Oldal 2 [2]
The incident of the plumes shot dom by the soviets
has aroused widest enotione It is stili the topie of the daye
Everybody agrees, that as it stands, i% will finally disappear
in a maze of diplomatic documents. But the Swedes as a nation
will never forget it. It is generally agreed, that the shooting —
dom was a deliberate action by the Soviets, in order to tell the
Swedes in no unmistakeable manner never again to approach the Bal=
tic Coast by airs It is universally known that the Soviet Baltic
bases have been greatly reinforced in recent months.e And tuey
are only 120 Miles from the Island of Gotiend. There is no other
reason for the action, and the Swedes have understoode
The affair of the Soviet Military Eqgpionnage, 8180 known
as Embom Affsii, is of much greater gravity, though Swedes are.
extremely reluctant to speak of ite The reluctance is increased
by the fact, that the matter is much farther reaching then meets
the eyes It is a proof, that the Skendimavia countries are much
more penetrated than had hitherto been pelieved. The deeper impli=
eaxtions were revealed as foliows : the key person to the Uspionnage
Ring is a former Secretary of Siute Bre Tike Manna, She organized
the ring under the direction of Soviet Colonel Vaientin Grugorov,
head of the Soviet Intelligence Department for Skendinaviae When
Dr. Hanna was about to be arrested in Upsaia, and though less than
ten persons knew of the plan, she received a timely warning and
was able to escape with the aid of the Soviets to Russias The search
of her abodes nevertheless permitted to discover a tot of other
things. So it was found that the Soviets ned two illegal lending
fields in Sweden - in Türündö and near Vaggeryd in South Sweden =
on which they used to lend Agentse Dre Manna end her Associates
placed then these agents in responsible positions of the admini¬
stration end the economy and th s were able to gain access to the
greatest secrets of the Swedish Defense, such as the exact plans
of the Atomic airraid shelters, the anti-aircraft dispositions ete
The amount of information which was thus funneiied through the
net of Agents was enomous and alarmminge
The reaction to these two incidents is that the Swedes
are very much afraid of impending war in which they might be in=
volvede And thus the people follow with the keenest interest
any possibility to keep their country out of this ware Believing
that World War III is not far off, this idea and general line
of Swedish foreign policyy is general end universally acceptede
rírst of all there is irritation in Sweden against Nor
waye This is a traditional thing, ever since the separation early
in this century. But there is now more to ite fhe Swedes resent