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:''For other Operations called Neptune, see Operation Neptune (disambiguation)'' Operation Neptune was a 1964 disinformation operation by the Czechoslovak secret service, the StB, involving Nazi-era documents. In 1964, the StB publicly claimed to have discovered Nazi-era intelligence files hidden beneath the surface of Černé jezero, a lake in the Šumava, on the border with West Germany. The four chests containing the papers were supposedly discovered during the making of a documentary, in the presence of members of the Western press. In fact the agency itself had placed them there, in collaboration with the KGB.〔Michael F. Scholz, "Active measures and disinformation as part of East Germany's propaganda war, 1953–1972", in: Kristie Macrakis, Thomas Wegener Friis and Helmut Müller-Enbergs, ed., ''East German Foreign Intelligence: Myth, Reality and Controversy'', Studies in intelligence series, London/New York: Routledge, 2010, ISBN 9780415484428, pp. 113–, (p. 116 ).〕〔Dita Asiedu, ("Details of Czechoslovakia's biggest disinformation operation published on web" ), Radio Prague, 8 June 2007.〕 The papers were possibly genuine,〔Scholz, citing Ladislav Bittman, ''Geheimwaffe D'', Berne: SOI, 1973, ISBN 9783859130715, pp. 59–. (German translation of ''The Deception Game'')〕 although former Czechoslovak spy Josef Frolík described them in his 1975 memoirs as forgeries.〔Walter Galton, ("Czech spy learnt the Reds' dirty tricks, then exposed them" ), Review, ''The Frolik Defection'', ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 10 August 1975, p. 46.〕 However, their apparent discovery was a disinformation operation, the largest conducted by the agency; in fact the papers found in the sunken chests, which had been carefully doctored to appear as if they had been submerged since World War II, were not the real documents, which were only later brought from the Soviet Union.〔 The agent who led the divers to make the discovery and who had originally placed them in the lake, Ladislav Bittman, (later known as Lawrence Martin-Bittman)〔''The International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence'' 1 (1986) (114 ).〕 defected to the West in 1968 and published a book on the plot.〔("The Spy Who Came Into the Classroom Teaches at Boston U." ), ''The New York Times'', 27 April 1994.〕〔Dinah Cardin, "Nobody Did it Better", ''Wicked Local: North of Boston'', 2 February 2007, (p. 5 ).〕〔Ladislav Bittman, ''The KGB and Soviet Disinformation: An Insider's View'', Washington, DC: Pergamon-Brassey's, 1985, ISBN 9780080315720, (p. 8 ).〕 The objectives were to discredit Western politicians by revealing the names of former Nazi informants whom they were still using as spies in Eastern Europe,〔〔Richard H. Shultz and Roy S. Godson, ''Dezinformatsia: Active Measures in Soviet Strategy'', New York: Pergamon, 1984, ISBN 9780080315744, p. 171.〕 and to place pressure on West Germany to extend the statute of limitations on prosecution of war criminals.〔 The operation had some temporary success,〔("Case Study: West Germany: A Czech ploy that worked—but only briefly" ), ''Christian Science Monitor'', 1 March 1985 (pay per view).〕 including extension of the statute of limitations.〔〔 The Czech civilian defence agency posted the files on Operation Neptune to their website.〔 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Neptune (espionage)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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