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The Counterfeit Traitor
:02:34 There are times when it's not pleasant
to see your picture in the paper.
:02:38 This was one of them.
:02:39 The article was direct
and to the point.
:02:41 It said that Cordell Hull, the secretary
of state for the United States,
:02:45 had released a list
of certain Swedish citizens
:02:47 who had been giving economic aid
and comfort to the Axis powers.
:02:51 In other words, I was considered
a Nazi collaborator.
:02:55 I had been trading with Germany.
:02:57 There was no secret about it.
:02:59 I'd been importing oil for years
from all over the world.
:03:02 That was my business.
:03:03 And even now with the war on,
there was nothing illegal about it.
:03:07 Sweden was neutral
and traded with both sides.
:03:14 When I went to my office that
morning, I received a call
:03:17 from a friend of my brother's who
was in Stockholm on business.
:03:20 He was staying at the Grand Hotel.
I went over.
:03:23 I knew the blacklist would be
printed in the American papers,
:03:26 and it was sure to embarrass my
brother and parents
:03:29 who lived in New York.
:03:31 I wanted to explain
a few things to this man
:03:33 so that he could take
back my side of the story.
:03:36 The lobby of the Grand
was a busy place.
:03:39 Like Lisbon and Istanbul
and other neutral cities,
:03:42 Stockholm was crowded with what
were euphemistically called "visitors".
:03:47 They came
from every country
:03:48 and babbled away
in a dozen different tongues.
:03:51 Some were there to buy Swedish
ball bearings and Bofors guns,
:03:54 and the rest were espionage
agents trying their best
:03:57 to see that the shipments
never reached their destinations.
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