 On January 4, Mesinai addressed the question of Wallenberg’s returned possessions in an op ed piece in Sweden’s prominent newspaper, "Dagens Nyheter".She argued that according to prison regulations, a prisoner’s belongings taken at the point of arrest were either confiscated by the State or followed him throughout the Gulag until his repatriation or death.This raised the question of whether the invitation to Wallenberg’s next of kin in October 1989 was in fulfillment of the requirement that the possessions be returned within six months of a prisoner's death.