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CQO VTS 68 CLAS AFSN DDAT SLIN AUTH SUBS SUBJ Full _. country’s eastern seaboard. 10 11 Page: 1 of 2 UNCLASSIFIED Document 1 UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED PM0302131393 930203 Moscow IZVESTIYA in Russian 3 Feb 93 p Marat Zubko and IZVESTIYA military obeerver Viktor Litovkin under the general heading: "Swedish Prime Minister Going to Moscow To Resolve ‘Periscope Problem" [Reports by Marat Zubko and IZVESTIYA military observer Viktor Litovkin under the general heading: “Swedish Prime Minister Going to Moscow To Resolve ‘Periscope Problem" Bildt to Focus on Submarine Incursions During Hoscow Visit Tex…

~C00175684 12 13 14 Page: 2 of 2 UNCLASSIFIED although the experts I know claim that this will not be easy to accomplish. The Swedish side does not possess precise and clear arguments which indisputably prove the appearance of Russian submarines in Swedish territorial waters. All the recordings of underwater noises which have been received from Stockholm are of a very poor quality. It is impossible to draw from them an unequivocal conclusion about the presence of submarines and to whom they belong. It is no accident that even the prize of 1 million Swedish krone, announced last fall for any Ru…