Czech spy jailed for 10 years

Title

Czech spy jailed for 10 years

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

3 Mar 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:21

Description

Simon Israel reports on the case of a Czech spy who pretended to be a Dutch-born art dealer. He has been jailed for ten years at the Old Bailey, true identitiy still unrevealed. He had infiltrated dissident support groups such as Campaign for Soviet Jewry- its director Rita Eker(?) says she is bitter, and he had the makings of a perfect spy. For Billboard programme.

Contributors

Simon Israel; Rita Eker(?)

Keywords

USSR; Jews; Espionage; Imprisonment; Spies; Trials; Intelligence service; Identity; Czechoslovakia; Political dissidents; Billboard (radio programme); Mr Justice Simon Brown; Erwin Van Haarlem

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