$55,000,000 LOSS TAG PUT ON RED SPY BY SWEDEN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800040053-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 10, 1999
• Sequence Number: 53
• Publication Date: May 1, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

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STOCKHOLM April 30 (UPD--
The Swedish government has
estimated it will cost 56 mil-
lion dollars to repair the dam-
?age to its defense planning done.'
by Col. Stir Wennerstroom, con-
fessed soviet spy. ,
The government announced
yesterday that it will ask .next
year's parliament for 10 mil-
lion dollars to begin the work
of reorganizing Swedish
defenses in a program expected
to take five or six years.
A government statement said
that changes are planned not
only in the present defense set-
up but in scheduled purchases I'
of war materials already, de-
Lcided on.
Approved For Release 2000/08/03 CIA-RDP75-00149R000800040053-5