Telegram (Secret Code V)
Stockholm 5 April 1940 14.40 hours Received: 5 April 1940 18.35 hours No. 386 dated 5. 4.
Most urgent!
Info for O.K.H.
Serious anxiety exists in Swedish military and government circles regarding possible German military preventive measures in Scandinavia against the announced intensification of war measures by the Western Powers. Swedish and Norwegian military government authorities consider it unlikely that military measures will be taken against Scandinavia by the Western Powers. Press reports on this subject by the Western Powers are attempting to provoke Germany. Millitary Attache.
BELOW.
Produced in 5 copies, of which have been delivered:
No. 1 to Pol. I g with 3 copies.
2 to Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs.
3 to St. S.
4 to B.R.A.M.
5 to U.St.Pol.
This is No. 5
Message to the army high command on Swedish concerns that Germany will take military action in response to reports of possible western nations' actions in Scandinavia
Authors
Below (German military attache in Sweden (1940))
Below
- Additional details not yet available.
Date: 05 April 1940
Literal Title: Invo for O.K.H.
Defendant: Erich Raeder
Total Pages: 1
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: D-845
Citations: IMT (page 9979), IMT (page 10036)
HLSL Item No.: 453044
Notes:The message stated that Sweden and Norway did not believe that the western powers would become aggressive in Scandinavia.