740.0011 European War 1939/2039: Telegram
The Minister in Sweden ( Sterling ) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 109:30 a.m.]
187. The Swedish Prime Minister18 stated in a communiqué late last night that the German Government had made representations to the Swedish Government expressing its expectation that Sweden would observe strict neutrality. The Swedish Government had replied that it would adhere to the policy of neutrality which on several occasions during the present war had been declared and that it reserved full freedom to take all measures which are deemed necessary for the maintenance and defense of this neutrality.
- Per Albin Hansson.↩