Editing Bornholm (section)

=== Cold War ===
After the evacuation of their forces from Bornholm, the Soviets took the position that the stationing of foreign troops on Bornholm would be considered a declaration of war against the Soviet Union, and that Denmark should keep troops on it at all times to protect it from such foreign aggression. This policy remained in force after [[NATO]] was formed, with Denmark as a founding member. The Soviets accepted the stationing there of Danish troops, which were part of NATO but viewed as militarily inferior elements of the alliance, but they strongly objected to the presence of other NATO troops on Bornholm, US troops in particular.<ref>[https://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/ACFB01.pdf Vojtech Mastny, "NATO in the Beholder’s Eye: Soviet Perceptions and Policies, 1949–56". Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102012302/http://www.wilsoncenter.org/sites/default/files/ACFB01.pdf |date=2 November 2013 }} Retrieved 10 November 2012</ref>

On 5 March 1953, the day of [[Death and state funeral of Joseph Stalin|Stalin's death]], Polish pilot [[Franciszek Jarecki]] defected from the Eastern Bloc and landed a [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15|MiG-15]] fighter on the island. He was later granted asylum and rewarded for providing Western intelligence with the then-newest Soviet jet fighter.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Rubentein |first1=Joshua |title=The Last Days of Stalin |date=31 May 2016 |publisher=Yale University Press |edition=Kindle}}</ref>

In 2017, Denmark's [[Danish Defence Intelligence Service|Defence Intelligence Service]] decided to build a listening tower near [[Østermarie]], almost 90 meters high, to intercept radio communications across the Baltic Sea and in parts of Russia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Cold War Returns As NATO Member Denmark Builds Spy Station to Capture Russia Intelligence |url=https://www.newsweek.com/cold-war-returns-nato-member-denmark-builds-spy-station-capture-russia-718758 |publisher=Newsweek |date=21 November 2017}}</ref>