Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-06-16
Second Swedish Plane Downed
By Russians; Stockholm Premier
Makes Strong Personal Protest
Cabinet Holds Special
Session; Angry Crowd
Rings Soviet Embassy

S1OChHOLM, sweden, June
16.-Soviet jet fighter planes shot
down an unarmed Swedish mill
tary search plane off the coast
OF Estonia today, the government
announced. The Seven-man crew
was picked up later by a German
merchant ship. Two of the Swed-
1sh crew were reported wounded.
The plane was searching for
another Swedish air force plane
missing with eight men aboard
In the same area, where the Rus
slams are reported holding vast
air and sea maneuvers.
The Swedish government, re-
hecting the anger of people in
the streets, delivered a strong pro-
test to the Russians.
Prime Minister Makes Protest.
Soviet Ambassador Constantine
Rodionov was summoned to the
Foreign Office to receive the pro-
test personally from Prime Min
lister Tage Erlander, who is also
Foreign Ministe. Crowds in front
OF the Soviet Embassy jeered Mr..
Rodionov as he left and spat into
the Embassy compound.
Sweden demanded an immedi-
ate investigation and prompt
punishment of those responsible
for the outrage"
Mr.. Erlander also delivered a
second request to the Russians
that they halt further espionage
activity by their diplomats inI
Sweden. This note referred spe-
cif1cally to the trial which opened
here today of seven SwedesI
charged with selling out this ma
tons entire vital northern de-
tense system to the Russians.
so Miles OFF Coast.
The Swedish military plane, al
Catalina ply, was searching forI
. Swedish air force transport
missing since Friday. It is feared
that plane also was shot down byI
the Russians during their maneu-
verS. This would be a fate SimilarI
to one met by a United States
Navy Privateer aircraft which
disappeared IN the same area two
years ago with 10 men aboard.
The Soviet Union rejected
American protests on the shooting
down of the Privateer in April,
1850.
The Catalina was attacked
about so miles off the Soviet-held
EStonian coast. Swedish planes
searching for the missing craftl
had been instructed to keep Is
miles off the Russian-held coast.
The Russians claim IL miles out
as their own special territory.
The pilot radioed that his
plane was hit several times" by
bursts of 20-mm. cannon from
two Soviet MIG-15 jet fight
er planes. The Swedish air force
said it had reports that the plane
was attacked seven times.
Put Ashore in Finland.
After it was hit the plane tried
to make the Swedish coast, some
ITO miles away. The plane went
down apparently around 80 miles
OF the coast, where the crew was
rescued by the German merchant
ship.
g. The German vessel put the men
ashore on the island of Hangoe,
on the southwest tip of Finland,
about so miles southwest of Hell
sfnki. The air force did not
have the ships name or other
details.
Text of Protest.
The text of the Swedish pro-
test:
The Swedish government pre-
sents to the Soviet government
their strong protest against the
act Of violence perpetrated by
Soviet military aircraft against a
Swedish military plane over inter-
national waters.
THE Swedish government sub
mits that the Soviet government
take immediate steps to investi-
gate the circumstances to punish
those responsible for the outrage
and that measures be taken to
prevent a repetition.
1.-THE Swedish government ex-
pect early information regarding
the measures taken by the Soviet
government and reserves herself
to right to claim indemnities.
Communist Pleads Guilty.
Johan Fritiof Enbom, 80, Com
muniSt agitator and editor de-
Scribed as the master mind of the
seven-man spy ring. pleaded
guilty as the trial opened. He
faces life sentence.
The state disclosed existence of
the spy ring last February. The
announcement caused fear and
anxiety in Sweden. Secrets Of
the vast underground Boden
fortress, a bastion against any
Soviet invasion across Finland,
were involved.
Enbom was accused of leading
the ring and using the six others,
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