A Nordic pact could lean toward Germany, Poland, or neutrality

Foxo suggests that a more politically active Nordic bloc could lean toward Germany against the Soviet threat. Clarke doubts that such alignment would necessarily mean fascism or war with Britain and France. After Barbarossa, British cooperation with the Soviet Union could bring German pressure for Norwegian U-boat access, although Norway could still remain neutral and Germany would have less control than under occupation. Alignment with Poland offers a different possibility: Poland would have northern retreat routes and allies able to threaten German positions. The exchange leaves the bloc's eventual allegiance unsettled. A later anecdote has the Oslo police chief dismissing Quisling's demand to arrest the government, though the circumstances are incompletely described.