840.48 Refugees/4557: Telegram
The Minister in Sweden (Johnson) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 10—2:30 a.m.]
3261. Boheman41 has just informed that number of Danish refugees now in Sweden has reached 6000, 1800 having arrived within last 24 hours. Of the total number fully 90% are Jews. He said that there are approximately 6000 Jews registered in Denmark as of Hebrew faith. Number of Jews unregistered because of belonging officially to no faith or conversion to Christianity is not known but he does not believe number is great. Germans have not yet made any reply to Swedish démarche (my 3149, September 30, 10 p.m.) and Boheman doubts that any reply will be made. Increase in press articles in Germany attacking Sweden he thinks are in fact directed and constitute a form of reply to Swedish protest. Boheman regrets violence of Swedish press comment and attacks on Germany which he thinks unnecessary and blustery as logical conclusion of such attacks would mean a Swedish declaration of war on Germany which is out of question. He remarked, that in view of fact almost entire Jewish population of Denmark is now in Sweden, objective of Swedish démarche in Berlin has been attained.
- E. C. Boheman, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs.↩