RUSSIAN SPY RING
Discovery In Sweden And Finland STOCKHOLM. January -1. The police have discovered widespread Russian espionage, for which the Swedish Communists provided secret shortwave radio stations, reporting Swedish troop movements and also the whereabouts of ammunition and of volunteers going to Finland. The spies intercept mails and cause disaffection among the peasants. It is reported that three Russian spies were arrested on the Karelian Isthmus, including a woman dressed as a Finnish soldier. ’ A big Soviet spy ring was discovered at Petsamo, including many women. The leaders were a Finnish captain and a lieutenant, who reported to the Ogpu in Murmansk. The captain committed suicide before the authorities discovered the ring. Several members of the ring were executed.
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Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 87, 6 January 1940, Page 11
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