Office of the Historian

840.48 Refugees/6271: Telegram

The Minister in Sweden (Johnson) to the Secretary of State

Stockholm, June 12, 1944—1 p.m.
[Received June 12—12:23 p.m.]

2100. No. 28. For War Refugee Board. In reply to WRB No. 24 (Department’s No. 1149 of June 864) and Department’s No. 112 to Helsinki.65

Last of initial groups of 100 Jews in Finland arrived during past week. Preliminary arrangements have been concluded with respect to additional group of approximately 50 Jews in Finland of German, [Page 1066] Polish, Lithuanian, Russian and Rumanian origin who have been in Finland for many years, but are now pressing to come to Sweden. List of these persons has been obtained, permission of Finnish authorities for their departure has been granted, and only final details regarding their evacuation to Sweden and subsequent maintenance now remain. This group comprises people of advanced age, mostly unemployables, and, therefore, involves maintenance problems.

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  1. Not printed; it inquired whether central European refugees actually had arrived in Sweden from Finland (840.48 Refugees/5669).↩
  2. Telegram 112 of June 8, not printed; it inquired concerning issuance of Swedish visas for central European refugees (840.48 Refugees/6020).↩
  3. Edmund A. Gullion, Third Secretary of Legation in Finland.↩