The Federal Criminal Police Office in Wiesbaden. The man who helped establish the agency has been its president for six years, Paul Dickpopf, a top official with an apparently clean record, suggests that he had been an opponent of the Nazis. Until 1971 and in the Brandt era he is West Germany’s top criminal investigator … In 1968 he becomes head of Interpol. Nazis in the CIA, Netflix 2012
They became willing helpers, spies, because the US Intelligence Services could use their past to blackmail them. ibid.
The American Intelligence services were fighting a new enemy, communism, with the help of Nazis who worked for them as spies. ibid.
‘They were used for covert operations and this type of thing.’ ibid. man in the know
The Americans search all over Germany for the former SS officer [mass murderer] Intelligence officer, Eugen Steimle. ibid.
German industry made arrangements to keep its capital safe. ibid.
It [CIA] recruits fascists in Italy during the Cold War. They are to fight communism on behalf of the Americans. Since the 1960s, Italy is shaken by a series of bomb attacks. Hundreds of people die. These acts are first blamed on leftists, but it has been shown that they were committed by the far right. Stefano Delle Chiaie became the leader of the new right. ibid.
In 1970 the fascists and their backers want to stage a coup in Italy and eliminate the left-wing parties. ibid.
The unit is named Gladio and it is under the control of the CIA. ibid.
Many Italians believe that Moro was killed because he wanted to pursue a third way that contradicted Yalta. ibid.
‘Andreotti was the puppet of the Americans.’ ibid. man in the know
Licio Gelli was master of the influential Propaganda Due Masonic Lodge. Gelli had been an American agent since the War. ibid.
After the War, Barbie was recruited by the American Intelligence Services. ibid.
The Americans hide Barbie and other war criminals first in Germany, then in South America. ibid.
February 28th 1986: Olof Palme, the prime minister of Sweden, is walking down this street in central Stockholm. It’s close to midnight and he and his wife have just been to the cinema … a lone gunman emerges and shoots Palme in the back. As the prime minister lies dying the gunman flees up this alley. Document: The Palme Assassination, BBC Radio 4 2014
Nearly 30 years on this killing remains unsolved. ibid.
Stieg Larsson: [investigates] a world of right-wing hardliners, secret services, South African dirty tricks, on a trail which also leads back to Britain. ibid.
In 1988 the investigative journalist Duncan Campbell published a story in the New Statesman which suggests South African involvement, a London connection and MI6 knowledge of what was going on. ibid.
Another plot sees the involvement of the CIA and the Italian masonic lodge Propaganda Due led by Licio Gelli who wrote in a telegram to Philip Guarino that ‘the Swedish tree will be felled’. Wikipedia 2018
Gelli and P2 played a role in the October Surprise and the murder of Swedish prime minister Olof Palme. Satanic Vatican
Who killed Olof Palme? The Man Who Played with Fire I, Sky Documentaries 2023
Stieg Larsson, one of the world’s greatest crime writers, had spent a decade secretly investigating the assassination of our prime minister. ibid.
‘This assassination has shaken the very foundations of Swedish society.’ ibid. UK news
So there at least 36 witnesses that saw men with walkie-talkies the night of the murder. ibid.
Stieg had a huge amount of research on the CIA. The Man Who Played with Fire II
I finally come to three really important dossiers: 1) Alf Enerstrom, described as ‘Sweden’s largest Palme hater’ … 2) Viktor Gunnarsson, described as a ‘far-right crackpot’ … 3) Bertil Wedin, this was the real breakthrough. The Man Who Played With Fire III
There’s a lot pointing to organised crime. ibid.
Bertil Wedin: He was even associated with Stay Behind, a secret resistance movement. ibid.
‘Olof Palme became key in the fight against Apartheid.’ ibid. South African reverend
I could see the South Africans’ political motives to kill our prime minister. ibid.
Craig Williamson was definitely working with Bertil Wedin … for the South African security forces. ibid.
South African security forces were working together with Swedish right-wingers and fanatics. The Man Who Played With Fire IV
In Sweden the right-wingers wanted to get rid of him … Double motives but with a shared aim. ibid.
Bertil Wedin had contact with fanatics in Sweden. ibid.
I decided to compile my material and hand everything to the police. ibid.
The prosecutors killed the investigation … The Swedish people deserve better. ibid.
A guy’s [Olof Palme] been shot in the town centre at Sveavagen. An Unlikely Murderer s1e1, report, Netflix 2021
I saw a man. He was just standing there window shopping. He wore a blue quilted jacket that was a little longer than his thighs. His hands were in his pockets. He wore a cap with like a kind of buttons. He wore round, wide-rimmed glasses. ibid. witness
Shot in the chest by an unknown man. The police is looking for a 30-40 year old man. ibid. Stig Engstrom reads newspaper at breakfast table
Someone must have confused the murderer with me. ibid. Stig rings the rozzers
I could feel his fading pulse weak against my fingers. ibid.
Sven? Hi, Thomas, Hi … I think you might be able to help me with an article I’m writing. An Unlikely Murderer s1e2, reporters
I’m looking for a conspiracy. ibid. chief rozzer
He [Engstrom] could even be the perpetrator for all I know. ibid. rozzer Arne
How could Engstrom be outside The Grand at 11 o’clock? ibid.
But if Stig Engstrom and Stay Behind were responsible for the murder, well need more than that … If we’re going to print, it has to be the real thing. An Unlikely Murderer s1e3, reporters
The names on the list are good. We know they had a meeting … ibid. Stay Behind contact
So 20 minutes after Palme has been shot Engstrom wants to get back in? ibid. rozzer to Skandia receptionist
If it wasn’t Engstrom who killed Palme, then who the hell did. ibid. rozzer Arne
Everything that pointed to Engstrom had to be invalidated. ibid. rozzer
The wrist bag – that’s how I remember him [Engstrom]. ibid. witness
The CIA use Stay Behind to assassinate Olof Palme. ibid. reporters
Someone needs to put a bullet in Palme’s head before it’s too late. ibid. Stay Behind bridge game with Engstrom
It’s a book about Stig. I believe he was the one that shot Olof Palme. An Unlikely Murderer s1e4, reporter to Margareta
He may not have like Palme but he wasn’t the only one. ibid. Margareta to reporter
I haven’t been forgotten. That’s a total fucking lie. ibid. Engstrom to wife
I was a witness, a key witness, in the Palme trial. An Unlikely Murderer s1e5, Engstrom to psychiatrist
We want to know if it was you who made these calls from your cabin? ibid. investigator to Margarita