Ivan von Birchan says in the episode “The Palme Murder – Big Secret” that he was offered 2 million dollars for the murder of Olof Palme.
Ex-diplomat Jan Stockla immerses himself in Stieg Larsson’s archives and tries to solve the murder mystery of Olof Palme. Discovery
In the new true crime series The Palme Murder – The Big Secret a former diplomat Jan in Stockla seeks to find out the crime writer Stieg Larsson (1954–2004) using notes, who shot Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme in February 1986.
In the second episode of the series, which can be seen on Thursday, you can speak Ivan von Bircha Yugoslav mercenary.
He says that he received a job offer in 1985.
– I was asked to kill Olof Palme.
Von Birchan served as a captain in the military intelligence services in Yugoslavia. In Africa, he met a man who said he was a CIA agent Charles Morgan.
Olof Palme’s murder has remained a mystery for almost four decades. Mauri Vuorinen / IL archive
Nine years later, von Birchan was working as a doorman at a Stockholm hotel when he met Morgan for the second time.
Morgan had asked von Birchan what weapon would be best if one wanted to kill someone in a political sense. Von Birchan shared his views, after which he was presented with an offer.
– You will get two million dollars if you kill Olof Palme, the man says that Morgan proposed.
Von Birchen answered the request “never”.
– I was on Olof Palme’s side. He was a very honest man. I would never have done anything bad to him for any amount of money.
Von Birchan says that he warned the police about the assassination planned by the CIA in November 1985.
Three months later, Palme was dead. The suspected murder weapon was a .357-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver. That was exactly what von Birchan had described to Morgan.
Stocklassa’s new series is based on his book published in 2018. Pete Anikari
Stockla states that it was clear that the police did not believe von Birchan. However, he describes Larsson as more open-minded and says that he spent a lot of time researching the matter
– I don’t know what to believe, Stockla sighs.
Palme murder – Big secret today on TV5 at 19:55 & Discovery+. See all TV programs and broadcast times in Telku’s TV guide.