Haven’t you heard about Count Carl Hamilton before? The Swedish James Bond in 13 books by Jan Guileau? The cultural ignorance of you Americans! Of course Sweden has such agencies, they were neutral for a very long time. In WW2 the Swedes had excellent code breakers, they were very afraid of being invaded. (No wonder when Denmark and Norway had been, and Wehrmacht had 300 thousand soldiers in Norway.) They broke Engima I think. After WW2 of course the Swedes needed intelligence agencies to operate independently. If they create a new one now they know how to do it. And they have good reasons I think.
Well, you know, most of the „russian“ subs in the 60s and 70s in swedish waters were at the end british and US ships….even at that time russophobia was a topic. „Neutral“ Sweden at that time wasn‘t neutral at all. So if you are talking about „russian sabotage“ be sure to add real proof.
Thanks I really enjoyed and appreciated that piece. FYI I almost never watch podcasts. The data rate is far too slow.
Totally understand, Paul.
Great background info again Wes! Thank you.
Haven’t you heard about Count Carl Hamilton before? The Swedish James Bond in 13 books by Jan Guileau? The cultural ignorance of you Americans! Of course Sweden has such agencies, they were neutral for a very long time. In WW2 the Swedes had excellent code breakers, they were very afraid of being invaded. (No wonder when Denmark and Norway had been, and Wehrmacht had 300 thousand soldiers in Norway.) They broke Engima I think. After WW2 of course the Swedes needed intelligence agencies to operate independently. If they create a new one now they know how to do it. And they have good reasons I think.
Thank you Hans, for my ongoing Nordic education 😆
Thank you for your patience with minor nitpicking. Btw, you do look good in a tuxedo, but I still consider myself a reader.
Wes - as always, excellent reporting. Thank you.
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Okay Paul, if you just refresh the page, I copy and pasted my script from Word directly to the space below the video.
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Well, you know, most of the „russian“ subs in the 60s and 70s in swedish waters were at the end british and US ships….even at that time russophobia was a topic. „Neutral“ Sweden at that time wasn‘t neutral at all. So if you are talking about „russian sabotage“ be sure to add real proof.