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Arne Beurling. 1905-1986.
July 1941. Stockholm. The building of the warehouse of a fish trading company on the outskirts of the Swedish capital did not stand out among the neighboring buildings - hangars and small factories. If someone decided to visit this warehouse, the visitor would be unsuccessful - the door was almost always locked.
The explanation was simple - the decryption department of the Swedish General Staff was located here. The courier of the War Ministry, Allan Emmanuel Nyblad, was considered an ace of his trade. He remembered by heart the addresses of all the institutions of the Swedish capital. That is why his superiors entrusted him with the most urgent and important documents. He was known as a pedant and gave the package only to the person whose name was on the package. Many people were annoyed by this, but the Minister of War himself often bragged about his courier.
No one in the military department did not know that Nyblad was a secret member of the Communist Party of Sweden. In order for the couriers to complete their tasks as quickly as possible, they were given bicycles with special license plates. These license plates allowed them to move freely around Stockholm, avoiding police checks.
Courier, receiving a package for the Chief of General Staff, rolled through the quiet streets of Stockholm. Suddenly he turned off the traditional route into an alley and got off his bicycle. Then, looking around, he answered the special number, and in its place attached another, ordinary... At the two-story house Nyublad jumped off his bike and went to the entrance. He handed the documents to Semyon Starostin. Semyon Starostin, a Soviet military intelligence officer, officially served as Intourist's representative in Sweden.
Semyon Starostin (operational alias "Kent") was born in the year 15. Since 1937, an employee of military intelligence. Since 1939 - resident in Scandinavian countries. He worked under the "cover" of the positions of director of "Intourist" in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, as well as a representative of "Aeroflot" and "Goskino" of the USSR. In November 1941, after the failure of one of the agents, returned to the Soviet Union.
When the Swede finished filming, Starostin packed the papers in a new envelope. He had in his possession a set of all the seals used by the various agencies. From the first days of the war, Moscow had been receiving, through Kent, a daily operational summary prepared by Swedish military intelligence officers on the disposition of Wehrmacht units and formations along the entire Soviet-German front, from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea.
...When in 1940 there was a threat of occupation of Sweden by the Germans, Stockholm became interested in Hitler's plans. A Swedish math professor, Arne Beurling, was able to uncover German military and diplomatic ciphers. Until June 1942, Stockholm knew about all the Germans' plans on the Eastern Front.
In December 1941, Allan Nyblad and his brother Knut were arrested by Swedish counterintelligence. But before the arrest they managed to transfer to Moscow materials for deciphering German documents.
When in the summer of 1942 the Nazis realized their mistake and changed the ciphers, the Soviet military cryptographers were able to find the key to deciphering enemy reports. In the fall of 1942, they were awarded battle orders for this achievement.

Description
Arne Beurling. 1905-1986.
July 1941. Stockholm. The building of the warehouse of a fish trading company on the outskirts of the Swedish capital did not stand out among the neighboring buildings - hangars and small factories. If someone decided to visit this warehouse, the visitor would be unsuccessful - the door was almost always locked.
The explanation was simple - the decryption department of the Swedish General Staff was located here. The courier of the War Ministry, Allan Emmanuel Nyblad, was considered an ace of his trade. He remembered by heart the addresses of all the institutions of the Swedish capital. That is why his superiors entrusted him with the most urgent and important documents. He was known as a pedant and gave the package only to the person whose name was on the package. Many people were annoyed by this, but the Minister of War himself often bragged about his courier.
No one in the military department did not know that Nyblad was a secret member of the Communist Party of Sweden. In order for the couriers to complete their tasks as quickly as possible, they were given bicycles with special license plates. These license plates allowed them to move freely around Stockholm, avoiding police checks.
Courier, receiving a package for the Chief of General Staff, rolled through the quiet streets of Stockholm. Suddenly he turned off the traditional route into an alley and got off his bicycle. Then, looking around, he answered the special number, and in its place attached another, ordinary... At the two-story house Nyublad jumped off his bike and went to the entrance. He handed the documents to Semyon Starostin. Semyon Starostin, a Soviet military intelligence officer, officially served as Intourist's representative in Sweden.
Semyon Starostin (operational alias "Kent") was born in the year 15. Since 1937, an employee of military intelligence. Since 1939 - resident in Scandinavian countries. He worked under the "cover" of the positions of director of "Intourist" in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, as well as a representative of "Aeroflot" and "Goskino" of the USSR. In November 1941, after the failure of one of the agents, returned to the Soviet Union.
When the Swede finished filming, Starostin packed the papers in a new envelope. He had in his possession a set of all the seals used by the various agencies. From the first days of the war, Moscow had been receiving, through Kent, a daily operational summary prepared by Swedish military intelligence officers on the disposition of Wehrmacht units and formations along the entire Soviet-German front, from the Barents Sea to the Black Sea.
...When in 1940 there was a threat of occupation of Sweden by the Germans, Stockholm became interested in Hitler's plans. A Swedish math professor, Arne Beurling, was able to uncover German military and diplomatic ciphers. Until June 1942, Stockholm knew about all the Germans' plans on the Eastern Front.
In December 1941, Allan Nyblad and his brother Knut were arrested by Swedish counterintelligence. But before the arrest they managed to transfer to Moscow materials for deciphering German documents.
When in the summer of 1942 the Nazis realized their mistake and changed the ciphers, the Soviet military cryptographers were able to find the key to deciphering enemy reports. In the fall of 1942, they were awarded battle orders for this achievement.