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True Spies Debriefs: Dr. Daniela Richterova on the Jackals in Prague

2025/3/4
logo of podcast True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics

True Spies: Espionage | Investigation | Crime | Murder | Detective | Politics
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Dr. Daniela Richterova discusses her extensive research in Prague's archives, revealing the complexities she faced in accessing and processing Cold War intelligence documents, which were more abundant than in Western archives.
  • Dr. Daniela Richterova spent years researching the Czechoslovak secret police archives.
  • Her work involved accessing the National Archive, Ministry of Foreign Affairs archive, and the security services archive (ABS).
  • These archives held an astonishing volume of unredacted documents from the Cold War era.
  • Czechoslovak archives revealed extensive documentation on international terrorism, unlike Western archives.
  • Challenges included handling sensitive personal information and processing vast amounts of data.

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Dr. Daniela Richterova joins host Morgan Childs to discuss the relationship between Cold War intelligence agencies and non-state actors like the infamous Carlos the Jackal.

Dr. Richterova is Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies at Kings College, University of London

From SPYSCAPE, the HQ of secrets. A Cup And Nuzzle production. Series producer: Joe Foley. Produced by Morgan Childs.

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