Činnost zahraničních zpravodajských služeb na území ČSR v letech 1948–1950. Zpráva velitelství StB z ledna 1951
The activities of foreign intelligence services on the territory of the CSR, 1948–1950: an StB command report, January 1951 (document)

Summary/Abstract: A report drafted by State Security (StB) command dated 22 January 1951, largely on the basis of testimonies from captured couriers (cross-border agents) and their collaborators, provides a summary of the most important information that the Czechoslovak security services possessed on the activities of foreign intelligence services on Czechoslovak Republic (CSR) territory at that time. The document outlines in detail the way foreign networks were organised on CSR territory, describes the types and methods of use of what were called dead drops or other means of communication and delivers a great number of unique, painstakingly created sketches and photographs. In addition, it presents brief biographies of key figures in Czechoslovak intelligence groups abroad, including František Moravec, Rudolf Drbohlav, Jaroslav Kašpar and the brothers Alois and Ferdinand Šeda. The scope and credibility of the information demonstrates that the StB were very well informed about these activities, which involved, at various degrees of intensity, thousands of Czechoslovak citizens. The study summarises basic, though in several regards previously insufficiently known, information on the methods employed by the anti-Communist resistance in the immediate aftermath of the Communist takeover in the CSR.

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