 Also in 1950, he was appointed Vice Chief of the Defence Staff.During his time in the Defence Staff, he was also head of the school department of the mine cruiser and of the coastal defence ship .He was then posted to Washington, D.C. and Ottawa as naval attaché from 1951 to 1954, where he could follow the arms race and contradictions between the great powers that followed the Korean War, which caused him serious concerns for Sweden.