File No. 860d.48/73
The Minister in Sweden ( Morris) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 30, 7.15 a.m.]
1407. Your 487, January 16, 8 p.m. Am now in receipt of note from Swedish Foreign Office, stating that the Swedish Government is ready to authorize the transit of shipments of cereals, flour, and pork, to the Finnish Government, without asking for any compensation from our Government.
Mr. Sayer, the agent in Sweden of Grace & Co., has declared his readiness to assume the responsibility for the control of these shipments [Page 577] while in transit, and says that he does not consider that it will be necessary to send a supercargo with each shipment.
However, I respectfully suggest that no shipments be sent forward until order is once more restored in Finland, as under present conditions it would be impossible to control their distribution.