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DEPARTMENT INCOMING DIVISION OF OF CENTRAL SERVICES STATE TELEGRAM TELEGRAPH SECTION EOC-473 Stockholm This telegram must be closely paraphrased be- Dated May 5, 1945 fore being communicated to anyone. (SMORET) Rec'd 2:07 a.m. Secretary of State, DECLASSIFIED Washington. E.O. 11652, Sec. 3(E) and 5(D) or (E) Dept. of State letter, Aug. 10, 1972 US URGENT BYNLTHAMARS Date 7-25-75 NIACT 1687, May 5, 2 a.m. TOT SECRET Foreign Minister Gunther asked the British Minister and me to see him at midnight. He informed us that Swedish Minister Dardel at Copenhagen had advised his Government that General Schellenberg is arriving at Stockholm at 10 a.m. today (May 5) with full powers from Doenitz to arrange for surrender to the Swedes of German troops in Norway. Mr. Gunther thinks it most likely that this means internment in Sweden until these forces can be taken over by the Allies. Swedish Government would be grateful for a most immediate expression of the views of the American and British Governments with respect to this course of action. SERVICE" Mr. Gunther has not yet informed the Soviet repre- sentative in view of the fact that in the proposed staff conversations