Odhalení západoněmeckého „špiona“ na velvyslanectví SRN v Praze
Operation Sycamore The uncovering of a “spy” at the West German Embassy in Prague

Summary/Abstract: The action taken by the State Security (StB) against Charter 77 is something that at least in its basic contours has entered the historical consciousness of the great majority of Czechs and Slovaks. By contrast, Operation Sycamore, whose final phase played out at the start of 1977 and was not directly connected to Charter 77, is totally unknown. That was the intention of the StB and the Czechoslovak foreign ministry. This remarkable story, in which the worlds of the Prague underworld, the secret service and international politics intertwined, was meant to remain a secret chapter of Czechoslovak- German relations forever.

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