"I did what I did, not for gain but to save humanity from the horrors of another war," a tall, pale Swedish petty officer calmly told a Stockholm court last week. What Flag Engineer Ernest Hilding Andersson had donethis navy man of more than 20 years' standingwas to sell a sheaf of Sweden's closest military secrets to the Russians for 4,530 kronor (about $900) expense money.
The 42-year-old spy had been one of eight children, whose invalid father had to scrape along on a pension of $10 a month. He had quit school at...
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