When Social Democracy Radicalized

The Editors

A CIA report from November 1967 reveals the agency’s deep fear of Swedish social democracy, and its rising star Olof Palme.

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Prime minister of Sweden Olof Palme (R) gives a speech during a press conference, on August 2, 1975, where socialist European leaders meet at the Haga Palace, the Queen’s Pavilion, in Stockholm. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

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