Säpo, Fst/Säk and overseas service Stig Bergling

bergling s shortwave radio receive moscow s orders him.

alongside work home in sweden, bergling served several times in various un battalions around world. bergling reserve officer in swedish coastal artillery, , in 1968 stationed in cyprus military police chief. in november 1972 came middle east un observer, @ first in israel , following year in lebanon. @ time, gru officer alexander nikiforov working military attaché in soviet embassy in beirut. bergling in need of money , went soviet embassy , offered nikiforov copied binder secret information. in november 1973, bergling switched duty tour in lebanon belgian major go stockholm , retrieve binder. flew stockholm via budapest beirut , on 30 november 1973, sold copied binder documents soviets. bergling received 3,500 dollar , later told, after binder had been examined in moscow, have information, ours bit older.

bergling stayed untso observer year in middle east , returned home in january 1975, , @ security service , so-called russian division (ryssroteln) worked. bergling s contact, alexander nikiforov, had realized newly acquired soviet agent, bergling able more in sweden. @ säpo, bergling instructed soviets investigate soviet intelligence men did wrong. errors reported bergling moscow called them home. in touch soviets wrote letters invisible writing , done of carbon paper. writings presented special liquid. got messages using shortwave radio.

however, not in middle east bergling trained spy in east germany. employee of security service, not allowed go eastern bloc countries trips employers in east berlin made in greatest secrecy. east berlin, berling had go through berlin wall @ special door @ friedrichstraße. ordinary door in house next friedrichstraße station entrance. liaison officer went ahead , berling go straight out through small door , found himself in station on western side. was, however, not work @ security service gave bergling opportunity conduct espionage. swedish military reservist, served several times in connection various military unit exercises around sweden. in autumn of 1975 placed @ top secret coastal artillery battery od (femöre battery) in oxelösund @ time important part of swedish coastal defense , protection against soviet union in east. high ranking staff officer , head of section ii of defence staff, bergling had access safe , had opportunity through documents when duty officer himself.