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No story in contemporary Swedish history has received the pressand radio play given the Soviet allegation that missing Swedish diplo-mat Raoul Wallenberg died in a Moscow prison in July 1947. DeputySoviet Foreign Minister Gromyko handed a note to Swedish AmbassadorWHIMS on February 6, 1957, explaining that after an intensive in'aestivation •the conclusion should be drawn* that Raoul Wallenbergdied of a heart condition on July 17, 1947p according to a physician,sreport to Minister of State Security MOW (liquidated in theBerta purge). The Soviets blamed Abakumov for concealing Wallenberg'sfate and expressed their regrets. Prime Minister Erlander presidedover a Prose conference at 4 p.m. on February 7 at which ForeignMinister UndAn and former Foreign Office Secretary General Arne immirberg were present to give the details of the Soviet reply on Wallenbergto the Swedish press. The news was first released to the Swedishpublic by radio at 7 pop. on February 7. An official Swedish Govern-ment declaration issued on February 7 stated, *It must be regrettedthat the Soviet reply contained such meager information.* Strongdoubts were voiced throughout the Swedish press *bout the veracity ofthe Soviet account which was deprecated as "too convenient* in fixingWallenberg's death at the point Swedish evidence concerning his where-abouts in Russia stopped, A. white paper is to be published amplifyingthe material given to the press on February 6, (this press backgroundmaterial forms the basis of the main story that follow.),

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The Soviet reply of February f) 1957, was the first definitenews from Moscow isIlonteres fee since his disappearance in 1945.A long serJes of nc. o r, and inquirlwo over the past elevenYears had gone eith,r .d by the Soviet Government or resulted:n flat disclaims . A •wledge of Wallenberes id. ,.-esbouts or;Ste. This long rv .- reply of February 6; 10SY, 014 based

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A Seedssh Oc•ver.tme rr dalaretion puo/ished simultaneouslywith the release of the teat o: the Soviet memorandum stronglyregretted the meagornefe :f the I nformation on Wallenberg'• fate.FUrthe rcure, Vs« S‘edth% CorporTment declared it expected that anyfurther coterie' in tnr •41 0 that. might be found tn the SovietUnion would be tmmedla t eiy “cmuni,wted to Stockholm, (EnclosureMo. 2),

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Theemeence uf the hu;.., amorvit of material in the SwedishOovernment's posvossioi. met”ty in the form of testimonies byGerman. Austrian and liftlIAP prisopers of war released from Russiain recent year's Trael!4 leallera .erfa whereabouts in Russia upto the middle of i947 was :lorded to the press at the Govavmmentiepress conference, and the ft:4i 1.aorla .. will appear in the formof a white pap..r t: be pao:ls1Jed t oward the end of February. Thismaterial previous.: slrit t ed to the Soviet Government in connec-tion with Prime ""..va-r: ;,: • isr:nrr's and Interior Minister Hedlund'svisit to Mc‘ scow lr "Al - A: , t1 does flirt: include testimonieskept secret beranoe c , elo4 expressed by those having testifiedwhO still neve '0..1 vr t P lemds ln dowi•t•rontrolled countries,nor does .r io tr.e opIniv% of the SwedishForeign Of!t.s In r p dis to •-autse **clone cc-)aeguencesto other • • i.. ,30.4 • the No,sians.

The e oese are reported to be thelarges t 0- Vie Forelf . : Office.

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Since February 1952, after more concrete material on Mallen-berg's imprisonment in Russia had boon obtained through testimonies.by former prisoners of war, at least 15 written and 34 oral notesand reminders had been delivered by Sweden in Aoscow, withoutresult until the Soviet note of February 6, 1957.

The material made public by the Foreign Office includestestimonies by 19 ex.-prisoners of war, mainly German, Austrian andItalian, who either shared prison cells with Wallenberg and/orhis Hungarian chauffeur UNTRUE& (also missing since January 1945)or who claim they were in communication with him by prison code(*tapping!) in the Ljublanka and Lefortovskaya prisons in Moscow.These various testimonies have been checked and correlated, butthey all end in July 1947, the last date any of these prisoners hadany contact with Wallenberg.

Two Justices of the Swedish Supreme Court testified on March 2,1956, that they had studied these various testimonies and had cometo the conclusion, independently of one another, that Raoul Wallen-berg was taken into custody by the Russians and bad been kept prie-oner in the Soviet Union. Their testimony coincided to such adegree on essential points that under Swedish law, it constitutesbinding evidence. This finding by the two Swedish Justices wasincluded in the material supplied by Prime Minister Srlander to theSoviet Government in Moscow in March-April 1956.

Of spec;a1 significancepand underscored by the Foreign Office,all of those who shared cells with Wallenberg and/Or Langfelder atdifferent times were especially questioned by the Russians duringthe month of July 1947 concerning their knowledge of Wallenberg andhis experiences, in Budapest and in Soviet captivity; after theseinterrogations they were all placed in isolated cells with no meansof communication with other prisoners. In the words of the ForeignOffice! *The treatment accorded these prisoners after they had beenquestioned suggests that the Soviet authorities sought to preventas far as possible any further spreading of knowledge of theSwedish diplomat.*

Testimony given by other ex-prisoners of leer clalming contactwith Wallenberg even after July 1947 is also known to be in thepossession of the Swedish Foreign Office but has not been includedin the material released for publication because of k of Axiland definite proof of its accuracy, Also, numerous alleged testi-monies hay. been discarded as falsifications.

The unparalleled Seadish public and press concern ever 'soulWallenberg's fate kept eliwo over the past twelve years demandsexplanation, for 3 - t him e significant factor in Swedish-46'4strelations.

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I diplomat: hut enjoyed diplomatic status as Secretary of Legationwas to /eel( to save Hungarian Jews threatened with annihilation bythe Ssalasi regime, By his energy, initiative and courage, it isestimated he saved the lives of some 20,000 people. *No otherSwede in our history has had the opportunity in such a direct andpersonal way to save human lives by the thousands*, said formerSecretary General of the Foreign Office Arne Lundberg in his carmentary over the Swedish radio on February 8, 1957.

Neutral during the war, !en did not 'experience, as many ofthe belligerent nations did, mass disappearance of nationals, so thatthe fate of one single Swedish attain, particularly one engaged inhumanitarian relief work; vent to the heart of the general pablic,

Sweden aoted as protective power for the Soviet Onion inHungary during the war and for that reason expected sympathetictreatment of her diplomatic personnel by the Russians, (for a shorttime, when the Red Army marched into Budapest, Wallenberg appearsto have acted as Swedish Charge d'Affairea).

The blunt Soviet denials. over all these years, of any knowledge of Wallenberg's whereabouts or very existence aroused to anincreasing extent Swedish indignation as belief turned into convic-tion that Wallenberg was held prisoner in Russia, with all thatthis entailed of suffering and horror.,

Another aspect Jf this growing indignation among the Swedishpublic concerned toe implied suspicion that the Foreign Office hadnot at an early stage conducted its investigations concerning Wallen-berg with t4e necessary concern. Apparently on this assumption, •special committee of private citizens was formed (including relativesand friends of Wallenberg el to conduct its own search for themissing diplomat and. in censral, to speed up and activate theofficial investications. Swedish officialdom did not relish thisimplied criticism of its efforts, and there were occasions of directclashes between the Wallenberg Committee and notably, ?ensignMinister Under vho appears tr.. have attached more faith in the Sovietassurances that could discover no information about Wallenberg thansubsequent events warranted. In any event public impatience withthe negattv p soviet attitude increased through Unden t s apparentine11:101.1nn et least um.ii 1951/5; to av-ept the Soviet versionthat Walla:their. weN -out to be fotud on Rusdian territory.

AP c,: ,. nrts)ners war began to bereleasel fu f'' t,woo e-:d of 1951, reports came throughwhich appeared - ' , elienberc neilg or having been in Soviet!mprisonment, and 11 7 t• ,n apparently with the Walienberg Com,Nitttee as a drivi! -.-eign Office pursued t h e t.., with+Acted ot..:;...r!, 441 •

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A turning point occurred in April 1956 when Prime MinisterErlander visited Moscow. He had then occasion to present theSwedish views in person to Rulganin, lEhrushchev and Molotov, and heextracted from them the promise that an exhaustive investigationwould be made to ascertain Wallenberg's fate.

Again, however, the Russians saw fit to try the SwedishFaience, for despite repeated reminders it was not until ten monthslater, on February 6, 1957, that the Soviet reply was given, stat-ing that Wal enberg, on the strength of the meager evidence supplied,could be expiated to have died in the Ljnblanka Prison in Moscowon July 17, 1947.

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The long-overdue Soviet reply definitely did not satisfySwedish opinion. Press commentaries were unanimous in describingthe Soviet evidence, comprising one single document issued by aperson now deceased and addressed to another also deceased (exe-cuted), as inadequate. The press also pointed to the vague, almostnon-committal wording of the Soviet note, which stated there was*reason to look upon the document as referring to Raoul Wallenberg*and that *the conclusion should be drawn that Wallenberg died inJuly 1947". 'Mein emphasis in the commentaries, however, was placedon the *convenient* timing of Wallenberg's alleged death with thetestimonies in Swedish possession whereby Wallenberg was lastheard of in July 1947, when prisoners of war had been interrogatedby the Russians concerning Wallenberg and thereafter placed inisolated cells. The timing was also held to be interesting in viewof the fact that in July 1947 Swedish Ambassador Sohlman in Moscowhad made a renewed demarche to the Soviet Foreign Office, to whichVishinsky had replied by his negative note of August 18, 1947.

Although few commentators doubted that Raoul Wallenbergmust now be dead, the Soviet version as to the timing and othercircumstances met witn profound skepticism and dissatisfaction inall quarters. Even the mi!eged cause of death - emyocarditicinfarct* - was •tront ly qu ..Itionedp and prominent Swedish heartspecialists immedlet? l y s-od this type of heart ailment highly iimprobable ip • mw.: 't 4. age (he would have bcd. rt 36 in

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The attempt on the part of the present Soviet rulers tooast all the blame for Wallenberg i s arrest and imprisonment onthe StaliList regime and its hirelings was neither accepted bythe press, which held that the treatment of MA innocent neutraldiplomat /nth* derscribeld fashion cast reflection on the wholeSoviet system, with its inherent terror and disregard for humanlife, irrespective of who may for the moment be the rulers.

For all of the above reasons, there was a strong press urgethat the Swedish Government not let the matter rest but thatinvestigations continue in search of new evidence on Wallenberglefate and that, meanwhile; new representations be made in Moscowdemanding more information on why Wallenberg was imprisoned andwhat treatment he had been given.

Obviously. the Swedish Government is resolved to pursue itsefforts to bring about full clarity in the Wallenberg case. Thiswas implied in the immediate Government declaration following pub-lication of thw Soviet note on February 7 as well as by statementto the press by the Foreign Office that a Swedish reply to Mbomouwas under preparation,

Pending such a new Swedish demarche, Communist ft Bog onFebruary 19 featured an interview w . h its Moscow correspondenthad with Gromyko the now Soviet Foreign Minister, in which thelatter was quoted as having declared that nothing further couldbe obtained concerning Wallenberg's fate beyond what was containedin the Soviet note of February 6, and that " the Wallenberg caseshould be considered closed".

Rather than 'quieting Swedish public opinion, this statementby Gromyko has further activated the demand hers for the full storyon the fate of an almost idolised Swedish citisen fallen the vic-tim of a totalitarian police state. SAD OFFICIAL USE ONLI

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Raoul tellenhertts . $ :43.131n once removed of Jacob and MarcusWallenberg, th-. Ankt:rs, was assigned to the Swedish legation inBudapest in a ipe:!al capacity to exercise good officeson behalf :oft4e 73wi wh, l:sing subjected to Masi atrocities.All accounts %h.' .sued Swedish documents and passportsto many Jews ,..1er to aid them in escaping the Nasiterror. He wa4 260,000 Swedish crowns some time in1945 by the . 'afumee Board in Stocki.0:t, (accord-ing to inforff. .40 Embas,v .taci. was

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I conveyed to the 'Swedish Government by note froa the Department ofState in Washington on May I, 1951)0 A sum of 10,000 Swedish'crowns was given Wallenberg through a third person in Stockholmto finance his travel to Budapest. Subsequent payments of 50,000and 200,000 Swedish crowns more deposited to his account in theStockholm gnskilda Bank, The 200,000 Swedish crown pays .it wasgiven by the American Joint Distribution Comeittee and limeWallenberg used every little of it, theiemainder was later returnedto the Committee,.

A current explanation of why Wallenberg was liquidated bythe Russians wet because they believed he was an American spy.Rudolph PHILIPP, the Se c retary of the Wallenberg Committee, (agroup of distinguished Swedish citizens), once claimed that Wallas.berg had been on a secret mission for President Roosevelt. ManySwedish officials have noted to the reporting officer that Wallas-berg was a close friend of former American Minister HerschelJOHNSON and that he was the one who is supposed to have pickedWallenberg for his 'dangerous mission'.

In any event, there is no concrete evidence available so farto clarify whether or not Wallenberg was engaged in espionageactivities or a secret or confidential mission for any foreign power.

5. EattfiLlalef2f.E.q.911._es.leAlLittpkg.In a general discues!on of the Wallenberg case, the Assistant

Director of the Political Section of the Foreign Office explainedthat three things about the Soviet reply of February 6, 1957, hadsurprised the Foreign Office. The first surprise was that anyanswer had been given there existed a strong suspicion in theForeign Office at the working level that the Soviet Union wouldnever give any detailed sort of reply and was not expected to gobeyond its previous notes saying it had no information, The secondsurprise concerned the language of the Soviet memorandum. Obviously,according to the Foreign Office every word of the Soviet messagehad been weighed and undoubtedly went through many drafts. Forsuch a note to use Ruth vague language IS *the conclusion Shouldbe drawn' and the lack of precision in identifying the prisonerwho died as Ramli Wallenberg. means, as the Foreign Office inter.pests it that the Soviet Government is still freo to adopt anotherinterpretation ir it el:miles. The third surprise to the ForeignOffice was that the Soviet memorandum seeks to align the SwedishGovernment or. Lno .3f4 c: f the present Xremlin regime in its denun-ciation of Bertx

The For#1F ,.- far from satisfied with the Sovietreply to the w4n .; ;A:t -onrerning Wallenberg. Rowover t the"foreign Offle. te . . -#e no rational alternative now but tobelieve that Wel. , . l • It would still like to obtain moille

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Foreign Office officials remain pussled as to why the Sovietnote was swat at this time and are still not sure of its fullsignificance. These explanations are still under consideration:(1) it was an attempt to remove obvious misunderstandings beforethe new Soviet Ambassador OUST arrives; (2) by sending what itt . tight was a 'conciliatory* note with an unprecedented expressionof 'regrets', this action become part of the now Soviet campaignto woo the Nordic countries; (3) this •patently contrived' account,delivered to stop further inquiries, was a Soviet Foreign Officemiscalculation of how seriously the Swedish people consideredthe Wallenberg case; and (Si) the explanation given by tile SovietUnion is true, and the Soviet Foreign Office sent the informationas soon as it obtained it. , Whatever the explanation, Bureau Chiefopinion insists that as a result of the Soviet reply alleging thatWallenberg died in a Moscow prison, Swedish-Soviet relations havebeen significantly worsened. Alk-WELNEWAL

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MEMORANDUM SUBMITTED FEBRUARY 6, 1957, BY SOVIET VICE FOREIGNMINISTER ANDREI GROMYKO TO SWEDISH AMBASSADOR IN MOSCOW ROLFSOHLMAN IN THE RAOUL WALLENBERG CASE

(Translation of text as released by the Swedish Foreign Officeto the press February 7, 1957)

In pursuance of the Swedish Government's request, the SovietGovernment instructed the pertinent Soviet authorities to perusethe material concerning Raoul Wallenberg which had been receivedfrom Swedish quarters at the Swedish-Soviet negotiations in MoscowIn March - April 1956 and also in May 1956. In the course ofperusal and testing of the said material, the Soviet authoritieshave made a careful search of the archives which refer to theaccounting for prisoners and to investigation questions ("SledstvenyeDela!), for the purpose of finding possible information on Wallenberg.Similarly, many persons have been questioned who could have hadanything to do with the circumstances mentioned in the materialreceived from Sweden.

As a result of these measures, however, it has not been pos-sible to find any information whatsoever concerning Wallenberg'ssojourn in the Soviet Union, It has transpired that none of thoseheard knew any person by the name of Wallenberg. In this connections,the competent Soviet authorities have undertaken a search page bypage of the archive documents from all wards in certain prisons.As a result of such search of archive documents from the healthservice in the Ljublanka Prison, a document has been found whichthere is good reason to consider as referring to Raoul Wallenberg.

This document has the form of a hand-written report, addressedto the former Minister of the Stat. Security in the Soviet Union,Abakumov, and written by the head of the health service at thesaid prison, A. L. Smoltsov, reading as follows:

"I report that the prisoner Wallenberg, who is well known toyou, died suddenly in his cell this night, probably as the resultof a heart attack:: Pursuant to instructions given by you that Ipersonally have Wallenberg under my care, I request approval tomake an autopsy with a vim; to establishing the cause of death.

"July 17, 1947."Smoltsov,*Chief of the Prison's Sanitary

Ward,"Colonel in the Medical Service."

On this report, the following notation is found, in Smolasov'shandwriting: "I have ner , -.rally notified the Minister and it hasbeen ordered that t v e eremated without autopsy. July 17. I

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--1It has not been possible to find any other informationWhatsoever having the Character of document or testimony, all the Imore since the aforementioned A. L. Smoltsov died on May 7, 1953.On the strength of what has been cited above, the conclusion shouldbe drawn that Wallenberg died in July 1947.

Raoul Wallenberg was apparently arrested along with otherpersons in the area for military operations by Soviet troops. Atthe same time, it may Le considered indisputable that Wallenberg'ssubsequent detention xn prison as well as the incorrect informationabout himsupplied by certain former leaders of the security organsto the Soviet Union's Foreigp fftnistry over a period of yearscomprised the result of Abakumov l s criminal activities. In connec-tion with gross crimes committed b,, him, it will be recalled thatAbakmmov, who had engagedin activities implying violation of thelams of the Soviet Union and who had sought to inflict upon theSoviet Union all kinds of damage, was executed in accordance withverdict handed down by the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union.

The Soviet Government presents its sincere regrets becauseof what has occurred and expresses its profound sympathy to thoSwedish Government as well as to Raoul Wallenberg0Wrelatives.

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MEMORANDUM ON RAOUL WALLENBERG, ISSUED FEBRUARY 7, 1957.

The Soviet Government has drawn the conclusion from its in-vestigations that Wallenberg died in a Russian prison in July 1947.The responsibility for his having been detained in prison and forthe false information previously supplied is placed on the Sovietsecurity organs and the Soviet Government expresses its sincereregrets for what nas occurred

Concerning the reply, it can be established that it is nowbeing admitted on Russia's part that Wallenberg has been holdimprisoned in the Soviet Union, In that respect, the replytallies with the Swedish evidence material. 'It must be stronglyregretted, however, that the reply contains such meager information.Nothing is said about the motives for Wallenberg's arrest or abouthis fate during the years that followed. We expect that if anynew material Should appear in the Soviet Union we shall immediatelyhave it communicated to us,

To Raoul Wallenberes mother and relatives, who for so manyyears have had to live in horrible uncertainty, the Russian replymust imply yet another hard blow, They have our profound sympathy.

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PHICHANGSS BMW HEWN AND THE SOTINT UNION CONCIRMINGRAOUL WALLENBERG 1945-1957.

Among the numerous inquiries and reminders, formal as wellas informal, made by the Swedish Minister in Moscow to the SovietGovernment, and by the Foreign Office in Stockholm to the SovietMinister since 1945 concerningliallenlmwes whereabouts, thefollowing major exchanges took place:

Swedish note submitted to Tice Foreign MinisterDERANOSOT requesting an exhaustive account of theresults of the search made by the Soviet authoritiesconcerning Wallenberg.

DOmarche made by the Swedish Legation in Moscowgiving a list of previous Swedish inquiries eon-~nine Wallenberg.

Soviet Foreign Ministry, following renewed Swedishrepresentations, stated that investigations hadproduced no result, and that it could be presumedthat Wsllenberg had either been killed during thefighting in Budap.st in January 1945 or had beentaken prisoner by Hungarian Fascists.

Swedish Government demanded that the Soviet Uniontake the necessary measures for Wallenberg's earlyreturn to Sweden.

Soviet Government replied by stating that it possessedno further information beyond that contained in itsnote of 018/1947.

Note submitted to Soviet Ambassador RODIOMOT inStockholm, and simultaneously through Swedish Embassyin Moscow to Vice Foreign Minister Zorin, inquiringwhether Soviet Government prepared to make furtherinquiries if supplied with material collected in thecourse of Swedish inquiries.

8/5/53 The two Swedish dömarches in Stockholm and Moscowreplied to by Ambassador Rodionov advising thatearlier Soviet information in the case had beenoccafirmedo and that any attempt to connect Wallen-berg's fate with his alleged sojourn in the SovietUnion would be wholly futi...

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1 9/29/1954 txtensive memorandum on results of Swedish search ---]for Wallenberg submitted to Soviet Government, basedamont other things On new evidence in the possessionof the Swedish Foreign Office confirming earlierconclusions that Wallenberg was a prisoner in the ESSE.

3/10/1956 Foreign Minister . Oudot handed Soviet AmbassadorRodionov in Stockholm a note detailing nem materialobtained following inquiries among Austrian and Germancitisens returned from Soviet prisons.

3/19/1956 Soviet note to Swedish Embassy in Moscow Noenfirminethat all statements previously made that Wallenbergwas not to be found on Soviet tomviteryoereand declaring that nothins further could be added.

E/01956 Prime Minister Erlander and Interior Minister Midlandconferred in Moscow with Soviet leaders and SovietGovernment agreed to Swedish request for renewed in-vestigation concerning Wallenberg on basis of newevidence and other material submitted to Moscow.

. 7/14/1956 Ambassador Rodionov advised the Swedish Foreign Officethat information resulting from WNW SOVIOt investiga-tions concernin6 Welienberg could be expected'shortly,.

9/29/1956 Swedish Embassy in Moscow instructed to lodge a newreminder with the Soviet Foreign Office, pointing outthat six months had elapsed since the Soviet Govern-sent undertook to investigate new material on Wallenberg.

11/13/1956 Sharp Swedish reminder lodged with Soviet Foreign Wiseexpressing surprise and great disappointment that Sovietpromises had not yet been implemented.

2/6/197 Soviet reply stating that Wallenberg died in • Menemprison in July 1947,