Office of the Historian

740.00112 European War 1939/11–1544: Telegram

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

Washington, November 17, 1944—6 p.m.

2315. Your 4678, November 15; London’s 9993, November 15, repeated to you as 717.22 If the Swedes take unequivocal action to terminate all remaining exports of whatever nature to Germany now, we are prepared to permit a shipment of buna and tyre accessories.

If in order to make sure that buna et cetera reaches Sweden before Gothenburg traffic is stopped, we would not object to the Swedes withholding formal announcement of action until buna arrives, provided exports are in fact completely stopped now by administrative delay or otherwise.23

Repeated to London.

Stettinius
  1. Neither printed.↩
  2. The file copy bears the following handwritten note: “OK FDR.”↩