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History of Science and Biographical Studies
2018 No. 4
Article No. 1
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1 To a question on a state of «Baltic DPs» in Scandinavia in documents of state department of USA (1945–1948) full article
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Yushkevych V. 		Pages: 1-16
Summary

The article analyzes the diplomatic correspondence of representatives of nongovernmental organizations that tried to stand for the interests of Baltic refugees and displaced persons in Sweden, with officials of the US Department of State in the first post-war years. Unpublished documents from the United States National Archives in Washington DC are involved. The problem-chronological, comparative-historical and descriptive methods of research as well as the biographical method, content analysis and sourcecriticism have been used in the researched article. After Swedish government officially recognized Balts as Soviet citizens at the end of 1944, US diplomacy, which kept the course of non-recognition of the Soviet annexation of the three Baltic States, was the only hope for the escapees from communism. It was found that public organizations of the Baltic exiles appealed to the US ambassador to Stockholm, Herschel Johnson. The informational confrontation in the Swedish print media is depicted. Also, the article shows that the Soviet Union conducted similar pressure on other Scandinavian countries - Finland and Denmark.
Keywords
Baltic Refugees, Displaced Persons, the USSR, Sweden, Department of State, Herschel Johnson, repatriation mission, extradition, Estonian Committee
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