TRANSLATION OF ARTICLES WHICH APPEARED IN THE 30 JULY 1968 ISSUE OF THE DANISH NEWSPAPER B.T.

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• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 12, 2006
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• Publication Date: July 30, 1968
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Translation of Articles Which Appeared in the
30 July 1968 Issue of the Danish Newspaper B. T.
Important Military Documents Lying on a Dump
Incredible carelessness with military documents was revealed
yesterday afternoon at a dump in Tangkrogen in Arhus. It is believed
probable, in military circles, that an investigation of the matter will
be instigated immediately.
The revelation took place when a 30-year-old former seaman
second class, who served under contract in naval defense, Vanger
Rasmussen, Laessgegade 31, Arhus, rode past the dump on his bicycle
Sunday afternoon in search of subjects for photography. His eyes fell,
almost by accident, on a pile of papers and envelopes with broken seals
on which was stamped, among other things, " Confidential", "Secret",
"NATO-Secret. "
The former seaman second class, who was familiar with quite
a number of military papers and procedures in connection with them,
thought that there must be something wrong.
He called in the naval officer on duty, Lieutenant J. Petersen
of the Arhus Naval Station. When the latter saw the pile of paper, he
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immediately informed the duty officer of the Jutland Telegraph
Regiment, Langelandsgades Kaserne, First Lieutenant P. Espensen.
It was only 10 minutes before servicemen arrived in a Volkswagen
truck and picked up the military papers which were on the dump. An
officer supervised the collecting of the papers.
Since a strong wind was blowing, it is far from certain that the
two enlisted men who were ordered on the detail managed to get every-
thing that was there.
Among the many papers which were lying on the dump were
the following:
A folder containing lists and classifications regarding the
Danish Army's military literature, recognition and identi-
fication for the Army and Soviet land forces, leadership
and combat.
The military security service.
Security regulations for NATO.
Regulations for reconnaissance work.
Instructions on the intelligence service.
Instructions on combat psychology.
Instructions on camouflaging of all weapons.
Instructions on the use of the infrascope.
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The training of the Army's air troops.
Instructions for recognition and identification for air forces,
land forces and naval forces.
Organization of the cryptography service (confidential).
The operations officer of the regiment signed a receipt for the
The pile also contained the following:
Communications to the officers and cadre personnel of the
Jutland Telegraph Regiment, including the following text,
among other things: "Mr. (rank and name). You are hereby
informed that, upon mobilization (the formation of defense
forces), there can be expected to be used.... "
The complete program for Operation "Five of Clubs". In
the papers were given the area where the exercise would take
place, those /units/ participating in the exercise and the
purpose of the exercise. Furthermore, all the operational
conditions concerning the military arrangements. Included
under these was communications technology, too. In the
program for the exercise, all the military designations were
given for those connected with NATO who were included in
the exercise.
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A communication to signal reconnaissance company, 2nd
Telegraph Battalion. In this letter from the commander of
the Jutland Telegraph Regiment, Colonel F. Worm-Leonhard,
the complete list of the leaders of the exercise, the activities
of the companies and the signal communications and operational
circumstances were given.
Battalion orders concerning the 3rd Telegraph Battalion.
Among other things, these gave information on holidays,
permission to leave the country and official trips abroad.
Applications to Headquarters Allied Forces Baltic Approaches.
Subject: Operating expenses for NATO materiel; enclosed,
one operating report. Signed: Worm-Leonhard.
Reports on inspections of the guard at the Langelandsgades
Kaserne in Arhus, with times for posting the guard.
Other communications on reserve guards in the radio
communications company, together with the headquarters
and motor pool companies.
Battalion order concerning enlisted men who are to enter
the sergeants' school of the Telegraph Troops during the
next month and receive training there which is important
for NATO, and expensive.
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Valid repatriation passports and mobilzation slips, with
physical description and police record of the serviceman named.
The duty officer of the Jutland Telegraph Regiment, First
Lieutenant P. Espensen, confirmed the matter last night, but did not
wish to add any comments to this.
The regiment's security officer, Major E. Holm, could not
be contacted, and the press officer of the garrison, Major B. Opkjaer,
was on leave.
Colonel F. Worm-Leonhard, Arhus, chief of the Jutland
Telegraph Regiment, last night ordered a thorough-going investigation
of the "dump" case. Major P. D. Renoir, regimental staff duty officer
has started the interrogations, and has looked at a lot of the military
material which was found at Tangkrogen.
According to the preliminary telephone report I received, it
is a matter of material from waste baskets which ended up on the dump,
said Colonel F. Worm-Leonhard. The cleaning company which is
responsible for the destruction of the unclassified waste paper, according
to my information, lost these somewhere in Arhus. We were informed
of the matter and sent some personnel out to fetch the waste paper.
Unfortunately, these two conscripts threw the waste in Tangkrogen
without informing the duty officer. The latter, on the other hand, did
not ask for information.
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Colonel Worm-Leonhard concedes that this was an unfortunate
situation, but does not consider that any rules have been broken from
a military security standpoint. Naturally, through an error, important
things could have landed on the dump, said the Colonel, but that cir-
cumstance is now being carefully investigated.
What about the papers with the information about the conscripts'
personal circumstances?
That is a very unfortunate situation, but that is also being
investigated. We will get to the bottom of the situation.
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