Office of the Historian

740.00112 European War 1939/7–1344: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant)

Washington, July 13, 1944—4 p.m.

5490. Personal for the Ambassador. At the direction of the President please deliver the following message from him to the Prime Minister:95

“Swedish exports to the enemy are becoming a very pressing question here. All the circumstances of the war, particularly Soviet successes in the Baltic area, could now be favorably used by us to bring maximum pressure to bear on Sweden to eliminate exports to the [Page 579] enemy. I would appreciate your getting behind the matter personally as Winant is now taking this question up with your people in the Foreign Office.”

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  1. Winston S. Churchill.↩