Waiter, art dealer, soldier, spy: the Cold War’s cruellest secret agent
- Posted on February 26, 2025
- By The Times
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Waiter, art dealer, soldier, spy: the Cold War’s cruellest secret agent

For a decade, Vaclav Jelinek convinced a rape victim that he was her long-lost son while he spied on Britain for the Soviets. Then MI5 swooped on him