Soviet Activities In Finland

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 2, 22 July 1932, Page 12

Soviet Activities In Finland

Secret Broadcast Orders HAT the Soviet secret police has been using a Russian broadcasting station in directing the activities of its agents in Finland has been discovered by the Finnish authorities. Eleven Finnish Communists, two of whom -are women, have been given long’ sentences in prison. It was discovered that the. orders were included in the regular programmes, and arranged so that the agents. for whom they were intended could intercept them. One of those involved was a railwayman who had access to official mail. He opened mail bags and when he found documents of military value he made copies of them and later sent them to Russia. The secret orders broadcast were for ‘assisting Russian couriers making contact with the Soviet agents in Finland in the transmission of the information. Thus. the: spies in Finland were saved danger of being tjntercented 1 when crossing the border,