ESPIONAGE IN FINLAND
POWERFUL GROUP ARRESTED.
(United Press Assn. —Telegraph Copyright.) Helsingfors, December 28.
The Minister of Defence, M. Oksala, states that Colonel Asplund, of the biggest munition factory in Finland, who died in April, 1932, was poisoned. A powerful espionage group, with headquarters in Helsingfors, believed to be connected with the French, has been arrested. M. Oksala adds that three others connected with the factory were poisoned and the lives of other army technicians were attempted. Twenty persons arrested include a young, attractive girl whom a high officer employed.
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Southland Times, Issue 22210, 30 December 1933, Page 5
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90ESPIONAGE IN FINLAND Southland Times, Issue 22210, 30 December 1933, Page 5
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