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The Red Cross
In the spring of 1943 I was elected vice-president
of the Swedish Red Cross. I accepted this office with
much gratitude, pleasure and enthusiasm. I was to
begin on September first of that year. I had always
felt a deep respect for the humanitarian ideals of
the Red Cross and for its great tradition. In addition,
as I have pointed out before, my mind had become
more and more occupied with internationakeņnuestions.
Even if the aim of the Swedish Red Crcevailüs
primarily to be of service to its own country, the
organization was a link in a very significant
international body, and I therefore realized that my new
activity would be concerned with problems of
international scope.
My first step was to draw up a plan for the
postwar activities of the Swedish Red Cross. Even if the
final phase of the war could not at this time be
envisaged, it was in any case rather clear which
way events would turn; the German struggle was
doomed to failure, and Allied victory had to come
sooner or later. In the memorandum I drafted for
the supervisory board, I pointed out that the Swedish
Red Cross had to be prepared for immediate action
when the European armistice was signed. It was my
opinion that we should try to contact similar
organizations in other countries as soon as possible.
The Swedish Red Cross works on two fronts, the
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