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characteristics was his strong sense of humor. It was
seldom absent during our talk, and it gave a
charmingly human touch to his personality. The
General is very human, and very humane. He
expressed no hate for those who had been his
antagonists in the second World War, and
certainly none for the enemy’s military leaders.
His subordinates are unanimous as to the
complete absence of any military rigidity in their
Supreme Commander. This characteristic is
perhaps the explanation of his greatest quality: the
magnificent ability with which he has preserved
the team spirit among the Western Allies and,
often under conditions of great delicacy,
adjusted and co-ordinated the sometimes conflicting
wishes expressed from various quarters.
General Eisenhower began his talk by
expressing his appreciation of what I had been able
to do for American airmen in Sweden, and then
went on to discuss the general situation. I noted
particularly that he seemed to have a friendly
understanding of Sweden’s political attitude. In any
event, he stated in the course of this talk that he
was of the firm opinion that Sweden’s neutral
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