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9. So, is the message in English in reference to the fact

Reply to AnnieBW (Original post)

Fri May 15, 2015, 11:38 PM

May 2015

that the submarine hunt in Swedish waters back in the eighties was actually caused by Reagan's dirty little tricks?

As those old enough may remember, these mysterious submarines were not from Russia. The hunt for them, which always failed, was actually meant to embarrass Olof Palme, the Swedish Prime Minister and his policy of peace and detente developed in concert with German Social Democrats Willy Brandt and Egon Bahr.

Just watched an interesting documentary about this on German/French TV channel ARTE the other day. Unfortunately, it is only available in German and French.

German version:

In French:

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Sweden's Unique Way of Scaring off Russian Submarines [View all] AnnieBW May 2015 OP

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You wouldn't know it from the OP reorg May 2015 #10

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Maybe The U.S. Should Put Some Of Those Signs in Voting Booths AnnieBW May 2015 #7

So, is the message in English in reference to the fact reorg May 2015 #9

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