Heath Caper

The Heath Caper was an alleged plot by the KGB and the Czechoslovakian secret service (StB) to gain blackmail leverage over British Conservative politician Edward Heath.[1]

Josef Frolik, published details of the alleged plot in his memoirs in 1975.[2]

In 2012 the BBC interviewed Jan Mrazek, the supposed StB handler, who denied any involvement. The archives did not contradict him, however they did disagree with some of his general claims.

Jan Mrazek claimed were made that George Kennedy Young, a former member of MI6, and on the opposite wing of the Conservative Party had initiated the story as a smear.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Richard C. S. Trahair, Robert Lawrence Miller (2013). Encyclopedia of Cold War Espionage, Spies, and Secret Operations. Enigma Books. ISBN 9781936274260.
  2. ↑ Josef Frolík (1975). The Frolik Defection: The Memoirs of an Intelligence Agent. Cooper. ISBN 9780850521795.
  3. ↑ Chris Maume (1 June 2012). "The Hunt for the Gay Whale, Radio 4, Tuesday, The Heath Caper, Radio 4, Monday". The Independent.

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