I Really Wasn’t a Spy - An interview with Martin Wenick about Prague under socialism, ostentatious picnics, James Bond, and Czech snooping
I Really Wasn’t a Spy - An interview with Martin Wenick about Prague under socialism, ostentatious picnics, James Bond, and Czech snooping

Author(s): Jan Hanzlík, Ondřej Šanca
Subject(s): Security and defense, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; interview; Martin Wenick; state security; communist regime;
Summary/Abstract: He first arrived in Czechoslovakia in 1965 and immediately became a target of the State Security (StB). For many reasons. But mainly because he was a Jew, an American, and an employee of the U.S. Embassy in Prague. Dozens of people informed on him, he was monitored at every step, and materials about him run to hundreds of pages. Martin Wenick, the former U.S. vice-consul in Czechoslovakia, has returned to Prague to finally see his file.

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