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In 1976, Carlsson became Secretary-General of Socialist International ( SI ), based in London, at the same time as former West GermanChancellor, Willy Brandt, assumed the SI presidency.

For the next seven years, Carlsson was engaged in extending the SI's influence beyond Europe to Third World countries, channelling money and political support to the struggle for liberation in Southern Africa.

When there was a break-in at his London apartment, Carlsson confided to his Canadian SI colleague Robin Sears: