NORWAY: Wrong Address

Somehow, Norway seems to have a lot of trouble with classified material. In 1971 the Norwegian Ministry of Defense inadvertently auctioned away some documents dealing with the missile air defense system for Oslo. Last year there was another auction of some old cabinets. They contained, among other things, detailed drawings from one of NATO's most important bases for maritime air intelligence in northern Norway. Last week embarrassed Norwegian officials admitted that for the past eight months, mail from the Joint Norwegian Military High Command and other military units intended for the West German embassy in Oslo had been going...

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