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At week's end the Blekinge standoff was still dragging on. Western defense analysts assumed that the Soviet sub had gone aground during an espionage operation against Sweden's Karlskrona naval base, only nine miles up the coast. The Swedes were left to explain why they did not detect the clumsy intruder as it nosed about in the narrow channels of the archipelago. Everyone had questions, but Gushin knew one thing for sure. During their talk, he illustrated to Andersson what he thought would happen to him when he finally got home: the Soviet officer dramatically drew a forefinger across his throat.