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The End Approaches
Later in the year, toward the end of October, I
had another opportunity to visit London. The
Swedish Government Committee for International
Aid had started its activities, under the
chairmanship of Birger Ekeberg, then President of the Court
of Appeals. This committee wanted to send out
representatives to get in touch with British and other
Allied aid organizations, and also to try to contact
Allied headquarters, which were located, after the
invasion, near Paris. The secretary of the
Government Committee, Associate Member of the court of
Appeals, Leijonhufvud, the chairman of the doctor’s
society for international aid, Dr. Ulf Nordwall, and
I were assigned to make the journey.
On a dark October evening, we boarded an
American plane at Bromma airport. This plane was being
used to repatriate American pilots who had been
interned in Sweden, and we had permission to use
it for this trip. The procedure of my former journey
was repeated. We were given detailed instructions
on the use of our parachutes and, on that occasion,
I noticed that a small whistle was attached to each
one. When I asked what it was for, the American
pilot answered that it would be useful to have if one
had to parachute into the North Sea, as it enabled
one to call for help. He also pointed out a small
electric lamp on the life belt. I have to admit that I
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