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In the Europe of Total War
In accordance with the proposal I handed to the
supervisory board of the Swedish Red Cross, in which
I had set forth my opinion that the personal contact
between the Swedish Red Cross and its sister
organizations ought to be further developed, I was
directed to travel to Germany and Switzerland in
November of 1943. The purpose of this trip was to
try to interest the German Red Cross and the German
authorities in the continued repatriation of medical
personnel, prisoners of war, and perhaps even
civilians, as well as to discuss these questions with the
International Committee of the Red Cross and to
inform the Committee of the plans of the Swedish
Red Cross for international aid. The negotiations I
conducted with the Germans in Berlin were in the
nature of preliminary discussions, as I wanted to
have the opinion of the Swiss before I made a
definite proposal. My intention was to take up the
matter again in Berlin, on my return from Geneva,
and to negotiate further with the Germans at that
time. Later developments prevented these
negotiations, however, for reasons which I shall refer to
presently.
I took with me to Geneva some documents from
the President of the Swedish Red Cross, H. R. H.
Prince Carl, in which he expressed the wish of his
organization to assist in an intensified repatriation
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