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will be vigorously pressed until victory is
complete.”[1]
Mr. Boheman and I, on leaving the American
Legation, went on to the residence of the Foreign
Minister, who pointed out that the answer from
the United States was far from unexpected. It
was decided that I should leave Stockholm at once,
meet Schellenberg, and hand the answer to him.
Mr. Günther said that, if I went personally to
present the answer, a break in the means of
negotiation would be averted. On April 27th I flew to
Odense, where I met Brigadeführer Schellenberg
and presented the Western powers’ reply to
Himmler’s offer of capitulation. At first it seemed
to make him very depressed. There was now, he
said, scarcely any possibility of a solution. After
we had discussed the matter for a while he seemed
to become more hopeful. In spite of everything
he thought there might be a way to bring about
a capitulation in Norway and Denmark, thus
preventing these two countries from becoming
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