-3-  453, July 27, noon from Stockholm
 
other requests wheh troop transit to Finland came up. 
 
Nevertheless no threats were made because of this.
 
     Eleven. Dahlerus; as Department is aware, has been
 
hoping to be an instrument in bringing about peace even
 
since before war commenced in 1939 now feels less hopeful 
 
about/ [it] than at any time and expects complete destruction
 
of Europe as inevitable (?) of continued hostilities
 
unless some peace proposal is submitted from neutral
 
sources.
 
                    GREENE
 
 
EMB