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gate. I had a letter from Prince Carl to Eden,
suggesting that the British Government cooperate in
getting prisoner exchanges started again. Prince Carl
pointed out that this exchange should be on a larger
scale than the previous ones, and that it should also
include civilian internees. Mr. Eden promised to have
his experts investigate these questions as soon as
possible and to report to Prince Carl through the
Swedish Minister. On the whole, he showed a lively
interest in these matters. His gratitude for the
prisoner of war exchange which had taken place in
Gothenburg the autumn before was obvious. He said
he looked upon it as the most important event which
had occurred in the humanitarian field during the
war. At the end of our conversation, I also touched
upon the Russian problem and stressed the
desirability of the Russian government’’s collaborating in a
coming exchange. Eden stated that he completely
shared the attitude of the Swedish Red Cross toward
this question but he intimated that, in his opinion,
this would be difficult to accomplish.
The greater part of my ten days in London was
spent in conferences with the British Red Cross and
with representatives of other Red Cross organizations
from the Allied countries. The discussions I had
with them were, from a factual point of view, very
interesting. As a Swede, I was also very happy to
note the appreciation expressed by various people
for the contributions the Swedish Red Cross had
been able to make under the leadership of Prince
Carl.
I will not exhaust the reader with a lot of technical
details which were touched upon during these dis-
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