858.248/10–544: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Sweden (Johnson)80
2013. London has been requested to repeat to Stockholm and Moscow its 8372, October 4 [5] to the Department (our 1970, September 30, 11 p.m. to you). Please inform Mallet at once that as a matter of principle we naturally concur in the view of the British Foreign Office that the Soviet Government should be informed when there is an actual case of exchange of interned Allied military personnel against members of the German Armed Forces entering Sweden. However, since the present offer of Sweden does not immediately involve an exchange of personnel and since we attach the highest importance to the release of our airmen as soon as possible, we should appreciate it if Mallet could withhold action on his instructions until we have had an opportunity to hear from our military authorities.