"ESTONIA/KIELLAND"
Introduction:
In January 2001, I received copy of a reply regarding "Estonia/Kielland"
from Mr. Knut Børseth to Jutta Rabe, Top Story Filmproduction GmbH
Medienhaus Babelsberg August-Bebel-Strasse 26-53 D-14482 Potsdam.
(In October 1983 I went onboard the uprighted "Kielland" as one
of two inspectors on behalf of "The Kielland Foundation" representing
relatives and survivors. The other inspector on behalf of the Foundation
was Mr. Knut Børseth. Ref: Inspecton onboard.)
Quote :
Top Story Filmproduction GmbH Medienhaus Babelsberg August-Bebel-Strasse
26-53 D-14482 Potsdam
Attention: Jutta Rabe (e-mail: topstory@mevacom.de)
12th January 2001
Subject: Alexander Kielland / Estonia
I acknowledge receipt of your letter dated 10th January 2001, and in response, have the following information:
1. Diving Estonia; Contact person, Svein Ove Gjerstal, Sonsub, Norway (formerly Stolt Comex). E-mail: sveinove.gjersdal@sonsub.saipem.eni.it
2. Estonia sand/stonefilling - ref. the above.
3. Alex Kielland documentation; Ole Østlund, P.O. Box 799, 7408 Trondheim, Norway. E-mail: falk@reality.multinet.no Østlund has endeavoured for the last 17 years to re-open the case in order that the possibility that the triggering factor for the fatigue collapse was caused by an explosion may be included (ref. my letter dated 04.01.01). Mr. Østlund has written a book based on his investigations. Author and former TV reporter (NRK). Mr. Nilsen has written a book based on his personal experience with the Alexander Kielland accident. Telephone: +47 72 45 62 64, Hemnskjel, Norway Mobile telephone: +47 91 32 14 25
4. Non-diving treaty; Take contact with Rune Gerhardsen, Geelmuyden.Kiese as, Lilleakervn. 2, P.O. Box 363, N-1324 Lysaker, Norway. E-mail: rg@geelmuyden-kiese.no At the moment, Mr. Gerhardsen works as a consultant, but is a former well-established politician and his father was Norway's Prime Minister for many years.
If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best regards,
Knut Børseth (sign.)
Unquote.
As result of the copy from Mr. Børseth I entered into a mail conversation with Jutta Rabe, Top Story Filmproduction:
Mail correspondance with Jutta Rabe, Germany 17.01.2001 - 28.02.2001
Date 17.01.01:
To: "Jutta Rabe" <topstory@mevacom.de>
From: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Subject: "ALEXANDER L. KIELLAND" / ESTONIA
To Jutta Rabe, Hello, I received to day an e-mailcopy of Mr. Knut Borseths letter to yourself as included below.(i.e. mail quoted above)>As this matter(s) are of great importance I would before entering into a discussing with yourself and your Company "TOPSTORY" ask you for some information about your background and reason for interest in the Estonia and Kielland matters.>>As Mr. Borseth in his letter are refering to my name and in the same context Mr. Nilsen and Mr. R. Gerhardsen, I would like to qulify my acquiantanceship/nonacquintanceship with both those two persons in order to avoid misunderstandings. > To my experience Mr. Nilsen paid interest in the "Kielland" case up to a time when it must have become obvious to him that persons within the Norwegian labour party and labour Government of 1980 were heavily involved in the Cover up. Mr R. Gerhardsen and is late father are/was high up in the Norwegian labour party. > I have no respect for people backing off when it proves that there might be more to a case than whats in their own political interest to pursue. > Murder leads to Barbarism not to Democracy if it is allowed to prevail. > Regards Ole Ostlund
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 18:30:42 +0100
Subject: ESTONIA
From: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
To: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Hello Mr. Ostlund,
sorry only now to come back to you, but I was on a holiday in between. My background is that I'm a German Journalist and since the last 6 years trying to find out the truth about the sunken ferry ESTONIA. I was the one who was last summer together with the US-expert Gregg Bemis down to the wreck. Then you were mentioned to me, because the Alexander Kielland case seems to be another scandinavian cover up case and I thought there might work something like a system and I could learn from you. So if you have any experience you would like to share with me, I would be thankful for it. Best regards Jutta Rabe
Date: 19.02.01 14.25
To: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
From: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Subject: Re: ESTONIA
Hay Jutta, I read about Gregg Bemis dive on Estonia last summer. I haven't seen any report but from the dive, but I understand from the news that my suspicion about the hinges were substantiated. > That leads us into the discussion about motives. I am familiar with the sayings about Russian weapons onbord Estonia. If thats correct it could be the only reason. Optionally the weapon story would distract any upcomming investigation from looking into other posibilities. As such the weapon story, true or not true, could be used as a divertion from the real motive. > Before going into analysing alternative motives please inform me about the status on your technical findings and the weapon theory. > Regards Ole Ostlund
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 17:09:40 +0100
Subject: Re: ESTONIA
From: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
To: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Hello Mr. Ostlund,
thanks for your reply. We had cut off two metal samples from the bulkhead-holes in the bowarea of the wreck. When we gave them to two German labs and one US lab the result was clear: explosion. So there is no doubt anymore about the fact that ESTONIA was sunk, but by whom and what are the motives ? One is blackmail. It was known that the shipping company ESTLINE was blackmailed: money or something happens! But there is also the weapon transport story from Russia, whereby I can't say to what extend true. There is another theory and that is that Russians sunk the ship to make a political statement, since Estonia had started to flirt too much whith the NATO. More I don't know either. please judge yourself. Best regards Jutta Rabe
Date 20.02.01
To: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
From: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Subject: Re: ESTONIA
Hello again, You are working with the following facts which sounds similiar to "Kielland". 1) The disaster was caused by the act of explosives 2) This fact is not acknowledge by the principals in the involved countries which indicates there is a cover up operation going on. > Further you are defining the following options: aaa) Blackmail bbb) Weapon transport story from Russia ccc) Political statement against Estonia-Nato relationship ddd) Any other reason > Before commenting on the optional motives please tell me more about the cover operation, which countries have been/are involved and to what level of authority is the matter dealt with within these administrations. > Best regards Ole
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 10:50:41 +0100
Subject: Re: ESTONIA From: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
To: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Hello Ole, countries involved: Sweden, Estonia, Finland as main-actors, Russia and the US as possible secret participants. Russia has made statements in form of secret papers indicating that there is a criminal background, but nothing official. Most actve with the cover up is of course Sweden and particular the swedish Sjöfartsverket. All is concentrated in the hand of one man there: Johan Franson He is a lawyer and has the allround knowledge. Politicians of all clour like him to write statements and explanations. On the finnish side it is Kari Lehtola, another civil servant working for the Minister of Justice and has been in the case from day one on already from 8:00 a clock in the morning the day the ship sunk. It is to assume that all gov. knew already by very early time in the morning of Sept. 28th/94 that there had happened an assault, because in Estonia was already talked about it, the press was already writing about it, but suddenly all this reports were errors. The complete press attitude changed after the first day. And already 6 days after the sinking, even before any real investigation was in work, the newly founded three country Joint Accident Investigation Commission stated, that the main locks brock at the bow visor and due to that thousands of tonns of water could flood the cardeck and so the ship sunk. They pointed with this statement immideatela to the yard who had built the ship and said: underdimentioned locks, construction fault. And that is what they keep until today. If you want to read yourself more into the case: www.estonia-sinking.org and www.estoniaferrydisaster.net Best regards Jutta Rabe
Date 21.02.01
To: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
From: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Subject: Re: ESTONIA
Hello, Having briefly scanned through the internet webinformation refered to by yourself there certainly is a lot of similiarity in the "Estonia" case and "Kielland" case. > Lets however concentrate on the motives for the sabotage act: On "Kielland" the following motives were optional: aaa) Spetnaz story, Sovjet frogmen operating from submarine bbb) Insurance fraud ccc) Political statement against oil exploration North of 62nd parallell ddd) Any other reason > The similiarity in "motives" are clear, however, there is one main difference. "Kielland" took place in March 1980, during the Cold War, three months after Sovjet invasion of Afghanistan. "Estonia" took place in Sept. 1994, after the so called end of the Cold War. > There might also be more than one motive, principal and second motives. > Concerning the "Estline black mail theory": Look into the cover up. The cover up has likely been initiated on a high level involving Sweden and Finland and thirdly Estland. In case of black mail or treath the aim was not Estline but the Swedes and/or the Finns, most likely the Swedes. Why should Sweden and Finland cover up for a treath against Estline unless they were involved? > A Power frightening enough to black mail Sweden could be the Russians. I doubt, however, that there is any official statement proving that Russia in 1994 put a treath on Sweden. You are however writing: "Russia has made statements in form of secret papers indicating that there is a criminal background, but nothing official". The criminal statement I suppose implicates the "Weapon transport story from Russia" which whether fact or not a fact could be smokescreening involving KGB. The message/treath (which most unlikely has been made through official channels) would in case have come through KGB collaborators/agents with high up contacts in Sweden. > Why would KGB "blackmail Sweden" in Sept 1994? Estland's fraternization with NATO was not for Sweden to decide. Neither Sweden or Finland being members of NATO. This could, however, be an argument used to keep Estland quiet. Then there must be another reason??? > > On "Kielland" the "Sovjet Spetnaz frogmen rumour" in 1980 most likely scared off politicians, military, police investigators etc, etc. Someone must however have put out words like: "Don't mess with Sovjet". (Remember "Kielland" took place 3 months after Soviet invasion in Afghanistan.) This individual or individuals, did they act or were they influenced/controlled by a KGB collaborator in Norway? The Soviet spy Gordievsky stated that the agent in Norway was one of KGB's 6 or 10 best agents world wide. > > Jutta, If you catch interest in above scenario, look into if anything changed from before to after "Estonia" in particular related to matters going on under Swedish control. > Do you have listings of personnel or group of personnel travelling onboard Estonia on Sept 28 1994? > Hearing from you. Best regards Ole Ostlund
Date 22.02.01
To: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
From: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Subject: Q/A
Hello Jutta, When did the Swedish Polis resume investigation of the murder on the Norwegian Kai Holst which took place in Stockholm in 1945? > When was the resumed investigation postponed/terminated/abandonned - and for what reason? > Have a nice day. > Best regards Ole .
Date 22.02.01
To: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
From: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Subject: Kai Holst
Who was Kai Holst? Kai Holst was a member of the World War II resistance movement in Norway with close contacts to the head leaders of Milorg, among them Jens Christian Hauge. At the end of the war he was given the task of picking up German files and bring them to Stockholm. Shortly after arrival Stockholm Kai Holst was murdered. There is a question whether the files retained by Kai Holst remained fully intact. > Jens Christian Hauge became the Secretary to the Prime Minister Einar Gerhardsen, and later Minister of Defence. Einar Gerhardsen was a member of the labour party (Arbeiderpartiet) and part of the left wing Mot Dag movement. The German cansler Willy Brandt who stayed in Norway was also member of Mot Dag. Not mentioning why Willy Brandt had to leave office. > The left wing revolutionary movement Mot Dag is dealt with on FALK International webpages http://www.multinet.no/~falk/ and in particular on page http://www.multinet.no/~falk/Falk7.2.htm > Kai Holst was a relative to the late foreign minister of Norway from the labour party, Hans Jørgen Holst. > > Subject to "Kielland" the evidence strongly substantiates an inside operation. > Regards Ole
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 08:38:08 +0100
Subject: Re: Kai Holst
From: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
To: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
thanks, that was very interesting. I knew I had heared the name before, but would have not brought him into connection with Willy Brandt. But help me, how does this connect to the case? Best regards Jutta
Date 24.02.01
To: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
From: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Subject: Re: Kai Holst
Hello there, I just came into office and on my way out. Check FALK International webpages http://www.multinet.no/~falk/Falk7.2htm and http://www.multinet.no/~falk/Falk7.2.2.htm and http://www.multinet.no/~falk/Falk7.2.1.htm > That will give you more background. Contact me when you have read through that part. Clarté was the main organization with left wing branches in Sweden as well as France. Probably also in Germany? In Norway they grouped together under MOT DAG. Erling Falk was their leader, ref. webpages. > All the best Ole > Hurry up, I am getting tired after more than twenty years of struggling...........
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 18:50:24 +0100
Subject: Re: Kai Holst
From: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
To: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Dear Ole, I tried to go on the internet page you were recomm. to me, but there is only error-reprts. What to do??? All the best Jutta
Date 27.02.01
To: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
From: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Subject: Re: Kai Holst
Hello Jutta, Try again, if not succesful send me your fax no. > If succesful, confirm entry to me. > If getting trouble with access, with e-mail, with fax or whatsoever, my phoneno. in Norway is 47 73527465 or mobil 988 29 344. .......................................................................
> The German files Kai Holst brought from Norway to Stockholm in 1945 contained most likely information about Sovjet contacts/agents in Norway at the time of the Germany invasion April 9th 1940. Contacts valuable to the Germans at the time. In 1940 Hitler and Stalin collaborated. This was before operation Barbarossa in summer of 1941. > The Norwegian ressistance movement shaped up after operation Barbarossa due to increased left wing (including Mot Dag) ressistance against Hitler. The scenario on the murder on Kai Holst in Stockholm includes removal of part of the German files covering up for Sovjet agent(s) in Norway. One particular agent - referred to by Gordievsky as one of KGB's 6-10 most valuable agents world wide, moved himself into position during the war especially in the end of the war. Like Guileaume (if I spell the name of Willy Brandt's secretary correct) he positioned himself in a central role. He might still be around although he is getting old of age. Such an agent if disclosed could affect great damage to KGB's web and operations even today. Thats why the scenario includes that the resumed investigation by the Swedish police on the murder of Kai Holst had to be interrupted before major disclosures. The very same agent might be responsible for the assault against "Kielland". > Do you understand the scenario I am trying to picture for you ??????? > Like "Kielland" diverted the focus from corruption within Statoil and a possible change in Norwegian oil politics resulting from the Norwegian Cost Analysis of the North Sea, Estonia diverted the focus from the murder on Kai Holst and one og KGB's most valuable agents after World War II. > Best regards Ole
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 11:08:07 +0100
Subject: Kai Holst theory From: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
To: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Hi Ole, thanks for explaning, but I think that sounds too thin ice. I have the tendency to believe in more substantial reasons. I don't believe that there was blown off a whole ship with over 1000 people on board, just to get the focus away from something else. Solid criminals of that time (1994 was the 'blooming up time' of organised crime among Russia and their Associates) had enough reasons. What I thought could be a parallel in the two cases Kielland and Estonia is the method of cover-up. The established work of an investigation commission, the general tactique of social democratic governments etc.? Is there any you could see? Best regards Jutta
Date: 28.02.01
To: Jutta.Rabe@t-online.de (Jutta Rabe)
From: Ole Ostlund <falk@reality.multinet.no>
Subject: Miscellaneous
Hay Jutta, So far the various scenarios. As stated in one of my previous mails it might be more than one motive, a combination of primary and others. On "Kielland" the explosion took place approx 18.30 in the evening when it normally should be few people onboard due to crewchange. However, that particular day helicopters where grounded due to fog and people gathered onboard "Kielland". There was plenty of time to cancel the assault. Not doing so proves how cynical these people are. Human lives doesn't count. > Criminals are handy to use. From the press I have read how the criminals (mafia) in Russia collaborates with the political leadership. It is said that "Kielland" was transit for narcotic trade between Scotland and Norway (Scandinavia). The Stavanger police had a file on the narcotic trade, but this was to my knowledge never thouroughly investigated. > Concerning the cover-up, I have not put myself in debt into the Estonia case, so I am not in position to compare. Concerning the cover-up on "Kielland" you may visit FALK International webpage section "6 The Cover Operation" http://www.multinet.no/~falk/Falk6.1.htm > As to the establishmet of an investigation committee, this should in my opinion never be in replace of proper police investigation. In the case of "Kiellanmd" I would have recommended international investigation with assistance from FBI and Scotland Yard. > As to your question about the general tactique of social democratic governments, I can only say that the Norwegian Labour Party (AP) was in Cabinet before, when and after the "Kielland" disaster. > Best Regards Ole
> P.S Look at Falk International http://www.multinet.no/~falk/Falk6.1.htm and LINKED pages. If any problems please contact me immidiately. >
END. (Loaded on ALK Internationals webpages July 30th 2005)