WENNERSTROEM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800040013-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 1999
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: December 22, 1964
• Content Type: PREL

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WENNERSTROEM STATINTL I
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, DEC. 22 (REUTERS)-SELF-CONFESSED
SWEDISH SPY EX-COL. STIG WENNERSTROEM TOLD POLICE
INVESTIGATORS HE WAS A LINK BETWEEN AMERICAN AND SOVIET
.EMBASSIES, ACCORDING TO MATERIAL RELEASED BY THE GOVERNMENT
AND PUBLISHED HERE TODAY.
WENNERSTROEM, FORMER AIR ATTACHE IN MOSCOW AND
WASHINGTON, WAS SENTENCED TO HARD LABOR FOR LIFE ON CHARGES.
OF SPYING FOR RUSSIA FROM 1949 TO 1963, THE YEAR OF
HIS ARREST.
ASKED BY POLICE DURING THE FIRST DAYS AFTER HIS ARREST
ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES, WENNERSTROEM IS QUOTED AS. SAYING:
"I HAVE BEEN ACTIVE AS A LINK BETWEEN AMERICAN
EMBASSIES AND RUSSIAN EMBASSIES. FOR OBVIOUS REASONS
I CANNOT DISCLOSE THE NAMES OF MY CONTACTS... THE
ACTIVITY STARTED WHEN I WAS IN WASHINGTON (FROM 1952 TO
1957) ...
"I PASSED ON MATERIAL, MAINLY FROM RUSSIAN TO
AMERICAN EMBASSIES BUT TO SOME EXTENT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION,"
WENNERSTROEM SAID.
HE WAS ASKED IN WHAT FORM THE INFORMATION WAS GIVEN HIMM.
"I PASSED ON CERTAIN SMALL PACKAGES WITHOUT, KNOWING
.WHAT THEY CONTAINED. I HAVE ALSO HAD CIPHER DOCUMENTS
WHICH I LATER PHOTOGRAPHED WITH SPECIAL FLM.
HE SAID HE GOT THE FILM MAINLY FROM AMERICAN i'SOURCES,.
BUT THAT THE HU55iANS USE THE SAFE TYPE.
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FIRST ADD STOCKHOLM WENNERSTROEM X X X TYPE.
ASKED IF HE CONSIDERED HE WORKED AGAINST THE EAST,
WENNERSTROEM REPLIED: "YES."
WHEN POLICE ASKED ABOUT AN EXPENSIVE RADIO RECEIVER
FOUND IN HIS HOUSE IN A FASHIONABLE PART OF STOCKHOLM,
WENNERSTROEM FIRST SAID HE LISTENED MOSTLY TO MUSIC
HE THEN SAID THE UNITED STATES PAID FOR THE RADIO.
WHEN ASKED WHEN HE LISTENED TO THE RADIO, HE `SAID:
"IN THE MORNINGS. TWENTY PAST EIGHT ON THE FIRST AND
THIRD SUNDAYS EVERY MONTH.
"WHAT DID YOU RECEIVE, IN WHAT FORM WAS THE
INFORMATION?"
WENNERSTROEM SAID: "THEY WERE IN THE FORM OF FIVE-
FIGURE CODE. I HAVE NO KEY TO THEM, BUT I PHOTOGRAPH
THE FIGURES AND PASS ON THE FILM, THEN I-BURN THE::'PAPER
I WRITE THE FIGURES ON.
WENNERSTROEM SAID THE RUSSIAN AIR ATTACHE IN
WASHINGTON IN 1952, A GEN. LEMENOV, TOLD HIM THAT WHEN
CONTACTS WERE DUE TO MEET, THE EMBASSY FIRST.SENT,OUT
TWO OTHER MEN AS RED HERRINGS SO THAT THE REAL CONTACT
WOULD HAVE A GREATER CHANCE OF NOT BEING FOLLOWED*
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"THIS MAN SAID DURING LUNCH THAT HE KNEW I HAD VERY GOOD
CONTACTS WITH THE AMERICANS AND THAT I HAD GIVEN THEM VERY
VALUABLE HELP. HE THEN SAID HE HAD SOMETHING INTERESTING TO
DISCUSS WITH ME.
"AT FIRST I WAS WORRIED THAT THEY HAD DISCOVERED MY
ACTIVITIES IN THE USA (FOR THE RUSSIANS) AND THEFORE I
ACCEPTED.
"WE WENT IN TO AN OFFICE WITHOUT SIGNS OF ANY KIND. . .
AND WHICH I DISCOVERED LATER WAS FREQUENTLY USED BY THE CIA. . ...
"THE RESULT OF THE DISCUSSION. . .WAS THAT THE MAN ASKED ME
IF I WAS STILL WILLING TO HELP. . HE SAID THERE WAS MATERIAL
AT THE SOVIET EMBASSY AND FOUND MY ANSWER SATISFACTORY,"
WENNERSTROEM SAID.
"HE TOLD ME TO GO THERE AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE,
AND SAID THAT IT WAS PROBABLE THAT AT SOME TIME A
PERSON AT THE RUSSIAN EMBASSY WOULD COME AND ASK ME IF I WAS
COLONEL WENNERSTROEM.
"WHEN HE RECEIVED AN ANSWER HE WOULD SAY 'I AM TO
PASS ON REGARDS FROM YOUR FRIENDS IN MOSCOW.' THEN
I WOULD SAY 'WHICH OF THEM.'
"WE WERE THEN TO TALK ABOUT OUR FRIENDS IN MOSCOW.AND'THEN
SHAKE HANDS WHEN A SMALL PACKET WOULD BE HANDED OVER,"
WENNERSTROEM WAS QUOTED AS SAYING.
EWP 12:44P
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THIRD ADD STOCKHOLM WENNERSTROEM (R93) (DAY) X X X SAYING.
WENNERSTROEM SAID AFTER A LONG TIME OF WAITING, A
YOUNG. RUSSIAN CAME UP AND THE PLAN WAS CARRIED OUT. "I
SECOND ADD STOCKHOLM WENNERSTROEM (R83) X X X FOLLOWED.
WENNER STROEM SAID: "WHEN I WAS VISITING THE PENTAGON, A3
I DID OFTEN, IT COULD HAPPEN THAT I STAYED THERE AND
ATE LUNCH. ON ONE SUCH OCCASION. . .IT WAS CLEARLY
ARRANGED THAT I SHOULD EAT LUNCH WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FOR
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HANDED OVER THE PACKET AND RECEIVED $1,000...."
A SIMILAR OPERATION WAS COMPLETED ON ANOTHER OCCASION, THE
REPORT STATED, AND, WITH HIS TERM OF OFFICE AS AIR
ATTACHE COMING TO A CLOSE, HE WAS INFORMED THAT A DIRECTIVE
WOULD BE GIVEN TO HIM REGARDING HIS FUTURE ACTIVITIES FOR
THE AMERICANS BY A MAN WHO WOULD ARRIVE IN THE U.S. FROM
MOSCOW.
"LATER ON...I WAS TOLD FRDM MOSCOW THAT THE MEETING WAS
ARRANGED AND THAT IT WOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS
PLANS," WENNERSTROEM SAID.
THE REPORT GAVE NO FURTHER DETAILS OF THIS INCIDENT.
ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, WENNERSTROEM WAS QUOTED AS SAYING
HE RECEIVED INFORMATION DURING A CONVERSATION WITH AN AMERICAN
ADMIRAL REGARDING AN AMERICAN BLOCKADE OF CUBA PREVIOUS TO
,
THE CUBA CRISIS AND THAT HE PASSED ON THIS INFORMATION TO THE RUSSIANS.
ANOTHER 700 PAGES OF POLICE INTERROGATIONS ARE TO BE RELEASED
HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, ACCORDING TO INFORMED
SOURCES HERE.
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