BORIS HAG ELIN 23.1963. ·.;,·~- -, . .. 1 --. - -- · ')t iJe•ir .1.~li:;,euetlt and Bill: 1 = ~ "-.f It. wus a chocJ~ .for us to learn, frum Sture tlw.t Bill felt run clown :ir,ain, tuid that you had to = ~ return to ifashington. • 

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JI wa8 uackiin ~ug ·Lwo dn,ys ag~, tind I fuw~d at l_wr,w your very kind. le'Lters, aud also the nice = ~ photos, for w:luch I waut to tun,nk you mos·u cor<l1a lly • I 

ili1 my arrival I also tour.vl that I have to be in Henton before the end of tl1is r.10ntlt, in onler 

to UC aule to sign a contract for tlw tipartr:ient, so I feel a little topsy-turV'.f. Annie will 

~ ~ arrive .tomorrow morning, and we shall have to get our next plans ~~1 orcLer as soon as possible_··-=I 

S.. To-dtiy I will t, ry to give you sm1c m1swer::; to "Queries to be cli:.ri.fiecl" , the rl.!st will have · = ~ to come later. • 

~- 1. 'l'here were no French Huguenot ancestors• ~· lc•.Lrut ju~;t before leaving Sweden tlw.t l)iy gtmealo-ii 

~ § gical cou::;in, five tinws re111ovcd, hu.d cornu,· to the E.2£..:i.:l~ii~· of the line. Our frunily rnune was ;; 

originally lfo.geliud: Grovelimlen, or the linden in.the grove. _1his 'f(LS a soltliels name? givcn,,b.J: 

~ · the Govnul'l; to tlie· soldier, who livecl at a crJl't;:iin assigned croft. Our ancestor was the fourth = 

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~·· soldier to got tliis nmne, as the throe prececling ha.d fu.llen in the wars • ._ T!Iej!_ wu.s_later .. _I droppr~cl, as it wn.s easi~n· to pronow1ce Jfa.:.:elin tliun Hagelincl, it is beJ.ievotl. I 

2. 1-1.y fa.tlwr's belief Uw.t his gra1Hlfatlte;jtiacl takea tlie iwJ.1e on 1Jcc_or.1ing sh~riff was not ·~oi~rec~·;· 

1 he hn.cl evidentl,f been mi.si!!f~HT;:e<l ....... ·. . . .:.~,_,· __ 

~'!1'_ 3. rly fn.tlwr cliecl·on·Harch 4,.195'.i. lio lms born on :Jept. 28, lUGO. ·· ·i ~ - 4. l'(i fothcr attended tlie 'l'ecb,n. Uni V\,rsi ty in Stockholm frorn 1883 to U.38'.i. • 

-~·-.l '.). 1-Jy sisters 1;.,;me- w~~.'s Aru~'1.;i,1ilia fairolina. Bprn 1B87, died 1940. She was married., no chiltl_ren.1 

_ It wn.s an unhnpvy r11<1t-rin.ge for lier. • 

. 6. Hy sister b.w:l i101~ sch~oling in Stocl~holrn, ·and. lived with a farnily Sctt~rlui1d. Tl1e· head of. tli<,-

fmni~y was ~ pri~{i?1;n.l of ~ pu~l~c scho~l i;i __ GtoclJwlrn·,_ an~. ff\Y ~a.ther had. .lived. there when he 

was .Ln SLoch.liolm 1883-85. 11y s1s1;cr .. cni{ to u well lmovt1 privatr. school. ·1 Slll'}JO::;r. thnt my fatFle.t. 

'"h[W plaP11ctl the s:m1e schoolinE .for r.1e, as I was placed. with the Sette1·lun'.~s, and. wiis sent to my-•. 

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s ::;chool. I .<lid not get rnuch len.rning d.uriug Lh:.t.t :cl1uul yenr, as I li:.i.d diμllteria during . 

the fall term aml scn.rln t fever rlurini..: the spring terrn, with chicken pox tlirmv;i in, r.l uring the -1 

Xliifl.S holidays. I do not lmow, wity my rather took !!IC uack to Eus::;ia. anc1 put rne into (1. llu::.sian ·· 1-: 

sclwol. Uut the ren.son for brinGing me u~ick to ~\,rcJ.en ir). 1904 was the lw=l ... ·V~/ Wll'8St in 1?.ussia _· 

- the first revolution flared out in 1905. -~ 

-~ Now with rega.1-d to my feelings: There wH.s very J.i ttle family life at hoh1e. Hy father was extre-1· 

mcly busy, and ol'te1faway from hort10, and my mother W[1s,A...ve1y i1ervous~~$'if) lliJ. not 1i1iss home ver;)r 

~ much. When I came to the 3weuisll sci10ol in 1904 I h<:'J..i a ro:t.her hn.nl tirne: I wa.s considered a 

.t ll~1ssinn, the Itusso-Jtipanese :"~·r ':as on, w~ th :the Sweclish syi111i:.i.thics on tl_ic Jap~n~ae ~ide ~ <l.11~ . .. , 

tuere wore also a nrnnl.Jor of .thmu.sh boys lll tne sch•.Jol, who took out tlwir arrLi-.iussiu.n Ieeling. 

on me. I feel sure tlj;t if I ,bu.cl l;een pcn1iL Led tu grow UJ..l in a goou, nor111<Ll fcuai ly, I woulu . • 

not lw.ve experiencecJ.~u·1y nervous lJr1;r1lctlowns. . .. , 

7. I vent in 1921 to work with tlw S.O./Fi.J./. 'i'1i:; cu;::pu.ny l1ml just mu.de a deal w"i"th the Nobel ' 

fo.mily, /bought 50,~ o.f t.heir stock :i.11 -(;he Vol.Jel Jlrotlwrs l'ctrole11rn Production Co111po.ny/, ancl_ i_t_ I 

wn.s the1i expected thu.t il1rnsi:L would. soon be open.end. up aGo..in fur foreign inve~;tr:wnt mid worl; •. 

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8. H.e the Nopel. fcunily. The first Nol1el in gui;siu., I• 1rnauuel the ymmgor, had four sous: Robert, · 

Ludwig, h'mil arnl ·Alf reel. Iwrnu.nuel rr)·(;urnctl to Swrnlen, when his aff<:d.rs went bw..l, and took his 

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sons Blnil arnl Alfred· along. 'El:1il >ms blown up in a nitroglycerine explosion, and of Alfreds I 

financial successes you lrnow. H.ol;ert ~itarteJ the oii 'business in ri.l>out 1375, and t'~iis wris : 

organized into a stock company irn 1879 /the · <U:lc yori..r tlw;L m,v f~Ltlicr came to Baku,' to tliern./ -

Ludwig, Alfred and a col. I3i 1<1.erling, a i"iitssian o fficer.$i, bcca1o10 the main stockholders. tiobort 

ru·Lirecl, ancl returned to 0weden - he could. not suuord.irmtu hi:nself• 

Ludwig became tile driving .force in the co111pany, - he w1~s an wmsual rmm, highly gifted., energe·t 

ic arnl very hurna.n. When he c.liell in 1888 his son li.\aar1uol took over. 

~l. I d.on.t know who <Tustin Nohel vas. \{lwre di<l. you r;et titis rnune frrn 1? 

10. All irnlustries in llrn;sia 1·rnre uu:l.ionalized alter the Bolsi,cvik ruvolution. Tltis hti·:ipencd 

for the oi.l ind.us Lries in 1920. Br:m.nucl Nobel and. his advisers 1:mna.ge<l, L~ so11e legal tricks, 

no doubt, to imv: tlH~ ::h10J. i.sli Lir::un~1?.r~t ucl~10wlr.:rlgc tJ:e, tr:in~fcr of ·Uw Jlussin.111 Nol1~l comp_any 1· 

to :::>wc<len, as a ::iwcrJ 1sl1 corvor«,);.Lon •• 1•1y fi:.t11er 1·;us askeLl to uec oue 1:mnager of t,ie 011 prouuc- · 

/;ion in ;Lussin. l>efo.1·e tli.i.s w-r1.s clone·; - lw was D.slrnd in 1917, when the Dolslteviks tli<l not. have . · 

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