| Title: | All about Scandinavia |
| Moderator: | TLE::SAVAGE |
| Created: | Wed Dec 11 1985 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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Associated Press Fri 02-MAY-1986 06:16 Sweden-Czechs
Sweden Expelling Five Alleged Czech Spies
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - The Foreign Ministry said today that Sweden is
expelling five Czechoslovaks, including four diplomats, for alleged
spying activities. A ministry statement said "the Swedish government
had been informed at the end of April by the National Police Board
about a certain Czech intelligence activity in Sweden."
"The reports showed that five Czech citizens, of whom four are
diplomats, carried out activity incompatible with their offical
assignment in this country." it said. "According our appraisal their
activities have not caused the country any damage, but could have done
so if it had been allowed to continue."
The Foreign Ministry statement gave no indication of the activities of
the Czechoslovaks, but the Stockholm newspaper Expressen said they had
been involved in military spying and industrial espionage directed
against military and high-technology targets.
Sweden, a neutral country, has an extensive arms industry whose
specialties include guns and artillery, anti-aircraft missiles and jet
aircraft.
Expressen said the Czechoslovaks had hired Swedes as agents and forced
them to deliver secret material. But it said some of the Swedes worked
as double agents, providing information to the Swedish Security Police.
The government did not identify the five, but Expressen said they were
Jan Kroupa, 42, embassy first secretary; Lt.Col. Jan Sovjak, 35, a
military attache; Lubomir Kopaj, 30, press attache; and Ludvik Vanhara,
42, a trade attache. It identified the fifth man as Pavel Scherzl, a
33-year old representative of the Czech airline CSA.
The Czech Embassy has only 10 accredited diplomats in Sweden. Sovjak
and Kroupa were the third- and fourth-highest ranking envoys at the
embassy. The newspaper said Kroupa was the head of Czechoslovak
civilian intelligence operations in Sweden and Sovjak the head of
military espionage work. It said Kroupa had been the organizer of
several operations uncovered by the Security Police.
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| 95.1 | Czechs repond in kind | TLE::SAVAGE | Neil, @Spit Brook | Mon May 05 1986 13:45 | 27 |
Associated Press Mon 05-MAY-1986 09:43 Swedes Expelled
Czechoslovakia Expels Two Swedish Diplomats
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia (AP) - The government is expelling two Swedish
diplomats following the expulsion by Sweden last week of five
Czechoslovaks who were suspected of spying, the official news agency
CTK said today.
The news agency said Hagard Westermark, first secretary at the Swedish
Embassy and Benkt Olof Cnattingius, the commercial counsellor, were
being asked to leave Czechokslovakia within 10 days. Deputy Foreign
Minister Jaromir Johanes informed Swedish Ambassador Karl-Vilhelm
Woehler about the expulsion today, the report said.
Sweden last Friday announced it was expelling four Czechoslovak
diplomats and a representative of CSA, the national airline, for
allegedly attempting to steal military and industrial secrets.
CTK said the Swedes were being told to leave Czechoslovakia "because of
activity which is incompatible with their diplomatic calling." It
quoted Johanes as saying said he hoped "unjustified actions against
Czechoslovak representatives in Sweden will not be repeated because
they definitely do not contribute to creation of an atmosphere of trust
and understanding." It quoted him as accusing Sweden of making an
"unfounded, concocted claim" against the Czechoslovaks, and of
"stirring up an anti-Czechoslovak campaign."
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| 95.2 | Yet another | TLE::SAVAGE | Neil, @Spit Brook | Sat Sep 27 1986 09:25 | 31 |
Associated Press Fri 26-SEP-1986 15:58
Czechoslovak Diplomat Ordered Expelled from Sweden for Spying
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Sweden ordered the expulsion of a
Czechoslovakian diplomat and sent a sharp protest to his government
Friday, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement that indicated the man
was suspected of spying. The diplomat "acted in a manner which is
incompatible with his official assignment in Sweden," the ministry said
in a press release, using a phrase considered a diplomatic euphemism
for spying.
A ministry press spokesman, Martin Hallqvist, declined to comment on
whether the diplomat, who was not identified by name, had harmed
Sweden's security. But he said "such activities are usually not without
damage to Sweden." The diplomat was the fifth Czechoslovakian Embassy
employee expelled in five months from a Stockholm staff of about 15
diplomats, Hallqvist said.
On May 2, Sweden ordered the expulsion of five Czechoslovaks, including
four diplomats. Security police said the Czechoslovaks used Swedes to
gather secrets on advanced technology and Swedish weapons. The ministry
said Sweden delivered a "sharp protest to the Czechoslovakian
government against the illegal activities that Czechoslovakian citizens
on official assignment have conducted in this country."
Meanwhile, the government Friday barred a Czechoslovak businessman from
returning to Sweden. The day before, a district prosecutor in the
southern city of Helsingborg brought spying charges against a
Czech-born Swedish citizen. Hallqvist would not disclose whether there
was any connection between all the cases.
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