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mine, and I refrained from asking any questions.
I had come to Paris to discuss details connected
with Sweden’s humanitarian mission and for no
political purpose.
The following day, November 3rd, I attended
a luncheon given at the Hotel Bristol by the
Swedish Chargé d’Affaires, K. A. Belfrage.
Among those present were my two traveling
companions, Doctor Ulf Nordwall, medical adviser
on post-war problems to the Swedish Red Cross,
and Baron Erik Leijonhufvud, secretary to the
Swedish Government Committee for
International Relief. In addition there was our Consul
General Raoul Nordling. I must admit that this
man fascinated me. His enthusiasm was as
irresistible as it was inspiring. I had, of course, read in
the papers about Nordling’s magnificent
contribution to the liberation of Paris. I knew that he
had played a highly important part as negotiator
between the Allied forces and the French
underground movement on the one hand, and the
German occupational authorities on the other.
Nordling is an old Parisian Swede filled with a deep
love of France and the French and a passionate
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