ARRESTED AS SPY
Swedish Air Force Man
(N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) STOCKHOLM, June 26.
Swedish- authorities have arrested a colonel who is alleged to have confessed to spying for Russia for 15 years, the British United Press reported.
Sweden is expelling two Russian diplomats as a result of the case, it was announced in Stockholm yesterday. Details of the incident, described as Sweden's worst case of espionage, were given at a news conference at the Swedish Foreign Ministry today. The colonel was identified at the news conference as Stig Erik Constans Wennerstroem, of the Swedish Air Force.
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30168, 27 June 1963, Page 7
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