Alfhem place
also: Altham
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William A. Robertson Jr. carried_out_attack
Alfhem documented
“Diction was like a scandal. And it basically led to the first military action of Operation Success. CIA paramilitary man William Rip Robertson wanted to go to the port city with frogmen and sink the Swedish ship with explosives. Yes, that's…”
▶ The Colonels Corner President’s Secret Wars chapter 6 @ 52:02
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▶ 51:31
Because, again, they were cut off from everybody. Washington learned of this move when an agent in Poland reported the loading of weapons aboard a freighter. The ship turned out to be Swedish vessel ALFHEM, which eluded several attempts at …
▶ 54:09
The next day, Eisenhower told a party of congressional leaders that he was ordering the Navy to actually stop any suspicious ship, which, by the way, is illegal. Altham herself was intercepted on the return voyage and escorted to Key West f…