Sven Hedin, famous Swedish explorer, geographer, and author, is seen in his book-lined study, in Stockholm, Sweden, around the time of his 80th Birthday, in 1945, during World War 2. He opens a large map and points to a part of Sweden, that narrator implies is important to German interests. Next the German ambassador to Sweden, Dr. Hans Thomsen, enters, bringing greetings in the name of the Fuhrer, through Joachim von Ribbentrop, the German Foreign Minister. He expresses appreciation of the German nation. The two men sit and converse.