SWEDEN ATTACKS BREACH IN SECURITY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000800050002-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2000
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: July 19, 1962
• Content Type: NSPR

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Release 2001/07/27 : C RL
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Sweden rM t " o sh have
ietnbarked;;:t3ri a, era tt ta>tn
4p'close tl a defense gap: ea
by the bets al of; item lip
cress to . t e So t. U 1l b
s zt 6
in trt)m. 11,
rr There 4 t?ttt gtnioipheres of
ati nos( was! 'e urgency at the
:pincers gritppie with the task of
repairing th', probable loss of
`the nation's,, ~itntl a defense
strategy to_`the SovIets. _ `.
Otflceis h~Vtf,begp recalled
from vacatc~-a -and s redeplooy---
nSent o . rin.y Navy, .ai1d
Air
Force, units many already be,
nd - ,
.
Security servlc es are working
around tl s cl k to check on
ar posajibla }iks In ;t a milt
ry estab entTeor the gov-
ernment. ,
~h-
veryoi3e.-the. government,'
pPl sltlon a Dar les, defense
fed military secrets totlit3`.?So- British.,
viets iar 15 pears., The orce h -mt on systiem, r? i
And during that eperiod he ployme it to pets b $ under
had access to Sweden's entire grgtlnd and on the Ilface lz
and aht tt?; 3lrnttabt~t
defense strategy. Defense sites needer~t to ,mai?t
tfrectiveneiis.
strengths? Military bodes? ?t=
Key mobilization and a mmu- For its , t ; p~I .. S veden
nication plans? Colonel ,.West- depends Ire; . otl,~; Imports.
nerstrom knew all about these The safes rage of fuels s es-
and more. sential for its ; military pre-
He knew a lot about the paredness
North Atlantic Treaty Organi- Oil an 'gasoline are stored
zation's defense plans and in 'vast uider,Rrotind tanks in
weapons. He visited - NATO rook chambers and abandoned
in frequent contact with. Dan- theft to
ish and Norwegian military tankers
men. He was friendly with take' year,
many top Western diplomats money to
The armed forces. are re-
ported to be acting on the as-
sumption that CQionel Wenner-
strom "gave away Sweden" and
that the Soviets tow know all
about this northern nation's
plans to.rentl a possible Soviet
suana, *no tne? newspapers..- attack?
agrees ,tha s~+Ggl4ne ;. Wenner-.~ tly Task Faced
has in essential parts knocked
out the Swedish defense. About
`ttiiarters, and battle stations,
modations at top-secret loca-
tldhs, Newspapers have re-
poed there are 300 of these.
t
'be. ecWtheed re even thoughts hc eir ca Ds
may now he nreelsa
~i i~r s!{ b A1M~~i
'and vast sums' bf
' Taz 1 1F' ee t
hougf '8w-Men 15` neutral
the .Westearn papbera' for sous
It,
efens ' refs :
Wez nersttrom.
F N >$eeaar
Miiitit tFbst t to ray tom';
armed forces aildo tace'tt Morale
pmbWm wake m ~'tlrltl 'the
of f the t t
wake
"There; is bound: 1
now have ';omp ivse
formation +on defeat
mented.
For Swedish security
ices. then hone many others act