Operation Neptune (espionage)

For other Operations called Neptune, go to Operation Neptune (disambiguation)

Černé jezero - eastern bank.

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. It was the largest disinformation operation of the the Czech intelligence apparatus. In 1964, at the bottom of Devil's Lake in the Šumava as if by chance were found boxes of secret documents that are stored since World War II. These papers were to serve as proof that the West among the dignitaries was a lot of informants by the Gestapo and war criminals. 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.At the time, they even managed to worsen relations between Germany and Italy, as had been published the names of people who lived in Germany during the war worked against Italy.