Profile Corbyn spy claims: key figures Show Hide Jan Dymic Real name Ján Sarkocy. Jan Sarkocy, the spy who met Corbyn, has alleged that Livingstone dropped into the Czechoslovak embassy in London and “drank whisky” there. Jeremy Corbyn rejects spy 'smears' and takes on press critics Read moreFor recruited agents, Prague’s intelligence services would include how a contact was recruited, handled and developed as a spy. The archive indicates that when meeting Corbyn, Sarkocy – who posed as a diplomat – was instructed “not to raise suspicion” and to keep his true identity secret. In the 1950s and 1960s, the StB succeeded in co-opting two Labour MPs – John Stonehouse and William Owen – and one Tory MP, Raymond Mawby.

Source: The Guardian February 20, 2018 19:09 UTC