TOP SECRET GUARD Comments by Joint Intelligence Committee, London on Central Intelligence Agency Reports S.R. 7 SWEDEN Page 6 We feel that it is misleading to point to the growing strength of the Social Democrats since 1932 as an argument to support the assertion that "the Swedish system is thus rapidly approaching that of Britain", Proportional representation as applied in Sweden is and will remain inimical to strong party government. To interpret the present preponderance in strength of the Socialists in Sweden, which may be a temporary phenomenon, as having altered the relationship between Cabinet and Riksdag, bring it more into line with that prevailing between H.M.G.