Intelligence Activities in Prague

A miscellaneous file of correspondence and memoranda discussing British diplomatic officials in Prague and Bratislava. Subjects discussed in this file include the financial problems of the British vice-consul in Bratislava; a proposal that a British Council representative in Prague be used to help recruit Czech agents; a report that the Czech embassy in London was preparing for a police raid, possibly indicating a Czech intention to raid the British embassy in Prague; previous Czech actions taken since the start of the Cold War against British diplomatic staff; the risk of Czech seizure of British consular archives; and the lack of diplomatic immunity for some consular staff.