Office of the Historian

340.1115A/1341: Telegram

The Chargé in Sweden (Greene) to the Secretary of State

[Extract]
Stockholm, August 12, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received August 12—2:41 p.m.]

825. Number of passengers sailing on American Legion recorded here follows: Finland 138, Estonia 22, Latvia 18, Lithuania 102, Sweden 250, Norway 182, Denmark 84, Germany 88, Netherlands 13, total 897. Of these 16 are Latin Americans.

The capacity of the ship is reported at 905 including temporary cots. The ship’s master requested that a small percentage less than capacity be allowed to permit him latitude in making assignments to the distinguished guest41 and party.

The last group left Stockholm at 1418 today.

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Greene
  1. Crown Princess of Norway; see vol. i , section I under Extension of the European War, entitled “Invasion of Norway and Denmark by Germany.”↩