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Operation Stella Polaris was the cover name for an operation in which Finnish signals intelligence records, equipment and personnel were transported to Sweden in late September 1944 after the end of combat on the Finnish-Soviet front in World War II. [1]
[2] [3] Bonde was active in Operation Stella Polaris in 1944 before being relocated by the government to the National Swedish Office for Aliens (Statens utlänningskommission) [4] where he was a member from 1944 to 1945. [2] Bonde was promoted to colonel in the reserve in 1945 and retired from the army in 1957. [2]
The Finnish Defence Intelligence Agency is subordinate to the Intelligence Division of Defence Command and its self-stated tasks include analysing military strategies, gathering geospatial and meteorological intelligence, training Defence Forces and partner staff, such as police or border guard, as well as supporting peacekeeping operations, such as Finnish deployments to the War in ...
The Swedish contact person for the Stella Polaris operation was the Chief of the Swedish intelligence Carl Petersén. The operation was initiated in September 1944 on orders from Hallamaa. About 350 wooden boxes were transferred by ship to Sweden, along with some 700–800 men who had worked with the radio intelligence, and their families. [ 1 ]
In Operation Stella Polaris the Finnish signals intelligence unit was evacuated to Sweden following the Finland/Soviet cease-fire in September 1944. The records, including cryptographic material, ended up in the hands of Americans.
Originally Operation Overcast sometimes called Project Paperclip. Surgeon (1945–) – Similar to Paperclip; program to exploit German aeronautical scientific advances. Stella Polaris (1944–) transfer of Finnish SIGINT, equipment, and personnel to Sweden following end of the Continuation war in 1944.
Originally classified Agate (AM-78), Agate became PYc-4, 20 December 1940.She was built in 1930 by Mathis Yacht Building Co., (Hull # 209, O.N. 229834) Camden, New Jersey. as Armina (for William W. Atterbury, Pres. Penn R.R.Co.) (later renamed Stella Polaris); acquired by the Navy 27 October 1940 (from then owner, Mr.Livingston Short); and commissioned 31 January 1941.
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