SWEDEN ADDS COST OF ESPIONAGE

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CIA-RDP75-00149R000800040036-4
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1
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November 17, 2016
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June 10, 1999
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36
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Publication Date: 
June 12, 1964
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NSPR
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CHRIS IAN? SCIENC Approved For Release 2009Y08tClA- JUN 12 9964 Sweden Adds Cosy Of Espionage The original Swedish defense budget for the 1963-64 fiscal year was about $800,000,000. Extent Unknown There has been no detailed information about precisely what secrets Wennerstrom gave the Soviets and it is likely it will never be officially known. However,' considering his posi- tion on the Air Force staff, it is safe to assume the Soviets have been fully informed about Special to The Christian Science Monitor, every aspect of Sweden's de- The most immediate problem confronting the Swedish Gov- ernment in the wake of the Stig Wennerstrbm espionage case is revamping of national defense systems. Observers estimate that it will cost the country about $55,000,000 to repair the dam- age wrought by the former Swedish Air Force lieutenant colonel during hs 15 years of espionage for the Soviet Union. This year the government plans to ask Parliament for an o extra defense. appropriation of ; crats and the democratic op- $10,000,000. position parties working closely Called `Excuse, together. But voices already have been The Wennerstrom case and heard from the extreme le the two votes of censure over it in Parlia,nent, which the wing that the Social Demo- government easily survived, cratic government is using this may have seriously under- opportunity to push extra mili- + mined this harmony, tary appropriations through Parliament using the stormy Wennerstrom affair as an ex- I. Swedish observers brush l these protests off as unim- portant. They have not come l I from the three democratic op- position parties-the Conserva- tives, the Liberals, and the Center Party. fenses. This most likely includes the development plans for System 37, the largest single defense project ever undertaken by the country. "System 37" plans in- clude 800 supersonic jet fighter planes, radar-guided missiles, and an early warning radar system-all of which are to be coordinated through the use of electronic computers. The first planes are to be delivered in 1969. Traditionally, defense and foreign policy matters have been nonpartisan questions with both the Social Dem - Approved For Release 2000/08/03 : CIA-RDP75-00149R000800040036-4