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Himmler and Hitler to commute the sentence of death for the seven Swedish engineers. He 
 
reported that he had talked with Himmler several times and had interviewed Hitler two or three 
 
times as well on this matter. He stated that he had refused the offer of l00,000 kroner point blank.
                          
      When the death sentence was commuted, the Swedes, through Alva Moller, asked if there 
 
was not something they could do for him, and invited him to spend a two months vacation in 
 
Sweden.
                           What I think happened was that he reported the offer of l00,000 korner to 
 
Himmler, who told him to refuse it, but arranged to get the engineers' death sentences
 
commuted. Himmler knew that the Swedes would have to offer the doctor something else besides 
 
money, and that there was very little else they could do except invite him for a visit to Sweden. 
 
Undboutedly, it suited Hitler's purpose very well to have a representative in Stockholm who was 
 
not a German citizen, and a Finnish citizen would be much more able to establish contact with 
 
Americans.
                           
     During the course of six weeks' treatment, the