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I sent Colonel Sweeney to the West Coast, where
most of the American pilots received their training.
1 despatched another representative to Toronto with
instructions to rent a flying field where the aviators
could be tested, so that only the best would be sent
to Finland. Colonel Sweeney reported that the work
on the Coast was progressing satisfactorily. I learned
also that a Toronto field had been rented without
complications. New reverses soon beset us, however.
One afternoon while on the train from New York
to Pleasantville, where I lived with my family, I saw
startling headlines in the evening papers. Sweeney
had carelessly tried to engage an American who was
not of age, and the young man’s parents had reported
the case to the Federal Bureau of Investigation,
which now began to show a lively interest in
Sweeney’s activities. I began to doubt the outcome
of our project.
Sweeney immediately reported about his
difficulties. When i phoned my representative in Toronto,
who sat waiting for the pilots, he reported that
measures were being taken to close the border to
American pilots wishing to enter Canada. He himself
had been ordered to stay in Canada to be available
to the authorities, and could not return immediately
to New York as I had requested.
This was certainly not a pleasant situation to be
in. I went once more to the Department of State for
advice and to acquaint myself again with their
attitude. The highest authorities, however, considered
the matter not quite so seriously, and promised
future assistance. They even advised me to engage
the American pilots in some Swedish enterprise. The
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