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speech that some Red Cross societies belonging to
neutral countries, had, during the war, assisted in
the export of weapons from these countries to
Germany. After the meeting, I asked the Yugo-Slavian
delegate if, when he made this assertion, he had the
Swedish Red Cross in mind. He replied that he had.
When I requested him to explain his views more
fully, he answered quite simply: was it not true
that, during the war, goods had been sent from
Sweden to Germany which had become of the greatest
importance to German war production? His statement
gave me the impression that perhaps his own Red
Cross organization was not independent of his
country’s government, Which, in my opinion, is totally
wrong.
The Russian Red Cross Society was unfortunately
not represented in Geneva. According to our
information, this was because the Soviet Union is not
particularly interested in participating in conferences
which take place in Switzerland. Behind this, there
is probably, a fundamental Russian suspicion of
Switzerland who, for many years, did not want to
recognize the Sovjet Union officially. This is also a
clear proof of how the political authorities of the
different countries are sometimes mixed with these
countries’ Red Cross organizations, which is
extremely unfortunate.
The conference ended, however, in the most cordial
atmosphere, and we had rich opportunities to discuss
the important question concerning the revision of the
now existing Geneva Conventions. First the
preliminary decision was made that these Conventions,
containing regulations about the care and treatment of
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