Operation Neptune (Espionage)
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In 1964, as part of Operation Neptune, the Czech intelligence apparatus
publicly claimed to have discovered Nazi-era intelligence files hidden beneath the surface of Černé jezero
lake. The claim was false. It was a Soviet
deception operation.
The supposed find was alleged to reveal the names of a large number of spies controlled by the Nazi Germany
in Eastern Europe
. Fearing that portions of their intelligence network might be compromised, the West Germans
were forced to cease working with agents they “inherited” from the Nazi regime.
STB
STB is an acronym that can mean:* Sacrae Theologiae Baccalaureus – Bachelor of Sacred Theology* Set-top box – a television device that converts signals to viewable images* Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP -- a law firm...
publicly claimed to have discovered Nazi-era intelligence files hidden beneath the surface of Černé jezero
Cerné jezero
Černé jezero in the Bohemian Forest is the largest and deepest natural lake in the Czech Republic .This triangular lake surrounded with spruce forest is located about 6 km northwest of Železná Ruda under a 300-metre-high cliff on Jezerní hora . It is of glacial origin, a product of the Würm...
lake. The claim was false. It was a Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
deception operation.
The supposed find was alleged to reveal the names of a large number of spies controlled by the Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany , also known as the Third Reich , but officially called German Reich from 1933 to 1943 and Greater German Reich from 26 June 1943 onward, is the name commonly used to refer to the state of Germany from 1933 to 1945, when it was a totalitarian dictatorship ruled by...
in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe is the eastern part of Europe. The term has widely disparate geopolitical, geographical, cultural and socioeconomic readings, which makes it highly context-dependent and even volatile, and there are "almost as many definitions of Eastern Europe as there are scholars of the region"...
. Fearing that portions of their intelligence network might be compromised, the West Germans
West Germany
West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990....
were forced to cease working with agents they “inherited” from the Nazi regime.