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lists of names of the Swedes who were living in the
Russian Sector of Berlin.
Regarding efforts to provide food for children,
Smirnov did not consider himself the proper person
to make a decision, but promised to arrange a meeting
with the right man in the Russian Military
Government. The discussion, which lasted about an hour,
was marked by considerable ceremonial politeness
alternating with humorous remarks, and I left
General Smirnov’s office with a decided feeling of the
usefulness of personal contacts: possibly quite a few
prejudices which perhaps both of us had had before
our meeting had been dispelled by our discussion.
”The right man” in the Russian Military
Government proved to be an old acquaintance from
Stockholm, the former Counseller of the Legation,
Semenov, who now served with the rank of Minister in
the Russian Headquarters near Karlshorst. He made
detailed notes about the wishes I put before him and
he promised to take up the question. He held out the
prospect that, through the Allied Control Council, we
would in time receive an answer to our request. :
I was especially interested to see again the Swedish
bombshelter in Tiergartenstrasse, and on my return
from the Russian headquarters we paid it a hasty
visit. Representatives from the Swedish Legation had
remained in Berlin during the entire siege: they had
lived in the shelter and from there witnessed the
street fighting. Rumors had circulated that the
bombshelter had been totally plundered and damaged, but
happily we found that these rumours were
considerably exaggerated.
The next day we flew from Berlin to Hamburg. A
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