- To win the cold war President Ronald Reagan formed a secret ‘deception committee’ for a disinformation campaign against the USSR
- On several occasions ‘disinformation’ put the world on the brink of nuclear war
- The ‘Soviet’ U-boat scare that shook Sweden in the 80s was caused by US and UK subs that penetrated Swedish territorial waters disguised as Russian ones
- Swedish military were fully aware of these operations but did not report to Prime Minister, Olof Palme
- The number of Swedes believing in a Soviet threat increased fourfold
- ‘Dove’ Palme had no choice but to take anti-Soviet stance
- He was assassinated the day before his trip to meet Gorbachev whom he saw as a like minded person
During Palme’s tenure, there were more than a hundred antisubmarine alerts: the media reported stories of people witnessing Soviet frogmen manipulating something near a Swedish naval base and published undersea tracks left by the mysterious submarines.
Every time, the USSR was blamed, and although it denied everything, no one believed it. From 1981 to 1983, the number of Swedes who perceived a Soviet threat increased from 27% to 83%.…
Russia Insider
Alexei Pankin
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