RUSSIAN SPIES
DISCOVERED IN SWEDEN - & IN FINLAND THREE CAUGHT ON KARELIAN ISTHMUS. EXECUTIONS AT PETSAMO. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) STOCKHOLM, January 4. The police have discovered widespread Russian espionage, for which Swedish Communists provided secret short-wave radio stations, reporting Swedish troop movements and also the whereabouts of ammunition and volunteers going to Finland. Spies intercept mails and cause disaffection among 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 has been discovered in Petsamo, including many women leaders. Amongst the spies were a Finnish captain and lieutenant, who reported to the Ogpu at Murmansk. The captain committed suicide before the authorities discovered the ring and executed several of its members.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 January 1940, Page 5
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