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Schellenberg’s Story
was I who, through my personal connections in
Sweden, had taken the initiative in arranging your
mission. Ribbentrop and Kaltenbrunner regarded
me as responsible for the pardon and liberation
of the seven so-called Warsaw Swedes,[1] and they
tried to show that my intervention in this case,
especially in view of the hostility of the Swedish
press towards Germany, was a great political
blunder. In a general way they did everything
they could to inflame Hitler’s antipathy to
Sweden, particularly by giving him reports about
the training of Norwegian policemen in Sweden.
I told Wagner, what was the truth, that I had no
knowledge of your projected visit, and I informed
Himmler as well as Kaltenbrunner about these
conversations. Himmler was interested, but also
annoyed that the arrangements for your journey
should have gone through the Legation in
Stockholm, and consequently through the Ministry for
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