Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:34:28 +0200https://english.radio.cz/kgb-defector-document-release-promises-shed-new-light-1968-prague-spring-8290905© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalOn Monday, the Archive Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge made available to the public for the very first time the results of one of the biggest intelligence leaks in history. The documents, collected by Vasili Mitrokhin, a KGB defector, were handed over to the UK authorities in 1992 and include details on the Soviet agency’s infiltration efforts regarding the 1968 Czechoslovak Prague Spring. In total, 19 boxes of Mitrokhin’s notes will be made available, and could help Czech historians shed more light on a painful chapter in the country’s history. I spoke with Vilém Prečan of the Czechoslovak Documentation Centre, and asked him for his take on the significance of this trove of information:encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/mitrochinuv_archiv_0.jpg?timestamp=1590767968 https://english.radio.cz/kgb-defector-document-release-promises-shed-new-light-1968-prague-spring-8290905 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9