12-01-2012, 09:09 PM
[quote=Jan Klimkowski]
[QUOTE]The Angleton Connection
In regard to the second question, leads to the CIA's notorious chief of counter-intelligence, James Jesus Angleton, had emanated from the Rosal case. Specifically, inside Ambassador Rosal's pocket at the time of his arrest was the address of Stig Wennerstrom, a former Swedish military attaché to the United States, and a close friend of Philippe de Vosjoli. De Vosjoli at the time was the French intelligence service's liaison to Angleton. But more importantly, de Vosjoli was also a double-agent working for Angleton against his own country.
By de Vosjoli's account, Wennerstrom was "an associate" of several French intelligence officers stationed in Washington. De Vosjoli's charge led Angleton to believe that the Soviet intelligence service, the KGB, had penetrated the French intelligence service, SDECE. In Angleton's mind, this belief was confirmed in December 1961 by the famous KGB defector, Anatoly Golitsyn. [/QUOTE]
A further note on Wennerström, (from Wikipedia):
[QUOTE]Stig Erik Constans Wennerström (August 22, 1906 March 22, 2006) was a colonel in the Swedish Air Force who was convicted of espionage in 1964.
During the 1950s, he leaked the Swedish air defence plans and the entire Saab Draken fighter jet project to the Soviet Union. He also worked as a military attaché in Washington, DC, where he was very useful to the Russian military intelligence agency, the GRU. He also served in the same role in Moscow.
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[QUOTE]The Angleton Connection
In regard to the second question, leads to the CIA's notorious chief of counter-intelligence, James Jesus Angleton, had emanated from the Rosal case. Specifically, inside Ambassador Rosal's pocket at the time of his arrest was the address of Stig Wennerstrom, a former Swedish military attaché to the United States, and a close friend of Philippe de Vosjoli. De Vosjoli at the time was the French intelligence service's liaison to Angleton. But more importantly, de Vosjoli was also a double-agent working for Angleton against his own country.
By de Vosjoli's account, Wennerstrom was "an associate" of several French intelligence officers stationed in Washington. De Vosjoli's charge led Angleton to believe that the Soviet intelligence service, the KGB, had penetrated the French intelligence service, SDECE. In Angleton's mind, this belief was confirmed in December 1961 by the famous KGB defector, Anatoly Golitsyn. [/QUOTE]
A further note on Wennerström, (from Wikipedia):
[QUOTE]Stig Erik Constans Wennerström (August 22, 1906 March 22, 2006) was a colonel in the Swedish Air Force who was convicted of espionage in 1964.
During the 1950s, he leaked the Swedish air defence plans and the entire Saab Draken fighter jet project to the Soviet Union. He also worked as a military attaché in Washington, DC, where he was very useful to the Russian military intelligence agency, the GRU. He also served in the same role in Moscow.
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