740.58112A/11–1844: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Sweden (Johnson)
2496. It now appears likely that the policy with regard to treatment of collaborationists and their properties will be that described [Page 201] in London’s 731, November 18, to you.6 Department considers it vitally important that an intelligence operation such as that undertaken with regard to Norway and Denmark be conducted in cooperation with the governments primarily concerned and the British. In view of the British position and that previously displayed by the Norwegians, the Department believes after careful consideration that the Legation’s project for collecting data on Norwegian and Danish collaborators should be abandoned.
Repeated to London as no. 10369 of December 12.