ANNEX 'F' - SCANDINAVIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 13, 2000
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a. Sines the opening of the Office of the Army Attache, Denmark
in March 1951, there has been little change or relaxation in the attitude
of Soviet and Satellite representatives with regard to contact with Depart-
ment of the Amy personnel. At Military Attache Association luncheons, the
three Russian Service Attaches were at first polite, though mildly distant;
however, they now react in a manner reasonably friendly for mere acquaintances.
b. Russian Service Attaches and their wives have been observed at
three or four social functions, principally those given by the British. All
meetings with American personnel were cordial and conversation was carried on,
but there were not significant incidents.
c. It has been observed that Russian Service Attaches attempt to
cultivate some Danish officials. The Russian Army Attache has attemopted to
invite the Danish Permanent Undersecretary for Defense to dinner at his no me -
it is not imo ei whether he accepted. The Arey Attache, Denmark also believes
that the Russian Army Attache has enter-Lainsu the Danish *orsign Liaison
Officer at luncheon on at least one occasion, and most probably several times.
Such entertainment, however, appears to be normal and customary.
2. Finland
a. The Army Attache, Finland reports that there has :es : r,-, ha
in attitude of Soviet representatives with regard to of f i ei a.i or ;eaa i-
official contact with Department of the Army personnel during the past ig
months. Prior to that time, while "ajor General TCKAM was -.3.3.R. Military
Attache in Helsinki, contact was according to protocol, but not cordial; since
then, with Colonel RYBATCV as U.S.S.R. Military Attache, the approach of the
Russians has been, outwardly at least, most cordial. Such association has
been restricted to Finnish or other foreign national parties at -which Americans
and Russians have been represented: on U.S. Armed Forces Day; the Russian Red
Army Day; and on one other occasion, the details of which follow. No amber
of the mi 7itary staff of the Office of the Army Attache, Finland, has been
present at any Russian party or function, official or private, other than
those mentioned.
b. The only occasion during the present Army Attache's two-and-one
half years service in Helsinki on which Soviet representatives have made an.
effort to meet, cultivate, or entertain Department of the Army personnel was
in February or March 1952 when all Attaches serving in Finland were the
invited guests of the Finnish Army at HImeerlinna. While the American,
Swedish and British Attaches were dining together at the Hotel Aulanko,
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Captain LOIKTINE, Russian Naval Attache, asked the U.S. Arwq Attache and
Assistant Naval Attache to come to the rocs of Colonel 11BAKOV, Russian
Military Attache, for a drink. At the end of the meal these officers went
to RYEA.KCW's where they found the entire Russian delegation, a number of
Finnish officers, and Major (now Lt Col) Alfred }1U! 'L, Assistant French
Attache with station in Stockholm, all of whom were slightly drunk. The
two American officers soon left and went with General PUWfLA, Chief of the
Finnish Border Guard, to a neighboring room which was occupied by a group
of Finnish civilian friends. Fifteen minutes later Lt Colonel DOUBOVICH
and Lt Colonel TCH E FOV, both Assistant U.S.S.R. Military Attaches, banged
on the door and barged in. They were successfully gotten rid of after the
Finnish hosts had registered annoyance in a fashion leading up to a fight.
Soon thereafter the American officers retired tc. their own rooms. Since
that time there has been no private contact with Russian military personnel
except at Finnish and other foreign parties and dinners. All Russians have
continued to be most cordial at such functions.
c. About a year ago, then Oolsael Erik GR*HL, Swedish Military
Attache, was preparing to leave for station in Switzerland, the U.S. Army
Attache had the full corps of Military Attaches, with the exception of the
Russians, to his home for dinner. He did, however, invite Colonel RIBAKOV,
who did attend, and who has since asked the U.S. Amy Attache on three
different occasions if he would be willing to corms to his hams for dinner.
Each time the Arm Attache has agreed to the paroposal, but as yet he has
not been invited. Colonel RYBAKOY has not been invited again to the U.S.
Army Attache's home, nor has any of his colleagues.
d. The following report, which has already been reported by the
Assistant U.S.-Naval Attache, is included for information. Wing Commander
Don FLEET, British Air Attache, was invited by Lt Colonel TCHERZ OV, and
again by Lt Colonel L. V. FEDOTOV, Russian Military Attache (Assistant)
to dinner at their respective homes about a year ago. TCH R ( asked FLEET
about his American connections - after laving stated that the American
pr eparati ons for war were responsible 4br the present unrest - and asked
hilt if he would report to the Russians on the locations of new American air-
fields in S1 rope and any other intelligence information which would help
the Russians in their fight against American imperialists. FLEET naturally
refused. FEDOTOV, when his turn came, led up to the matter more diplo atioally
by asking FLEET if he believed in peace and if he would work for peace. FL T
replied in the affirmative, but when FE)OTOV said, "Such being the case, will
you give us all the information you can on American plans and offensive
measures," FLEET again answered in the negative. Some weeks later HYBAKOV
saw FLk's8T and apologized to him for the questions which had been placed to
his by the junior officers, and said, "If they bother you at any time against
your will, please let me know." Since that time FLEET has not been approached
by any Russians with similar requests, nor has he been asked back to any of
their houses. The night on which FLEET went to dinner with TC ~V, he
found there a group of Finnish officers, all of whom were normal contacts
of either the British or Americans. It has since been ascertained that
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practically all of these Finnish officers hays at aosie time or another been
approached by one of the Russian Junior officers with requests similar to
those made to FLEET. The latter reported his conver;:aticns to his Minister,
and through Lt Colonel DULACKI to the U.S. Minister. The matter was also re-
ported to Colonel Kaarlo 9c)2MMT0, Chief of the Finnish Foreign Branch. An
unsubstantiated story has been heard that one Finnish officer, upon leaving
TCHERE?0V's house, found 300,000 Finnish marks in his overcoat pocket.
Efforts to obtain a background for this story have been unavailing. The
officer in question is alleged to have returned to TCHER FOV's house and
to have returned the money to him.
e. So far as the Russian personnel at Helsinki are concerned,
Colonel rl BAKOV and Captain =TINE are likable persons. Lt Col DOUBOVICH,
who was earlier suspected by all, including the Finns, of being the military
MVD agent, has recently become less detestable and almost human. FEDOMV
is a likable but disgusting peasant who delights in telling filthy stories.
TCH PCW is now popularly bel,eyed to be the present MVM agent. He is
barely 30 years of age and has recently bees prsrted to full eol,eeal over
DOUHOVICR and FBDdFW, both of whom ranwd h1a when the U.S. Army Attache
first arrived in Finland. He is unpopular with his '.ha sian colleagues, and
detestable to the Western and Finnish officers. TCh:OV was the only
person who had to be carried out because of his drunken condition from the
American Defense Dy party in 1951. HIBAKW, while not abstemious, can
handle his drinking better than any officer the U.S. Azwly Attache has met.
f. When the Arugr Attache reported to Finland, cis predecessor
took him to the Russian Legation to meet Major General TOKAR V, the Russian
Military Attache. When T(ZAAEV was relieved by Colonel RYBAIM, the U.S.
ArnQr Attache's junior by many years in both grade and age, the latter did
not return the courtesy. The U.S. Ar Attache does not plan to take his
successor to meet EMBAKOV.
g. No military representatives of the Satellite nations are
assigned to Finland.
3. Noy
a. There is no tangible evidence of a change of attitude on the
part of Soviet Att=aches and F2nbassy personnel during the past five months
that the present Army Attache has been in Norway. Soviet Embassy personnel
continue to attend official receptions, but they are not invited to dinners
or cocktail parties at the homes of Western diplomats, nor do the Soviets
invite Westerners to such functions at their homes.
b. Soviet Attaches nor lly attend the luncheons held every two
months by the Service Attaches in Oslo. It appeared to the Army Attache
that the Soviets were more cordial and friendly than usual at the luncheon
held on 3 September 1952; however, this may be attributed to better
acquaintanceship.
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4. Sweden
a. During the period January through July 1952 there has been no
continuing effort on the part of Soviet and Satellite personnel to cultivate
members of the Office of the A=W Attache in Stockholm. However, the
following exceptions to this statement have been reported.
b. In February the Soviet Service Attaches sought to impress at
least their American counterparts with their friendly approaches. This new
attitude was first detected at the monthly attache luncheon for all foreign
service attaches on 11 January 1952. On this occasion theSoviet Military
and Air Attache, Colonel Ivan TCHOUMAK, pressed luncheon invitations on the
U.S. Naval Attache and the Army Attache. In addition the Soviet Naval
Attache, Captain Fedor P4ESNAKOV, invited the U.S. Naval Attache and the
Assistant Naval Attache and his wife, to his home for dinner,
c. The luncheon held in Colonel TCHCUXAK's apartment was of interest
more because it was held than for anything said. Present were the U.S. Naval
Attache, the Army Attache, Colonel Ivan TCHCUKAK, It Colonel Nikolai GRATCHEV,
Assistant U.S.S.R. Air Attache. The luncheon was of very 'nigh quality, with
an obvious effort shorn to impress the American visitors with Soviet "culture."
d. Colonel Ivan TCHOUMAK, U.S.S.R. Military Attache to Sweden,
visited the Office of the Army Attache for the first time in his tour of duty
in Stockholm on 20 February 1952. The reason for this visit was probably to
return the courtesy call which the U.S. Army Attache made on Col TCHOUMAK
earlier in the month. The visit was of same interest in that TCHC{TMAX was
more talkative than is his customary habit. He anr:ounced that it was highly
possible that he wou.)A be relieved soon as his two years would be up in M.W.
He stated that he did not know the name of his replacement since it was still
too early for such information to have been furnished. He further stated
that he would be glad to return to Russia because (a) the climate and food
in Sweden disagreed rdth him; (b) he was not a professional intelligence
officer but an infantry ran and was anxious to return to troop duty; and (c)
that he was not interested in the type of work he was doing as a military
attache. This is the first known occasion when a Soviet officer has been
in the American Embassy during the present Ar y'Attache's two-year tour of
duty.
eo Colonel TCI-ICUlSAK was invited to attend a cocktail party at the
hone of the U.S. Army Attache on 3 April 1952. The invitation was issued
after the other U.S. Service Attaches in Stockholm had stated that no Soviet
officer ever appeared socially by himself. Colonel TCHOUAMAK not only came
by himself, but remained during the mayor portion of the evening. Although
he was uncommunicative, he an;>arently enjoyed himself.
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