-3- 453, July 27, noon from Stockholm
 
 
other requests when troop transit to Finland came up.             
Nevertheless no threats wore made because of this.
 
 
Eleven. Dahlerus, as Departnent 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
 
 
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