :fleeing fZ.:C)IIi the misery which war now.,-a...;days means to civi:L::i,an popula tions ·eve:rY\Vhere. A. person well in the k@vt in these matters,· who is anything but_ pro-German, 131iys that in actual fact he has not encountered more thlili-. two Balta -· -who- had intimateli\f.:.:cooperated withethe- Germans;~,~-;)3Qme -- -"?say _,. * * the Russians are 4he most dange:r;;c,us ·.. \i.J!nemie s, whereas others fear the Germans most~ ·'because --·they are so 'systematic• in their measures of. oppression~ "As· regl:l!'_ds · Gei'IlllUly 's a-t;j'J;.fiude"tJ'h this matter * * * the Germans tried preventing :flight from the Baltic .. States right until thel'albof TIHlinrt: after that they had other thi · _J:iihk: about. 11 The October 27 issue o:f'· carried a frorit page- article describing.anti.;.Sovie'rpropaganda efforts of·Baltic "Fascists-who have arrived inSweden with Swedish and German connivance~·'1:tS(S~e Legation's 4374 of .October 27.) The follow- ing is excer.Pt'en'from this a.r.·tig:I.e: · · . ";efore waf§~Y "Ji!~J~"particularly bourgeo}~s. spent vacatiori.s- in.BB,lticum and_ met primarily German -;:-::_~- --=-- ~-~~;: speaking '',,: - 6- Stockholm/Despatch No. 4582 speaking elements. Balts are now writing this fairly large section of Swedish public and spreading anti SoViet scare propaganda. * * * Baltic ex-Ministers gather at former Estonian Minister Laretei's house where they discuss political_ questions, possibilities of constructing anti-Soviet propaganda in Sweden and trans portation to Sweden of large numbers of 'suitable persons•. Prom their conversations it _is learned that they rescued large sums from Americans, Swedish b~i nessmen, Swedish Red Cross and even religious bodies. * * "- Organization conducted large scale activities and had own motor boats and· agents in Go;!; land and Estonia. Fuel was obtained through some1}sort of Estdnian-Swedish Committee in which a ceptain perS0!1 named Ohlsson is apparently their collaborator. Be sides .this organization there is another primarily concerned with importi11g professors, politicians, doctors and priests, who indemnified it with art objects, stamp collections, gold and other valuable objects. This organization also imported_Finns into Sweden for 5,000 Finnmar¥..s per person. Third organization which (iharged 200 kronor per person was regarded with arrogant contempt by others which call it 1 kitche11maids associa tion• ." The Stockholm Communist weekly, Folkvifa_an, of October 27 had articles on Baltic refugees, from ch-the following is excerpted:~vo w _ "Whim the Red Arri!y started in earnest to drive the Germans out of the Baltic provinces a large Blld steady stream of refugees from these countries com menced to come to Swe.den. Thus far about 30,000 Balta have arrived he!'e~ The great majority of these refugees seem to be people who have wanted to flee from their home country at a: tiin~.when the lat:f;er was turned into a theatre of war with all the sufferings and .d"tmgers entailed therewith. • . . ~0.. ~.:-.: ____··-·· . . • ·---. ···- ·--· •. - ·--·-•.... ~ -- - .. :=-~ :'... ., . ·"However, · arilong "these refugees there are people who have not le:ft their country for tl:\_g_ aforesaid reason. There ,lire people who fled beoa~se the Germans were. being expelled from the Balt:i,g_ countries. In other word~:~-. . the pro-German and the Fa.!loist ele ments in the Baltic States_ organized the 'passage to .,Sweden because of the fear of their. own J)ebple when "the latter faced the prospect of be1ng able to take matters into its own hands. - " * * * The driving power consisted of a number of committef!!a. and organizations formed by Swedes and Balta• ¥tt: * * -~As the finaricier of the_ entire action there stood.-.' among others, an employee of the :American Legation w:tu> thus far has advanced Sw-. Kr. gop-;ooo --- * * * -. "That the str~~ of Baltic refugees does not come spontaneously as a consequence of_the transfer of the - 7 ~~ Stockholm/Despatch No. 4582 of the theatre of war to the Baltio ; 0 provincee is also evidimoed by the fact that military0 operations have entirely ceased in Estonia and that only minor regions of Latvia and Lithuania are_atill under German control. The flight from the Baltic countries has been prepared a long time ago, perhaps in full accord with the German Nazis ivho, as we know, have given to these·aatellites the parole to 'go under ground' and to begin to prepare the Fascist revenge. * ·* l<· To avoid any possible misunder- standing it should be added i;hat we are convinced that the llUijority of the 13altic refugees have not come to Sweden in ordel' to take part in l;'ascist conspiracies against their own native countries, 1'hey have fled from the horrors of war aud they will .reo~urn home as soon as peaceful conditions are re-established there • .;:. ~- ·)f- II From the second aroticle: "But for the well being o:f our ovm country it is wise to be aware of whe:~ is going on with a view to creating a new wall of border countries against the Soviet. Union. To all appearances, Sweden has been selected to constitute the northern end of this wall. Soviet enemies of different shades, from German Nazi deserters to shipwrecked Social Democratic and bourgeois Ministers in the Baltic countries are novr being transported to Srteden. Norl'legian quislings and Danish collaborationists, l!'innish wur criminals :md Baltic barons aro coming here, "What makes the whole problem so serious is that employees of the American Legation loom behind this organized import of Fascists, It is no secret that it isjust in the United States that the idea o:f'a Th_i.rd World War --d:i:rected against· the -sov:i.:etc Union ------is more cheriBhed by influentialcircles than in other countries, .. ~- -><' Therefore, one must be· on one's guard against; the shady plana which are being forged behind the smoke screens of humanitarian relief activities," _ From the outset, this Legation has a46pted the attitude that these newspaper articles ·vfere provocative and, so far as the extent of American Legation participation is concerned, basedon avarie_ty of inaccuracies and outright misrep;r9~~_:g,ta- ctions. ,-Agcordingly, I have made no. reply to these staie:in@ts. See my 4.231 of' October 18, 1 p,m, _ However, complete re:futa"' _ tion of these charges qou1d have been made. on a point-by-poijlt - basis, .and the following discussion. of' the more important items may be 'of interest to the Department and the War Refugee Board, The Baltic. refugee 1ll&\rement bas been a very confused, ---·---large-aca:le~operati-on-, undertaken -by~dozims ·of individuAl, groups prompted by motives of a nature ra11girig i'rom puHily. humanitarian, political and intelligence, dOWn to the lowest form \ ·".,: -e- Stockholm/Despatch No. 4582 form of substantial personal profit from a panic-stricken people. In the latter category, certain.groups for example, reappeared composed of former runners situation ideal rum who found the for quick profits with a very smalli,,invest ment. Their only criterion was what and in the rei'ugees @d to pay, a single trip were able to cover -their a vessel, with a substantial investment in margin of clear profit·• ' 'Accord ingly, the possibilities of undesirable WQ¥ Balta finding their to Sweden were enormous, and it is sidering the quite remarkable, con confUsion in the Baltic areas during:September and October, that very few criminal in and radical elements did fact escape to Sweden. In this connection mentioned that the Chief it' might be of the Swedish Foreign Office division responsible for refUgee matters mentioned this 1 on.two occasions to Legation s RefUgee AttacM his amazement no undesirable elements• that virtUally including criminals and quislings, came over to Sweden even though uncontrollable. the entire traffic was quite · During the period the. Refugee possibilities AttacM was exploring the of organizing rescue operations countries, there in the ·Baltic were, several organiz'ations, committees private groups who coUld and have been approached in the matter,· some of which did in fact approach special .the Legation. Due to the nature of. the operations, however, unofficial and and to the fact that secret cooperation needed to be obtained the Swedish authorities, it was from each instance considered safest to deal in with the group considered most eyes o:f the Swedish responsible in .the authorities. The three former Baltic Ministers to Sweden were unofficially·recognized~by author! ties as head the Swedish of their respective communi ties, and were, as now, :t'urictioning as.head. in·:;f'act their respective of 'the Relief Com·ttee ·for countries. It was assumed that uals would be in the best position tliese.indfVld~ personnel, to eril.ist the moat eirlta'l)l.e .both in SWeden and on. the other side, _ ,the operations, and would to carry out - atantly repeated be the most·responsive to the con;.._ ins tru:crtTOns':tna-&·~t:ne program~ was striated to tb.e rescue to oe- rEt!' ~ -- · of persons in da{fer of persecution-~and death bt the Nazis. Even as of this ing wit the SWedlshauthorities, da; e, aftel':5JEequent check believing vre have found nqo-,basis for · · that· these three. groups did not c1o to carry out this directive. evecythintF.PCf~sible there In.the case of,the L8.tvi8Il'!#()up, were rumors that a few Nazis ·had facilities financed been brought • ove~l~j;_l:u'ough by the Refugee Attach~. Oiri'each inStance the fonllr Latvian Minister, Salnais, and sharply questioned was calleci· in and closely by the Refugee Attach4, who further checked into these rumors with the Sl(edish authorities. In no case could any .subetanti~t~J~n be foti:r}d. - ... ·_ The War Refugee Board representative advanced Swedish kronor· for the financing 110,000 instead of' Estonian refugee evacuations - of the 450,000 kronor alleged in These rescue operations the Communist newspapers. br6Ugb.t approxilllately 250 persons.,to;;{ safety in Sweden during the During period June 7 to September 25.cl944. the same period, however, it is Estonians came estimated that 15,000 to 'Sweden by other means. Of cthe persons over through the limii;ed evacuation brougl!t Board, program of the War Refug(!e exactly one hiU:f were women and children. 0~--~ - Half· of t:ne· remainder - 9- Stookholm,(~spatch No. 4582 remainder were persons who were hiding in the woods from German labor or military conscription, and the balance was a repre sentative group of intellectuals, merchants, fishermen and farmers. A few were, it is true, identif:l,ed in one way or another with the newly formed Estonian National Committee, but considering the fact that the Germans had' arrest.eq and deported approximately 700 members of this organization;i~Yy~Y alone, and were pureuing rigorously their policy of arresting intel lectuals as hostages, it could hardly be said that the rescue of such persons was in conflict wi tb, the War Refugee Board's directive that operations were to be limited to victims of Nazi oppression. Although evidencE!. is lacking- in this respect, perhaps a handful of undesirables :or ;polltloa.r-agitat.ors did manage to get to Sweden through these operations. Ho_wever, when it ia re!ilized tha.t these boats arriveM~t an appointed location at dusk, had only minutes to load in safety, conditions were quite favorable for any type of person slipping on board who happened to be in the vicinity and wished to escape. This :factor was responsible for the escape of so many conscripts • . ;1 · With respect to the Latvian rescue operati'P,hs, the War Refugee Board representative made 55,000 Swedish kronor avail able for the financing of this program, instead of the 250,000(! kronor represented in the Communist newspapers. From available lists of rescued persons, it appears that approximately 700 persons were brought to safety in Sweden during the Period June 7 to September 25, 1944, out· of. a total of ap:im>xiniately 4,000 Latvians arriving in SWeden during this period. Approxi mately 400, or about 55 percent of this groupi·were women and children. ·Among the adulta of both sexes, 300 were fishermen, farmers, laborers, servants, etc. The actual results of the Latvian rescue operations are difficult to appraise, due to the fact that the tra,ffic waa much mo:r~ disorganized and the controls on tfieswe~dl~h. side much _looser, particularly with respect to iriter;'qMI;l~~6J!" of - the-:refugees ·-·The~La.tvian--group was_ re_quel]:t_ed s~V:er'iil>time s by the Refugee Attache to initiate- more cleai{cuf''PiPcedlire's- o:f· interrogating the refugees. Hoviever; the buik of" the LatVian refugees streamed into Sweden ,d4ring ;,September B.zld OCt()bi!r'i sometimes a dozeri boats arrived't~t Got:I:imd in t.~ cour~13~ifl)fo one night, and the records o:f _flow they arrived mu13t;,tbe. considered obscure and unreliable~ - Furt:Qer;· the Latvian re:f;'ugees as a group are considerably _more q~elsome,. troublesome and generally unreliable· than the_ other Ba1ts, arid have. created trouble in Sweden. It. may be coneide.:r'f;ld a certaw:ty:. that the group containsNazi elements,; and, thei'i:Vie a pos:Siliility that a few o:f them came over on,f'llc:tilitiesl:tinan(l!td by the War Refugee Board- representativif~'t' I:f Buti]i~ielemelits .erlst in large · numbers, ho.wever, it would have beeii~pti.ssible>t}lroUgh the fact that in the_ latter part o:f septeilibe~---·-:tilie German'[~:P.thorities in Latvia permitted their Latvian collaborators to{8}3jlaPE! by _. - whatever means they could find. In view of the1il!lpJ.i:cations _and hazards of th:!,~c;~circumstance, the War Refugee Board operations- · -.· were st~ped ift~all th_ree Ba1 tic countries and the- boats brought to Stoc oim. That W.R.B. rescue, operations in Latvia were decidedly in conflict ~with Nazi interests is perhaps baste stig;.. gested by the fact that as late a:s September 10 and September 15, rescue 10 Stockholm/Despatch No. · 4~.2 vessels were stopped by German patrols. and the passengers imprisoned. In·the first instance the boat with passengers were "taken to Tallinn. In tho second instance the\poat and 50 refugees were taken to Gdynia, from which port the refugees were sent to a concentration camp in Germany. With respect to the Lithuanian rescue operations, the War Refugee Board. representative advanoed<5!) 1 000 Swedish kJ;'OnOr ·to finance this program ~ instead of thc;!{20Q~OOO kronor represent ed in the. Communist .newspapers. Approximately 135 persons were brought to safety in Sweden, or approximately half of the total number of Lithuanian refugees in Sweden today. This was an extremely complicated and dangerou~ operation - app~oximately twice as man:~' persons lost their ;lives or are missing as were actually saved, all as:a consequence of German military or naval action. The whole operation involved a series of arrests, executions; tortures and. deportati(>ns of the crews and refugees by the German authorities, and notrdng could be more absurd than the statement that this group was composed largely of Fascist and anti~Soviet ·elements. Here again, approximately half of. the refugees were women and children, and about half of the male., .. ~dults were fishermen, farmers and laborers. -~~-~ The chi{rge that these refugees were fleeing from Rl1ssian retribution rather than from German oppression, a conclusion drawn from the fact that the mass flight of refugees occurred only after the Russian sweep into the Baltic c9untries had gained strong !llOmentum, is. ()ne that can be supported or refuted with equal readiness depending upon the considerations selected. On the negative side, it coUld be pointed out that with respect to Latyia and. Lithuania, very few had been dililposed to hazard the journey largely because the lack of organization and appro priate communication had made the venture too much of a b1.'ind gamble. · Through the underground facilities ·and escape. routes established with funds supplied by the War Rel:ugee Board; ji'ow ever, an organizedtrafficcwas possible whichpzoompted large numbers of others to undertake- the journey on the~r individual initiative. Also,. it is improbable that the Bal};io PeoPle ·-were~:unmindful-· of~the rather_ well established ~~_:pz;actice of st:ripping areas being vacated of able bodied.::j)Ej()ple :for --- -~--- forced. labor, hostages, etc. Finally, escape pci'ssi:bilities were considerably enhanced as the Gennartu;luthorities bea'al)ie incJ~as ingly. engaged by. the.· Russian advanC'e .- and themselvea: cons:l,dE!t:- ably disorganized and panic-stricken. Undoubtedly, a numte:t' of Baltic refligeee fled 'to Swede!! because O:f~tthe certainty tb.it ·Russian retribution would overtake -them,f).ll.lt •the vast majority were simply fleeing from an extremely dangerous war zone where . the Nazis wel:'e becoming: increasingly vicious. ,:EJ:~-- .. - -- ~ _-§~-0· . The clui:rge that most_ of the-Baltic refuge~sfare.·kanU-Soviet is probably true, 'but not on an actiyely organiZe-d.Yp§litic.aJ..\:~" basis. Most of them apparently~:f'ound !i()viet rule di'_l3taste:f,'lg. to them and wou1d prefer to avord·a r,epetition of the' expel'ij:thce. Whether they \vere or were not :anti-SoViet wa·a~'no criterion irf;!'c _ the rescue operations of the War. Re~&e- Boaiilr for. th.e obvio~ reason that the nature of the operatioJis made it totEil:].y.~ilil'"" - practicable to enforce such a criterion•" It was difficniJ.t ·.··· enough to•-maintaln the necessary controls to carry out4-~ War Refugee Board's90.irective that the operationssholfrd benefit only - n·- Stockholm/Desp~~oh No.; 4582 those in danger of Nazi oppression. Speculation as to whether these groups preferred German to Soviet occupation is q~te i~1e - they disliked both intensely and want to regain their sovereign status. Due to the large number of Estonian refugees, as well as to the many different .types' of groups e:ngag_~ The Comritunists 1 attack against the Baltic refugees seems tqJ!Jave run ita course and there has been virtuaJ.ly no further coininent about the matter since the end of October. Hespectfully yours, Herschel v. Johnson ICO:met In duplicate to the Department; THE FOREIGN SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 848/ICO/MET AMERICAN LEGATION Stockholm, Sweden November 22, 1944 • Mr. John W, Pehle Executive Director War Refugee Board ·washington, D. C, Dear l'llr, Pehle: Attached herewith is the final report covering W~r Refugee Board operations from Sweden, It was not possible to undertake the duplication of the 'rather'extensive enclosures, bU.t'iri's assumed that· the Board will arr~ge appropriate distribution, Sincerely yours, ~~.~- Iver 0. Olsen Special Attache for War Refugee Board Enclosure - 1 .. · Di:f'i.A3Sfiirta:f_ Ht'i~-~ G-3pt. Lettcc, 1-11-72' ~,., ~ c;. ."qrk; Dote.s.£U 7 1972 0 P E R A T I 0 N S of the REFUGEE B 0 A R D from SWEDEN Stockholm, November 20, 1944. · ~~--i-:.--- DECLASSJFJE:~r ·•·. State- DefJL L~tter.~lo-11·7J lly H. H..1;"'''" no1•-S.E2...2 7 19n ',-,: C 0 N T E N T S I, Local Situation, A, Cooperation of Local Organizations, B, Other Operating Factors. II. Baltic Operations, Summary of Results. A, Estonian Rescue Operations, B, Latvian Rescue Operations. C, Lithuanian Rescue Operations, D. Criticisms Encountered, E, Finnish Rescue Operations, III. No:rwegian Relief and Rescue Operations, ·-,-;, Summary of Results. A. Rescue Operations, B. Relief Operati'ons, C, Criticisms Encountered, -- IV, -- DanJ.-sn -Il.escue and-:oRe-1±-ef- Operations • - V, Balkan Rescue and Relief Operations. t Silllllli.ary of Results, A. Hungarian Rescue and Relief Operations, B. Relief and Rescue Operations in RUmanfa. C, Relief Operations in Bulgaria. VI. Activities _of Europe. VII. Assistance VIII, Financial Accounting of FUnds Made Available :for Vlar Refugee Board Operations. /·' '. "'.;: E N C L 0 S U R E S I, Estonia. A. Memoranda Regarding Rescue Operations, B, List of Refugees Evacuated. c. Financial Statement, With Receipts, II, Latvia. A, Memoranda Regarding Rescue Operations. B, List of Refugees Evacuated, C. Financial.Statement, With Receipts, III. Lithuania. A. Memorandum Regarding Rescue Operations, B. List of Refugees Evacuated, c. Financial Statement, With Receipts, IV. Denmark. A, Memorandum Regarding Types of Operations. v. BUlgaria~ A, Copies of Informal Memoranda Exchanged With Bulgarian Minister to Sweden, VI. 'lb.ancial Accounts, f Ledger. Photostats of Various Special Accounts Authorized by War _Refugee Board, and Photostatic Copies of Receipts. • 2 I. Local Situation. A. Cooperation of Local Organizations. As is generally known, the Swedish public is most sympath_e_~ic to humanitarian efforts and has made an extreme ly distinguished record in this field during the war period. A similar attitude is prevalent among the Swedish authori ties. Consequently, the purposes and aims of the War Refugee Board met with an instant response in Sweden, with offers of assistance and cooperation pouring in from all sides. As a matter of fact, the most difficult task of the early weeks of the program was to sift out the groups who really were in a position to lend eff~ctive a.ssistance, and to eliminate the well-wishers who were sincerely interested but actually time-consuming burdens. The task was further complicated by a flood of refugees into the office, mostly stateless, Who construed the creation of the War Refugee ------" --- Board as the long-awaited answer to theiriiicred.lb]:e- variety of personal problems. It ·was rather clear from the outset that the program had to be dealt with in two parts - relief and rescue - ~ that.. entirely different approaches had to be tnade.with respect to each of these programs. Local organizations had been rather effective in carrying out relief operations - food, clothing, financial assistance, etc., but had accom plished almost nothing duririg the war period with respect--"fo~- rescue operations, and were in fact totally unable to grasp the urgent requirements of the situation or to adjust them selves to the irregular and liazardous methods by which some thing could be accomplished. Accordingly, the work of almost- ------·- DECLASSIFIED _State Dept. Lelte,·; 1-11-72 Z7 1972 SEP - ]~,y B. H. Parks Date~- _ - 2 - all the local rSJlief organizations was canvassed quite thor oughly from the point of view of ascertaining whether it could be made more effective and .could be expanded into wider operating areas, With regard to rescue operations, however, entirely new groups or facilities were created to carry out this program, The usual obstacles.and disappointments were encounter ed as regards jealousies between local organizations, This was particularly true with regard to the Jewish organizations in Sweden which, it seems to me, have been strikingly in- effective during the past years and contributed virtually nothing to furthering the operations of the War Refugee Board, They seemed much more concerned with personal con siderations, personal prestige and jockeying for position vis-a~vis a rival organization, than the desperate fate of their people in Europe, They were openly critical of any ef forts of others but quick to claim a participating credit in the more successful efforts, B, . _Other Operating Factors, Operations in Swe.den were tremendously facilitated by the complete arid clear cut dirE)c_tive§ emanating from the War Refugee Board, ai1d the promptness with which it supported· and c1leared recommended projects, The cooperation and assistance of the Legation staff.here was excellent, .This was particularly true of the Minister who, although I am sure had personal misgivings about the prudE)nce of some of the opera tions, particularly in th~ Balj;;ic, was at all times willing for me to go ahead if there were reasonable prospects that something constructive cquld be accomplished, II, Baltic Operations, Results: Approximately 1,200 persons rescued at a cost - 3 - of ~~50,000. At least an additional number bz:ought to safety in Sweden through individual initiative and facilities but benefiting from underground routes and, communications established by:· war Refugee Board. The Baltic program was extr~mely difficult to get organ ·ized and the entire operation itself encountered a great variety of obstacles and mishaps during the period it was under way. The selection of the appropriate groups presented many problems, all of which were resolved on the simple cri terion of getting the most reliable and competent'group possible with the highest degree of official stature with the Swedish authorities. In each instance this seemed to be the former Baltic Ministersto Sweden, who were functioning as the head of their respective Relief Committees here, and who were "unofficially" recognized by the Swedish authorities as head of their respective communities in Sweden. It was considered that these individuals and their immediate-staffs were perhaps in the best position to enlist competent crews to undertake these trips, and the most likely to be able to contact and -- -- AeyeJ.op_ :fu,EL_n_eC,EJS§ary un~E)~grQ,~~().h~elf! _O_E. Yl!e ()t~er_l3_i~e_. ___ -- -- - Also, it was considered that these three individuals would be extremely anxious to ingratiate themselves with the :American authorities and, therefore, the most likely to scrupulously ctrry out the directives of the War Refugee Board·both in letter and spirit. Finally, the fact that these individuals had a certain degree of standing with the Swedish authorities was considered a valuable aid in overcomi~g certain technical difficulties in operations--of this nature, and also served to protect the Legation and the. War. Refugee Board against any criticism which the unpredictable results of a less responsi-: ble group might have produced. There were all sorts of groups enia[~d in this type of operation - the majority of which, ·t- - 4 - including ex-rum rurthers and racketeers, simply seized the opportunity of shaking these panic-stricken refugees for everything they owned. A. 'Estonian Rescue Operations. This group turned out to be the most competent and skillful ino'lrrying out their operations and encountered very few technical difficulties except a persistent fuel problem which I finally was able to overcome. Their equip ment was excellent and their underground channels in Estonia quite effective. The outstanding failure of the Estonian program was the inability to evacuate the Czech and French Jewesses from Tallinn - about 300 who probably were there as "war whores". Several attempts were made to contact them but the plan envisaged was their evacuation all at once, since it was believed that a partial evacuation would only result in the slaughter of those left behind. This operation would have been quite difficult in any event, and to penetrate the German guard in the Tallinn area was at best a hazardous venture--which I-coui-d--hardly-bi-ame the crews for -being -unwi-11~------_- ing to undertake • As it was, I was informed that contact was made with these Jewesses but they_ were too f:dghtened to risk the journey. I have no way of verifying_ this statement. The two boats used in _this traffic were extremely fast. One was an Open speedboat with a 160 H.P. Chrysler marine engine, which made several trips wi tho_:u.t mishap except that a few arms were ;J:!J.'oken trying to_ hang onto. her whe:er in the ro~h Baltic-s~J:~ This boat was withdrawn when the seas be- -.:t;ti, came too heavy for her, and after she had suffered consider- able knocking about. The second boat was a cabin cruiser with a capacity of thirty odd_, powered by~ a 165 H.P. Kermath marine motor. -Also extremely fast and made several trips - - 5 - without any fatality although she was fired upon several times by German submarines and surface craft which were, however, unable to overtake her. The crews of these vessels were ex-I. , - cellent mechanics and there were no breakdowns on any journey - the most dangerous kind of mishap. I have ridden in both of these boats and was greatly impressed with the efficiency of the crews - their ace mechanic was a deserter from a German airplane plant. An investment of 110,000 Swedish kronor was made in the Estonian rescue program, exclusive of certain gasoline bills paid to the local Texaco Company through special arrangements. Approximately 275 persons were_ rescued in the course of these operations. The group brought here was one for whom nobody need apologize, It was a cross-representative group of de cent, respectable Estonians of all kinds of life, half of which were women and children, with a generous sprinkling of very young children - some less than a year old. There were quite a few fugitives from German labor and military con- -sc-ri-pt-, -thrs-inci-dent -arising-from -the fact-t:nat-nmny- werre_____ -- hiding in the forests near the Sea and simply, jumped on the rescue boatswhen_and as they could, Proportionately, there was an average representatign_o:f'._:i.l1!elleCtuals and religious I leaders, See attached list and description of persons rescu ed. Considering the s~oothness and efficiency of the Estonian operation, it would seem that Jl!Ore persons should have been brought to safety. Fuel difficulties were, of course, a factor. Another ihfluemJe may hav:e been in part that probably the Swedish Intelligence Service took advantage of this ex cellent underground" connection to run a few excursions,of their, own for the purpose of checking as ' to what was _going' on -~·-:'------;-_·~·-;~: i-n Esifonia, This would be quite natural, since the Swedish - 6 - General Staff was most cooperative, even to the point of sup plying weapons and forged German identification papers, and it would be quite unlikely that there wasn't some quid EE£ ~ somewhere. As a matter of fact, on one trip the boat was caught in a bad storm and almost foundered, and the. refugees were put on board a Swedish naval vessel. It also may be as sumed that the Estonian group itself was at least slightly interested in maintaining an underground intelligence system, and that some of the traffic was dedicated.. to these ends. On balance, however, it would seem that this rescue operation was well worth-while, and that the investment paid reasonable dividends. B. Latvian Rescue Operations. This operation was considerably more difficult than the Estonia, and the results much more obscure. In the first place, the Latvian group_ lacked the-competency and the stabil• ity of the Estonian group. It also had a muchnarrower choice of necessary personnel to carry out the operations, wllch _re.§uJ, tE')d__ :in_:thg choic~ of p0_9l'l'!l' Qp_n_ti'o~s aDd t39.ll.iP=-- ment. Finally, the Latvians have seemed to mea highly in dividualistic, nationalistic, quarrelsome and unreliable group, with the result that I never felt too sure_just what ·f was going on. There was never _any doubt in my mind that I had picked the best group available, but great difficulty was ex perienced in maintaining the necessary controls over. them to make certain that their operations were consistent with the directives of the_ War Refugee Board~ As it was, there were - -. __ occasional rtitn~-rs that pr~li.,Nazis or persons participating actively in the slaughter of the Latvian Jews had been brought to s#~den. In each instance I had ex-Minister Sa1nais come to the office and impressed upon hiin in the strongest - 7 - possible terms my position in the matter, with the assurance that all funds and equipn~ent would be taken away from him should any of such rumors be substantiated and should in vestigation indicate that he was unable to maintain the con trols necessary to prevent such conditions, I also discussed the matter several t~!A~s with appropriate, officials of the Foreign Office and, on a personal basis, requested the assistance of the Swedish police and Intelligence Service in c~~cking these rumors, In not a single instance was it possible to find a con- crete basis for these rumors, and it may be assumed that they sprang from jealousies and_ill will between the various Latvian elements in Sweden, Some of them probably were in- itiated by two or three private Latvian groups who had press ed me for financial backing in operating rescue routes, How ever, a close check on them revealed that these individUals had a rather questionable background and would probably get me into trouble, Denied the requested financial support, _they then .. undertook..to-disci'edi-t-the-operatio:n: in-which-! was participating, On the other hand, it is not entirely unlike ly that a few undesirables did come to Sweden on these facili.:. ties, particularly in- Sep,;;~ber when condi tiona were chaotic iJ Latvia. On some nights as many as a dozen boats arrived in Gotland from Latvia and controls and interrogation was so poor that it is not clear just who arrived on our facilities and who came independently. FuJ::thermore ~ these rescue> opera tions are timed to a matter of minutes and it is obviously possible for an undesirable person to slip on a boat during the few minutes at.dusk when it is loading refugees. Latvian rescue operations got off 'j;o a very shaky start and encountered.a series of episodes ranging from the hilari:- - 8 - ous to sheer misfortune. Faulty equipment, bad storms in the Baltic Sea, and'' narrow escapes from German naval and military action, delayed any real results until the latter part of July, when the nights became at least a little longer. For a short period in August German confUsion and demoralization was particularly high and rescue operations were greatly facili tated. In the early part of September, however, German con trols were quite tight, patrol vessels considerably increased, and several misfortunes were encountered. One of the rescue vessels was captured by a German vessel on September 10 and with its crew taken to Tallinn, where both crew and passengers were imprisoned. However, some of them managed to escape during the Russian drive on Tallinn and actually got the boat and 35 refugees to Sweden. Another boat ran out of fuel in dodging German naval action. on September 14 and luckily, aft.er drifting in the Baltic for six days, was driven onto the Swedish coast. On September 15, a rescue_ vessel was captured by the Germans ru1d the crew and 50 refugees taken to Gdynia, subsequently sent to a concentration camp in Germany. stopped because the Germans considered their position_so hopeless tBlft they were assisting their Latvian collaborators in escaping, with the result that there were strong possibili~ ties ~hat future arrivals in Sweden might be tainted. -The Latvian operation; w.lii.Ie -it ¥tas underway, was very hazardous and most interesting and it is recommended that the attached statements covering the history of the operations be read from the_point of view of getting an insight into the great variety of difficulties entailed in operations of this nature._ Of a total crew of 24 used in these operations, one third are dead or missing. - 9 - According to the attached list of Latvian refugees, ap =-:_r~; proximately 700 were ~brought ~to Sweden through the facilities of the War Refugee Board. Approximately 55 percent were women and chilch''~n. Of adults of both sexes, it will be ob- served that over half were fishermen, farmers·, laborers, domestic help, etc. Approximately 250 were profe·ssors, stu dents, lawyers, agriculturalists, teachers, architects, physicians, etc. The War Refugee Board investment in this project was 55,000 Swedish kronor (less than $15,000) and it would seem that the results were very much worth-while, Actually, the Latvian group claims that almost the entire Latvian refugee group in Sweden of approximately 3,500 owes its- safety to the War Refugee Board, since evacuations start ed in large numbers only after W,R,B, facilities had done the necessary pioneering for escape routes and lines of communi cation, However, I would be reluctant to accept blanket credit without knowing considerably more, about the composi tion of the Latvian refugees here although it should be pos- sible to accept the statement that a sma:ll proportion offui~ desirables should not discredit an overall rescue operation, The failure to res_cue_any Latvian Jews was a great dis appointmentJ and even now it. is not clear what·_ else.. could have been done-to obtain better results. Severa:l attempts had been made by some individuals here to hire less reliable groups to bring Jews out of Latvia at so much per head, In all instances, however, money was paid out in advance but no results were forthcoming, t am rather convinced that our group would have brought some of them out if possible, since I was constantly reminding Salnais of several rumors I had heard that he was anti-semetic, to which he strongly-protest' ed, However, there is no question but what an important - 10 - segment of Latvian officials are anti-seme_tic and responsible for some of the unspeakable crimes committed against the Jews in Latvia, and perhaps some of thefailure was due to the at titude of the underground group in Latvia. Otherwise, and considering the fact that hardly a single Jew has come out of Latvia during the German occupation, there seems to be a reasonable basis for accepting the explanati'on that the Jews were either out of reach of rescue operations or were in hid ing and too terrified to make a break for safety. c. Lithuanian Rescue Operations. These operations received a death-blow almost at the outset and from which they were never able to recover. That was in the loss of the group's key man, Vokietaitis, an extremely clever and fearless operator who was otherwise use- ful to the Legation. He made the first trip himself to get the proper underground connections with Lithuanians and, while reports are in conflictas to what happened, he has never come back. Due to the very small Lithuanian community in Sweden, it was impossible to find a suitable replacement and the ent.ire venture became a series of great------·-~------misfortu.nes, --- including the capture of not less than five of the rescue vessels by German submarines and surface vessels, with to.tal crews and refugee passengers of 250 being either-dead or mis!ing. In addition to this there were a. series of mishaps resulting from faulty equipment, storms, lack of coordination and poor navigation. It may be considered__ astonishing that any -considerable number of persons were rescued at ail. The attached log of Lithuanian rescue operations is recommended for study. Approximately 135 Lithuanians were brought to-safety in Sweden with a War Refugee Board investment of 35>000 Swedish - 11 - kronor (about $8,500), Here again approximately half were women and children (see attached list), with the balance a most representative cross section of an average community, The failure in this instance to rescue any Jews can most cer tainly be attributed to technical obstacles alone since it is known definitely that several efforts were made to establish the necessary channels, However, the rescue of a selected few from concentration camps would not only have been ex tremely difficult, but would have seriously endangered those left behind. The certainty that they all were to be murdered in any event perhaps might have justified the gamble, but it is a serious responsibility to assume, There were large numbers o:f Jews being hidden by farmers and others, but these people considered themselves fairly safe and were not at all disposed to risk the hazards of a long trip to the Lithuanian coast and then a perilous sea journey, The Lithuanian operation was stopped at the same time as other Baltic operations due largely to the fact that all the boats had been lost and losses were getting increasingly dis------p:Poportinate to the number of- persons ·rescue-a;------D, Criticisms Encountered. The most active criticism o:f the Baltic rescue pro gram was initiatea-in October by the-Communist press in j Sweden, much o'f which was directed at the- American Legation's financial participation. It l'ias charged that nia:ny o:f these refugees were pro-Nazis and anti~Soviet, and were war crim- inals :fleeing :from Russian- retribution, The facts were greatly exaggerate~and-distorted,- particularly- as to the true :facts o:f American activity. The Legation took the atti tude that these charges were absurd and provocative· and undertook to make no -_reply. The en tire matter is being re- · ·· .. : - 12 - ported,·'separately as a Legation despatch which will go for ward in the very near future, and :i,f possible will be attach ed to this report as an,exhibit, Some of the local Jewish organizations were disposed to criticize these operations as having failed to rescue any Jews despite the fact that funds of American Jewish organiza tions were employed (which was not true). The failure to rescue any Jews was greatly regretted and has been explained, a circumstance ,that these Swedish organizations should have understood when it is considered that in the past several years the position of the Jews in the Baltic has been most critical and they themselves did n()t bring a single one to safety nor did they initiate a single step in that direction, Most of the criticism probably originated from the fact that they wanted all funds originating from- Jewish organizations in the United States to go through their hands, E. Finnish-Rescue Operations. -These operations were limited exclusively to bring- ing 't-o safel;y- the- stateless J ev/s-in ·J!'inhind, \i,nc-se fate- coiir ._:_ ,-_ ·-- .o siderable discussion with the Swedish F6:f:.eign Office as to f entry visas, with the local Mosaic Community as to maintenance provisions, and with the Finnish Mosaic Community as to evac uation details, All arrangements were finally ·completed and 1 perhaps 150 eventually arrived in Sweden on a piecemeal basis, The Swedishl'i!oaaic Community was distinctly lUke warm towards the v1hole _program, and on occasions needed rather strong prodding, Arrangements were -also concluded 'with the Swedish .Foreign Office, on a·preliminary basis, whereby they would . , .... ~. •, - 13 - undertake to evacuate the Finnish Jews at the same time that conditions ih Finland seemed sufficiently dangerous to necessitate the evacuation of Swedes in Finland, The only other Finnish problem arising was with respect to an Estonian group which approached me af.ter the Russian Finnish armistice for financial assistance in car~ying out an underground evacuation of about 700 Estonians from Finland, I informed them that there were reasons which should be ob- vious to them as to why Finland was not an area of War Refugee Board operations and that it would be quite impos siple to partici_Pate in any such program, III, Norwegian Rescue and Relief Operations. Results: About 6,000 brought to safety in Sweden, Several thousand others in a position to be rescued if necessary, Many thousands brought relief through ship~e·nts of food, clothing, medicines, etc, Activities in Norway have, of course, been greatly favored by border proximities as well as aCijoining sea areas, They have further benefited from· extremely effective under ground channels in many alternative forms, and with an .abU11dan9e o:f:'_hj,glJJ.J' s]{j_:L),ec1_ t.e.()_hJ'l]. The bulk of the rescue operations i'rere financed through-the funds sent to the Norwegian Labor Party by - 14 - American Relief for Norway acting on behalf of the 0,!,0, A,F,of L, group, The funds were in the hands of a highly competent and conscientious Norwegian group here which worked with m~-very closely. No difficulties were experienced at any time and it was a pleasure to work with them. Underground channels established for rescue operations were, except for normal hazards, rather safe and casualties were light in carrying out the program, A large proportion of those rescu ed were complete families, since reprisals by ·hhe,,Nazis were extremely severe. Most of the movement was aero ss the borders, but as vlinter approaches this escape method will be come more hazardous due to the tell-tale tracks in the snow. More recently wider experiments .have been made with escape by sea routes and the results justify an e:iqlansion of such facilities, Appropriate arrangements have been made_with the Swe_dish authorities - particularly as to necessary fuel sup plies, It is possible, however, that increased German patrol activity in these sea areas will eventually render these rescue operations as d13.!1~erous as _:t;ll_ose previously attempted in the Baltic, B. ·REilief Ope:r'~tions. These acti.Yities were• of a great variety ar!d, similar;f to the rescue operatl_· ens, have- been entirely success- .ful. A large part of the .food parcels, clothing, shoes, _medicines and other supplies have gone into Norway under the Swedish licensing system, and the only important consideration was to make sure (a) that relief was brought to the most needy cases, and (b) that these supplies reached the ultimate bene .ficiaries and did not fall into the hands of the Germans. Adequate s~eguards were taken with respect to both points, Illegal relief operations in Norway were carried out - 15 - through several. channels. The Norwegian Labor group sent in a substantial volume of supplies and No~vegian currency which were distributed by their underground organization. They also sent in necessary supplies to maintain the underground engaged in _transporting refugees across the border into Sweden. Part of the funds placed at my discretion by American Relief for Norway was turned over to certain officials of the Norwegian Legation here connected with the Norwegian Home Front, and these funds were used to purchase equipment, clothing, food and medicines. This project was related to the safeguarding of approximately· 10,000 Norvregian youths hiding in the forests and the maintenance of rescue facilities for them at such time as their lives were endangered. With the cooperation of the Swedish Foreign Office, a very helpful working arrangement was made with the Swedish Consul General in Oslo, who for some time had quietly and without any credit been doing an enormous amount of good for ______cO_ppi'essed_an · The only recurring criticism I -ttave heard against American relief actions in Norway, and this was not-directed at the War Refugee Board, has_ been that too much discretion has been given the No1~1egian Labor Party, which is employing t!J.is to political advantage - sometimes discriminatively. There may be-something to this,·-and it- is one of the reasons- why the funds placed at my discretion have gone into other channeis. On the other himd, the need for heavy and well organized relief and rescue operations in Norwa;y: is tremendous an$ it certainly can not be di8puted that the Labor group has carried out its program very efficiently, IV, Danish Rescue and Relief Operations, These were engaged in only on a very limited scale. There is a young group, quite sKilrful and venturesome, which is --· ·---::_ --· operating an underground for a variety of purposes distinctly in the interest of the Allies, includingcounter-intelligence, sabotage, propaganda,_ transport of refugees and several _<>tha"r ·.-..... - 17 - activi tie,s quite distasteful to the German occupying authori ties in Denmark. They also have an organization functioning in .Denmark to rescue Allied airmen who are shot down, and my interest appeared about the time they had smuggled two American airmen with broken legs out of a hospital and had gotten them as far as the Danish coast, As yet they have been unable to get them to Sweden, The organization is doing very good work, however, but is constantly hampered by lack of funds, Accordingly, this project is receiving Vlar Refugee Board financing to the extent of 5,000 Swedish kronor monthly, Attached as an exhibit is a statement covering the activities of this group, which it is believed speaks for itself, Perhap_s only a hundred refugees have been brought out of Denmark through these facilities, but they have been an extreme ly "hot" group, About the same number have beencarried back into Denmark to devise various types of entertainment and/or distraction for the occupying authorities, This has been a very interesting group to work with, worth much more than the 10,000 Swedish kronor invested to date, v. Balkan Rescue and Relief Operations. -- - ·- Results: Approximately 6 ,OOOHUiigarian Jews brought under Swedish prot'e'ction an([ segregated in areas o:f greater_ saf?J;y. Many thous;;m!'t Hungarian and Ruman ian Jews given urgently needed food, medicine.e and 1!\~~ey. Rescue and relief operations in the Balkans could, of course, be organized and directed fromcountries in closer proximity to the area than .Sweden, which also had rep~esenta tiv¥.~ of the War Refugee Board, Accordingly, the principal e:f:fort :from here was to exploit :fully whatever· Swedish channe,Is appe,~ed particularly strategic, In this connection, Swedish dip~g}iratic representation in these count:desc seemed the. out- .---•. - _}- ' - standing :factor to work on and was in fact explored very - 18 - actively. As previously stated, the Swedish Foreign Office has at all times been extremely cooperative in these matters and of tremendous assistance. Also, a few of the local Jewish organizations had certain· quite effective channels with the Balkan·countries, due in part to working channels through the Swedish Foreign Office, and these also were studied from the point of view of possible expansion. With respect to the latter, not much was accomplished due mostly to the distances involved. A. Hungarian Rescue and Relief Operations. This program went extremely well and, based on information available here, probably was the most construc tive action initiated from anywhere for the relief of the Hungarian Jews. The keystone of the entire operation was the willingness of the Swedi.sh Foreign Office to as.sign .an Attach~ to it.s Legation in Budapest exclusively for the purpose of initiating relief actions for the Hungarian Jews, The Attach~ sent, Roaul Wallenberg, was personally known to us and was in fact our choice, Very energetic, great initiative and re' sourcefUlness, and sincerely concerned with the urgency of the problem. Despite th§!:fact that he was constantly ridiculed by the Hungarian Nazis, he left no stone unturned in pressing for conditions of greater safety and comfort for as -many Hungarian Jews as.possible, The first major action initiated was to get as many Hungarian Jews as possible under Sw~dish protection, Such· protective papers \Vere issued to all Hungarian Jews who had relatives or close friends in Sweden, or had long established business connections with Sweden. Approxilnately 6,000 persons were found eligible - out of thousands of applications filed. The nextstep was to get this group released from the series -. - 19 --- of string~nt r'~gulations and controls imposed upon the Jews, and to move them to areas of greater comparative safety, Consequently, this program not only brought considerably more safety and comfort to this group, but in turn made available a fairly large group more or less free to lend a hand in bringing relief to their less fortunate associates, After as man:~r as possible had been brought under Swedish protection, activities then shifted to a series of local relief projects, These included the distribution of funds to needy persons, the,.purchase and distribution of certain food or clothing, the establishment of community housing facilities, and' organ izing a hospital facility, Several thousand Jews benefited from these activities, not only physically but definitely as a strong morale factor, Throughout the entire period the Swedish Legation main- tained an increasing pressure upon Hungarian authorities, not only with respect to the group it was protecting, but in con nection with the overall official policy of the Hungarian ailthori ties towards the-Jews; UnquestionabTy these- efforts have done much to prevent the introduction of an even more savage treatment of the Jews. B. __ Relief and Rescue Operations in Rumania, .-The'el~·were very limited in scope and the results somewhat obscure. Indirect and unofficial pressure was brought to bear on the Runianian Legation here with respect to the policy of the Rumanian Government towards the Jews, and these· approaches were received very sympathetically and per;_ haps were helpful. Chief Rabbi Ehrenpreis had good working __ channels through t}le Swedish Foreign Office and certain officials and religious leaders in'Rulnania, with the result that several urgently neede-d relief actions were carried out - 20 - with the assistance of 25,000 Swedish kronor turned over to him from available W.R.B. funds. Also established working contacts with the Svenska Israels Missionen, an organization of Christian Jews which seemed to be able to move around Rumania with comparative freedom in the more troublesome days. It was engaged primarily in relief ·operations since they were unsuccessful in obtaining Palestine permits for a group which could have been evacuated, The activities of this group were not extensive, but financial assistance was arranged for them from the United States and there is every reason to believe that their efforts were well worth-while. Some negotiations were held with the Rumanian Legation in Stockholm with respect to transport facilities for the evacuation of Jews from Rumania to Turkey, .but these were dropped upon advice that the Vlar Refugee Board was pushing a similar program from Turkey. C. Relief Operations in Bulgaria. These activities were also quite lirllited, the most importruit of which was to exert ·the greatest--poifsTI5le in~ -- -- formal pressure on the local Bulgarian Minister for a relaxa tion of Jewish persecutions. Two infornial notes were given f him on the subject. The first reply was not satisfactory but definite assurances were relayed from the Bulgarian Foreign Office with respect to the second, stronger note. See attach- _ ment. Chief Rabbi Ehrenpreis, as former Chief. Rabbi of Bulgaria, had rather good connections wit!} BuJ,garia arid a part of the 25,000 Swedish kronor turned over 'to him was-used for the .re- lief of Bulgarian Jews. However, the program was not ex tensive, or-even as broad as it could have been, ·. - 21 - VI. Activities With Respect to the Rest of Europe, These efforts were not on any organized pattern but were undertaken from time to time when special circumstances sug gested a hope that certain approaches might be helpful, For example, channels were found for directing a strong appeal to Goering, on an excellent personal basis, on behalf of the Jews in Theresiendstadt, Bergen-Belsen and other well known Jewish concentration camps in Europe, For some unknown reason, Goering replied that he was able to give the highest personal assurances that conditions in Theresiendstadt were entirely satisfactory, but that he was powerless to inter- vene elsewhere, He stated that he had endangered his Party position because of his intervention in behalf of Jews and that he no longer was strong enough in such matters to ex ercise a controlling influence. On other occasions, certain well connected German authorities wereo approached informally and unofficially with respect to the evacuation of Baltic Jews, as well as the transport to Sweden of South American Jews, These negotiations were unusual, to say the least, but despite assurances of a reciprocal interest in humanitarian matters nothing concrete developed except perhaps a gain of time.- The food parcel traffic to concentration camps in Europe was explored very carefully and every possible encouragement and stimulant was given to an expansion of this traffic, This became increasingly urgent as the flow of parcels from other neutral countries wasointerrupted, coupled with the in creasing clarity of the fact that the Germans were finding it interesting to experiment with the _simple process of just starving the_Jews to death, It was possible to increase the _,f - shipments of food parcels from Sweden substantially to such - 22 - areas as Theresiendstadt, ·Bergen-Belsen, Polish concentration camps and several other areas where conditions were acute, Thousands of packages have now been going forward monthly, Funds supplied by the _War Refugee Board have been made avail able to finance the shipment of parcels for certain penniless refugees in Sweden who were ~able to send packages to their relatives in Europe, Through these and other measures, the flow of food parcels, medicines and clothing into Germany, Poland, Czecho slovakia and Austria have been increased to a considerable degree, although still far short of requirements, Shipments to Poland from Sweden were interrupted this week, due to technical difficulties and perhaps will not be resumed, VII. Assistance to Refugees in &11eden, As previously indicated, the activities of_the War Refugee Board were extensively publicized in Sweden, with the result that almost every Swedish organization struggling with refugee problems, as well as hundreds of refugees (particular. ly stateless) streamed into the American Legation with all sorts of problems and proposals. With respect to the refugees themselves, it was, of course, necessary in self defense to refer them toorganized relief aild Charitable groups although it was possibl-e t'o gather considerable first- . " hand knowledge of the severe difficulties facing these groups _in the interim period when they are unable to adjust them selves. So far as the relief and welfare organizations were-concerned, however, we at all tinies worked with them very closely in an effort to make it clear. that in its rescue -operations -the -War Refugee Board was fully mindful of· the collateral responsibility arising from the evacuation of these refugees to areas: of safety. '·r: .. •. - 23 - The problem was particularly active with respect to the stateless refugees - somewhat over 3,000 (German, Austrian, Poles, Czechs, etc.) o:f which seventy-:fi ve pe_rcent were Jews, Many o:f these were youths whose parents had lost their lives in Europe and a most urgent requirement seemed that o:f pro viding :for their educational advancement, lvlany had in fact completed some o:f the requisites :for a college degree but the most of them were at a complete stalemate working as dish- washers, domestics, laborers, etc. Acc.ordingly, the interest and collaboration of the City of Stockholm was obtained, and a special office established for stateless refugees. Through the financial support of the International Rescue and Relief Committee iri New York, a good program is now underway to assist this group of refugees in their educational require ments. A somewhat related and coordinated program was worked out with another Swedish group (S,D;U,), :financed in part by War Refugee Board funds, and which specialized in handicraft training, Most of the liaison with the Swedish organizations, as well as with the relief bureaus of the various foreign lega' tions here, has been carried out by my assistant, Mrs. Tove Filseth Ta.u, who has heretofore had a most dist_inguished record in humanitarian fields, and worked most tirelessly and effectively in this new assignment, Her efforts havereceiv-. ed the highest praise in Sweden and she was indeed a very valuable assistant, VIII. Financial Accounts. Attached is an accounting of the various funds placed ·at my discretion by theWar Refugee Board. Separate accounts have been kept for each type of fund ~authorized. It will be noted that o:f the approximately 1,20b,boo Swedi-sh kronor ,,, - 24 - placed at·my disposal through the efforts of the War Refugee Board, good receipts have been obtained against the dis bursement of all except about 3,000 kronor. Every effort was made to control thei'Je expenditures as closely as p6ssi ble and it is believed that the funds were expended honestly and with good value received, Report on the illegbl route of the "STUDENTS' H IHMATION SERVICE" SPMiliDfWTI A~. Hjalmar:Ravnbo, Malmo, Nov,3rd, 1944. Arne Sejr, "Grand"Hotell, Malmo, Mr, Iver O:Lsc:n, The American Let_ation, Stockholm, Together wi tll my comrade Hjalrr,ar Ravnbo, I went back to Denrnc.rk in the rrdddle of li!ay 1944, in order to reorganize- the illegal org,;nization "'Uhe StudenU! Iufor::rc.tion Service", ~'his was done in such a way that the organization got three main groups I, The -"cti ve Groc>.ps, II, 'l'he Paper Group, III, 'l'he Boat Group. In addition to ttese three grou.ps there has lat The three Main Groups were kept str_:i:ctly apart, in order to prevent that a blow ciirecteG agC>.inst one of them b;{ the Gestapo; cc.---- should not afflict the two others. The l\:ain Group III: Before our return to Denmark, there existed in l:alml.i one large route, Red.Hendil's, an-:i a smaller route, which workec! for "The Free- Danes". On, account of thc, r•.,ports we were receiving from home, ·and- the special tasks wh:lch still were to be solved, we decided to·attach a third group to: Gro-cp I and II. \ie ------:------'--s.p.c•Ju_o_:_t_o_t;JJ.l;c_j"!J.ready__ exis_tine;Jo_g_t_e_s___ i_l1_l'falm1.i and told them o-c.r in- _:_t;ention, SO that they Bhould be fully orientat_e<:o cabocct ol:n:·· actiVity-, 1 - During our visit to Denmark. we also negotiated with th Cn i:leptewb&r 2nd., \'Je '!Jere t:iven 5 000 kr., ;;nO. for tr.ce same period we received l 500 kr·, fnorn lflr.Georg l<'rson, Ti'k route had at that ti,;;e been going for three weeks, thov.gh it had nr;t been runnlng on full cepac-ity. Tt!e capital for -tllf:: o;.~eration of it·.in th&t peri6d, ''-'EJ hc=-J.d 1. orrovte : . .".n agreement was made with the le[~der oi' thto rovte of the" "Free bc,.nes" in lf.almo, -and b.otv1een our Eo at Group &ncl the organiza tion "J>'ree. Danes" e.t home, that the tm) routes--v,ere to be synchron ized, i.e, that ti,e "Ji'ree Danes" were to sail on .. thEe days when we did not s2.il. In additi;·,n We at that time made an agre_ement ?lith our grc;up that it should defray all e"penses for Loats v1hich• came --right over. 'l'he fiprres for theEe journeys, therefore do not· o.ppcar in tile &-ccount:c. About tLree weeks ago the .. rocct.o of .. the "Free Danes" had to- -be-- ~tor..~~.erl -on- account of___ tG~ _eyt::.r.J..tl( ~-1i ho~e-, but it· is c8rt8.in to ljG starteci. age.. in SOOno 'i'his rbu.te-- is only a Utail --_r;cc)ute iiitci.---has two--· or three contacts a week, There are iri lfialmo to-day two routes which can take yussengers, . rw;nely · Ed.i tcr hendil' s ·ar,--d our route, The ne cessity oi having two and not one route has on severa.l occasions be ~or. proved, when conditions at home have prevented the, one from sailing, whereas the, other l1as been able to cor,tirme so there was no brce'.k in connections, Since Sepj;eittbe;r. 2nd., we hsve regubrly had ca. :; mail contactc: a week, and a couple of contacts a ,>,eek which have 1Jeen able to transco:rt passengers and ·lc.rger p 'St p8.rcelsF in both dire tion:=, Since Septc:raber 2nd, we have_ mic· our routetransported about 60 refugees to SweO.en and have in the same: period of' time, set1t 20_Danish patriots back to Denmark on special ruissions. You may re member that I promised to try to get the names'of these 60 people. But on my req_uest to the i:lwedish authorities yesterday, Nov .11. 44, they were UI1willing to release the nari!es i:n arrear. But in the future we will see to it that we get a list of the refugees ~ie -receive~ q Since the route was started we i1avc regul&rly Gent ;:tail to th"' followiHe; ore;wdsations: :j. LawJ ana .C eopl", 2, ]'ree Demuark, ),:f.lhe ] 1 r~E: Danes, 4. The Students' Inforrr.&tion Service, '),Danish Union, 6,Danish J?ress, 7 .The Dane, · 8, '.i'he Church' JPront, 9.The Free Press, lO,Phpto Revue, 1·1. News from Great :britain, l2,1.'he Liberty Covncil, 13,The Inforcna.tiou, To each of these org8l,ization we ev !.;onthly )Jer:b'licals: l.The ·Best(Det Basta) 2.EverytJ-Jing (Allt) i'i, · The ':.-or ld l'ress (Varlclsl:'ressen) 4, Bnglish Digest, 5 • To-Da.)' (I Dag) , 6, Sphere, 7. £'icturepoat, B,Obs, . 9. l! ews from Dena.ark ( Nyt fra Danrnarll)lO, The E'uture ( E'rerr,tiden) , .l<'ortnightly fJE:riodicals: _12, The Econo,r,ist, l3,No\•/ (Nu), lt;, Norwegian Times (Norsk Tidende) l:J,1'he Dane (:UanskereiiVi; lC, The .feople e.nd the DefE:nee ·17 ,Ne;1s accross the Atalntic (Folk ocli Forsvar) (.i'iyt over .i-.talru:.ten) 18. News fcom Great. Britain (Nyheter fra Storbri tt:nian), Weekly periodicals: 19. London cal.i.ing, 20, Despite Zverything ( Trotts iilli} 21, Voices on the Air(Roster i Radio22, Times Vleekly. 23, Free Derunark (Frit Danrnark), 24, The ~iill of the .People 25, l<'reedom (Friheden), (Folkviljan) Daily Information Service: l. '!'he Norwegian....;Swedish l'ress Service- -- 2,'rhe iunerican. 3, The English, 4.The Hussian, 5. The Chinese, 6, 1'he French. 7, Cuttings from the follo·!'ing~ news;...loapers: Dagens Nyheter, - 4 - Goteborg Hm ;ls-och Sj of' arts tidning, '-· Jkholms-'l'i':ningen, ~3v~onska dagbladet, iflorgontidni.ngen, Sydsvenska Dagbladet, l·Ty Dag and ld'ton tidni.ngen, In a:Jdi tion to thGfJe publisbi(igs which we senri tomE- regu larly a.ncl as the,y are issued, w& have s1mt: 8 000 cooies of the "USA" and 16 000 ;, pe.p0r "Liberty" ( }'riheden) ;,e have furtl!er trans~·orted Allied propagcllida to tn0 Germc.n soldiers in Denmark and Germ~.ny, 'plf:cards to be p..iste•. up, ca. 2 00(; from mr.Lacson and eJmu filii'" for the V<"riouc. organizations, among them ":,by ·.;•e ~'ight", the f'il!ll from the licerati0n of h.ris, film· a>lcaratus,and some raw film,luc;.ni tion for pistols a.nd some cigarettes for those, who figh't at ho::,e, 3 flat duJ;J.icators (Fladdu plikatorer),;;.hoto rnater·ial fro''' tfle ,·.llie·.1 countri~os and tetween ~() ~.nd ::;o letters per tri;.; to tl'w orgardzations :md pri vr, te peo£cle, 'i'llere hav..o in ttl,_ same :Yeorioc'< of' tiliHo b 1. Niels Etbesen: Demnarks Fate. 2, Denmark Says No, . 3. Denmark Under GroUnd, 4 • .A,Troelsen Terp: From the F'ront in Denmark, 5. Fer i.COller: They iiose, · 6. Kaja Thorsen: 'Phey Came,'!le Fought, 7. Knud Secher: Danmark in Comba.t .• B. Sabo.tage;Terror and other Aspects of Daily Life in Denmark, 9. Seidenfaden: Hitler frotects Denmark. 10. Barth: l'risoner in Oranienbure. 11, '!i,Churchill: BlCJod,Sweat and Tears, 12, Step by Step, · 13. glJ:te.-J:l<;~g;i,RR4Rg-e:{:-'i;J.s-;i!.)'Hl, The End of the Beginning. 14. " UntiringFight, (?) 15. . _ l!'orwards To'r.ards Our Victory, 16. Savrola. 17. Brown ';'inez ell: ooTile 1'rutll about HonJj:ong 18, Vii1lia1!l Baratan: India'·s ... zero Hour, 19: Douglas Head: Hitler' l'i l<'all. 20: Vansittart: The LessoiJS oi:' [·,:y Life, 21: Nicholson: England At 1/lar. 22, Hedin: !<;ngland .l'lays l.Jp, ·23, Roosevelt~s Spe~ches. 24: Lippmann: America' Foreign Policy. 25: Sir .E'ilip Gibbs: ..:.merica GoEis to Viar. _26: Jay E'rartklin: America Is Changed, 27: G,!liackensie: Roosevelt. 28, Ted.Vi,Lawson: 30 Seconds Gver 'l'okyo. 29 ~ >Yhi te: 1'hus Ili e (ueens. 30. O'Hara: r{jy Frien l<'J,icko.• 31. Prouty: Under New Stars. 32. Stalin Builds, 33, Stalin Speaks .•- .. ------·- - 34. J ,Stalin: The National ·::.uestion, 35. Scau: Vihat Is Russia Doing Beyond Ural? ·--____-_c:_ ___2§._§_1;~I!.J3:Lure·· Peteron_:_:_D:!g$ll!'kNrl·The Question Mark Beyond ·ural. 37. N. Basseches: The Unknolrn_~:Army. - 5 - 38, Henry C,Cassidy: Russian Revsille, 39. Herbert Kraus: .Stalin's Russi~. 40. ·:ianda 'Nasilewska: ·J'he Om0n, 41, Benes: Democracy, 4;',Hin0.us: Singing, 43. T'ien Chi.i.n: To•,-m in ,L;gu·st. 4~. Harubro: I Saw It Happen in Forw y. 45. 11 How Peace Is Won. 46. Kielland: If a ?eople '.'/ants t•j Live. ~ 7. " Live Life lJangeromo;ly. 4f3, Harald JolLnsen: l'he Horweg:ban 'l'ragely. 49. Carsten }'rog;rmr: 'l'he Invisible Front. 50. Jerneck: The l'eople ·. .'ithout F';;oar. 51. Grieg: ;_,electe· . .Poems, 52. ~rnulf OverlbnU: Select0c ~oems. 53. GtU1n8.r Heiss-Jl.l'!dcrsen: '/;ar l;Ot:lli:::: fTOiii ?.\or-nay. 54. ? ::iar ..2oems. 55. Jolm iiteinbeck: 1'he !;;oori Is ilo'lm, 56. Korvied: The Cou.ntry .. ithout a Cui:cling, 57 • .i:-au.l Ollberg: ?oland'e ~·ate, 58. The .Polish White Book, 59. Lise Lindbak: Thousand Norwegia.n Ships. 60. Denmark's Liberation Council Speakf:, 61, Vindex: Stalinism. 62. Victo:r: Vinde: ·The Jo'ree l!'rance. 63. Etta Shiber: Undergraun!l; in :F·aris, 64. Don Betteridge: General Gerard's Plight. 65 • .E'er Oluf Zennstrom: 'l'h8 _Underground PrancE:, 66. Siri RathsrfJan: Vichy Loses the Game: 67. ? : lilaquis, 68. F.Heller: The Last ifJarch of the Gladiators. 69. Filippo .Bojcn::to: '!;Ci thou.t j,:asks. 70. -Agne Harnrin: The Fall -of the -'-'ictator. 71. Have They a iiight to 'Live. 72. Geoffrey Eousehold: Attack Aga:i,nst th.o Dictator, 73. HailE -Habe! Even If Thoussnds FalL 74. Ethel Vance: Repris,,ls. f 75. ReJrnolds: The '.'.'ovnded Do Hot llioan; 76. Fredborg: Behind the Steel V!all. 77. Gunnar .Fihl: G<=rma.ny Does tLe Last Rounder. 78. Rauschnigg: TheILen Around Hitler Speak. 79. " 'i'he Revolution of Nihilism, 80, The Brute and the Great ?eace. 81. _ Attemr,ts ',';j_ th Hitler; 82, Thyesen: I Paid Hitler. 83. Emil-Ludwig: .The Eternal Gerrnc:n, 84. I·eter '','iener: How A u;aster Race is ilrov.g{lt "P• 85. WeL.imfeld'! GoetbeJ!s E,c1;&ri .• ent. 86. 5oltau: I 'lias to iiieFor Hitle:r·. 87. Marcellloutary: I lias Hitler's ::ilave. 88, Gronbtorg: I ;-;as Agent for Gestapo, ee. Hagen: '£his Is Gestapo. 90. Jan .Petersen: The Victinis of' the Secrc.t rolic(;), ------6 - 91, E'ri tz Deck: Germany ·,Vithout Stage: Decorations. 92, V:ichel l'c,ter: Can Germany 8tand .l.t, 9), Eric .Liwlquist: l'he Gerwan Home J!'ront. 94 • .Pauline Kohler: I ·.·;r;,H l:i tler 1 s Chamber l··!aiu, 95, i\;artin Schov: On Und ergrour:~. ki s-si on in Germany. 96, Joachim l•'r:otnk: ',:hat nre ·:,·e to lJo ...iith the Germans. 97, Unsuccessful Hevoluti·on, 98, Uxky.ll: l'rocedure At;ainst GGrm=y. 99, ~'ritz B&nur: Phe 'liar Criwin".ls bei'ore Court, 100, Otto Friden: Germany ilfter. Hitlwr, 101, ·:ialdeck: His Excellency X, 102, kyrdal: Warning ;,g'otiJ;st .h,ace Ovtimimn, 103, Car: :i'hE) Conditions for :Peace. lC4, Agar: How is the .l:'EJace iJecured, 1C5, l!'rederich Ruck: Peace ·;;ithout Security. 106, Bechman: How.Can the Democracies .Ourvive the .L-eacc., 107. 'ii, .brandt: After the Victol'Y, 108, Lilliehook: Democracy is De::td - Live Democracy, 109, Hobbins: .The Economy of the '.'>'ar. · 110, Myrdal: 1'he International Negotiations in 111, Vickraan: ·Victory. \',':~.shiLgton. 112·.· The ·rurnin,<; faint. 113. New Order,· 114, The Dictatorships, 115, European Tnagedy. 116. Bergrens: The Truth About .Eleligion, 117, Zweig: 'l'he ','iorld of Yesterday, 118, Major General Lanken: 'l'he North AS a Strategic Unit, ll9, Sven Larson: The Beveridge l'lan, 120. The Eoyal Institute o:f International Affairs: l'he rTcr,lel!l Gerr::tcny. 121: Elomcfuist: Ji'rau Viie;nar. 122, " : · England's Hoacl, 12), 'l'he Second ;'iorld '::ar I-V. 124. Lagarstr·ora: Rag Dolls. 125. Daly: Broad Sides, 126, John ,\Valterson: East_· of tlw Bug, 127, V, Starikow: '!hth the rarti sans. .f 128, knut FrLmg: Did They Die in-Vain~ 129. LE:on H.orlay: The_ l<'ifth Tim<: It 'Norkec. l)O, Stefan Szende: The Last JeVf from roland, 1:51. Henhirig i:loderhj elm: Finla,,d and the 1-Torth. 132. Hans Ostelius: The .Aircraft '.'.ins, ll3. Eyvind Johnson- G. A.,: 7iarzaw, 134. Stig Hock: 1942:...1944, 135. Four Years of the '/iorla kolitics inGaricature, 136, Occupatio!l Hl_W,our from Norway and lJsnmo.rk, 137. Baluwin: Thro Btrategy ofVictory. 138, .Marchall: 1'he _Great Adventtire; 139. Fedorova: The E'a,<.i ly, 140. Mac Innes: Mission In llretagne, ------7- Of' all ti1ese different books some have be10:n sent, over in the number of 50, At the close of' next week the nlJJr,ber of books, which r:ave been ·sent home, will amount to 1 200, In ado.ition to the bokks which are mentione .. i above, other apd a number of ph.ys h l!'rom-:-the other side Yle hav8 recei vee! mail from tne dif ferent orge.nizations, which we forward to their representatives in Sweden. '.'ie ah•o regulc"rly receive the pape:c of' the ore;;mizatiom: ,__s they are issued, IV:oreover we get Information Service for 1jrivate in formation or to be sent on to D,i','l', :,md our own orgunization's daily NEWS SERVICE, which also iil forwarded to D.P.~!. Our peo1..le have in tr~e last days in the ;;iouth of Denmark captured a DEnish Custommers' toat, the Germans had in mind to Seize it,now it has been sent over to this c0Uhtry. Concerning the future work of" the orgalization, I per,;.i t Ju.y self to refer to Captain Schou, Frigat2n 4, Stockholm, ','o'i ttl ~'ri 0iJuly greetir.gs .L~rne 0ejr (sign.) Ge~eral, L i e t z m a n n. He carne officially to Sweden via Finland. The main body of Estonlan nation has always been pro Anelo- Saxon and against Germans, Therefore activities of l;;r, Scheel and his supporters are sometimes considered against Estonian and allied interests. !Vir. Scheel and his supporters· know that perfectly well and now they are making all efforts to improvil'" them rene~~ and to prove that they are acting according to Estonian interests. Dealing with evacuation and collecting mony for that purpose is therefore a wellcomed op')ortunity, By tha way this activity proves to be a good business. So far he has been able to collect about 50 000.- krones, mostly donations by Swedish banks and congregations. Tha~ fund is used by him as a personal money, without any control by donators or by Estonian patriotic ciicles, His main interest so far has been to buy gasoline from hi·s son at black-market priceses Kr, 2.40 per, liter and sup8ly 11 some private eterprenewu. 11 fishers and adventurers with gc;soline for the fil(st t_l.oip_; All ad.vimturers take it- as a good opportunity to earn money. I Allmost all these boats E.t'e .not __ sutable for·- that purpose. They lack the necessa~ry-- speed are opened fishing-boats _with old motors etc,, but they need little gasoline (aboJt 200 -300 lit~ per one trip). One of such boat reached back some days ago 1!:1 sinking conditions being on thc; sea with 18 persons about three days and nights, His personal boat has made some trips. He haspayed f'or one trip Kr. 10 000.-, as he himself' told me . Among_ th.e per_sons he brought out were some vrelllmown · guislings;: collaborators ·--~-. -_- - - and- high officials in the German administration, for. instance ·.'