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Labour Party activist was 'Cold War spy'

Cynthia Roberts, 72, who stood as a Labour Parliamentary candidate, allegedly spied for the Czech Government when the country was controlled by the Soviet Union.

Documents obrained by the Mail on Sunday purport to show that she worked for the Communists under the codename Agent Hammer.

The files, held by the Czech security service, claim that she wrote secret dossiers for the communist regime on Tory politicians including Margaret Thatcher and ex-Cabinet Minister David Mellor after moving to Prague in 1985.

Mrs Roberts moved to the Czech capital from London, where she used a House of Commons office to run the controversial Labour Action for Peace (LAP) group, which opposed nuclear weapons, and had links to Soviet Moscow.

Labour MPs involved in the group, which still exists today, included two politicians who went on to serve in Mr Blair's Cabinet, Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and Transport Minister Gavin Strang.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)