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Driven Before The Wind
It was with a feeling of real disappointment that
I returned to Stockholm at the end of March. Except
for the personal contacts I had made, all my work
had been in vain, and as far as I knew, no new task
awaited me. However, I had not been home for more
than a fortnight when Germany occupied Denmark
and Norway. All officers were called up, and I
presented myself at my regiment. Soon I had a
conversation with General Rappe, then the Chief of Staff,
who assigned me to a new task. He informed me
that the General Staff was just then organizing a
command to care of the military forces of belligerent
countries which would probably end up in Sweden,
and which, according to existing regulations, would
have to be interned. Already, in September 19839,
they had to take care of the crews of two Polish
U-boats who had fled to Sweden, and a few German
pilots who had made a forced landing off the Swedish
coast. General Rappe asked me if I would accept the
responsibility of heading the organization for the
internment of foreign military personnel.
Events now developed rapidly. A Norwegian
division of between four and five thousand men crossed
the Norwegian-Swedish frontier and we had to take
immediate steps to care for the personnel and
materiel. I travelled to Dalecarlia to arrange for
their billeting. It was very interesting to meet these
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