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ber of very sharp accusations against several of the
western European Red Cross organizations, among
them the Swedish.
The Swedish Red Cross had, he said, thwarted
the repatriation of displaced persons in Germany.
At the same time, they had supported the
pro-Fascist elements which were leaders of the refugee
camps and the anti-democratic committees Which had
been formed in these camps.
The Russian delegate said further that the
Swedish Red Cross, when distributing clothes to
displaced persons in the British and American Zones in
October, 1946, through its representative,
Professor Kundsinsch, had exclusively favored such
persons as had applied for work in other countries at
the expense of those who wanted to be repatriated.
The actual situation was as follows: The
Swedish Red Cross has never had anything to do with
the leaders of the camps for displaced persons in
Germany. It had nothing to do with a distribution
of clothes and other textiles to such people in the
autumn of 1946. It had never been represented by
a person named Professor Kundsinsch, Later
investigations revealed that Professor Kundsinsch
had formerly been at the university in Riga and
that now he had a position of responsibility in the
Baltic Humanistic Society. With this organization
the Swedish Red Cross has never had any dealings.
The Swedish delegate, of course, gave all this
information. A representative of one of the
countries which is politically dependent on Russia then
came to the rescue of the delegate from Moscow.
The French had stated, he said, that the Red Cross
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