Top-level people in Sweden knew it and let the official Sweden be fooled. For a reason. Jan Oberg February XX, 2022 And that reason was? Well, NATO – the US and UK in particular – were very concerned over Sweden’s neutrality policy, in general, and prime minister, Olof Palme’s peace and disarmament policy in particular. If you could orchestrate an extraordinary event that would prove to the whole world that the Soviet Union was the real, brutal arch-enemy of the alliance and that Sweden didn’t take that perceived threat serious – that Sweden was a vulnerable gateway to NATO territory – you would: a) undermine Sweden’s long tradition as well as its defence, security and foreign policies; b) open the Swedish people’s minds for the possibility of a later NATO membership as a ‘protective’ measure, and c) humiliated the Soviet Union – not only for intruding into Sweden but also...
