The Far-Reaching Battle Over the Secret Policemen’s Files - Post-Velvet Revolution scandal that shook the government
The Far-Reaching Battle Over the Secret Policemen’s Files - Post-Velvet Revolution scandal that shook the government

Author(s): Pavel Žáček
Subject(s): Government/Political systems, Security and defense, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; secret police; files; Velvet Revolution; government;
Summary/Abstract: The “Velvet Revolution” put a new set of inexperienced leaders in charge of a still unreformed political and security apparatus. A scandal over the use of secret police files shook the government, but forced it to get to grips with key questions over their management and use.

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