Labour MP ‘was spy for Czechs during Cold War’ according to intelligence files
The senior Labour MP fiercely denied the allegations
A SENIOR Labour MP was last night accused of being a spy who handed defence secrets to an enemy state.
Ex-minister Geoffrey Robinson passed details of our nuclear deterrent during the Cold War, according to leaked intelligence files.
The alleged treachery took place during 51 meetings with Communist spymasters from Czechoslovakia.
On Saturday night Mr Robinson, Labour MP for Coventry North West since 1976, fiercely denied the allegations.
Mr Robinson, a minister under Tony Blair’s Premiership, is still a serving MP in Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party.
The documents say he was given the codename Karko and passed the Czechs 87 pieces of intelligence between 1966 and 1969.
He passed on details relating to Britain’s Polaris missile programme and Nato briefing notes, it is claimed.
He is also said to have taken gifts worth £12,000 at today’s prices, including Harrods vouchers, wine and a gallon of whisky.
Czech intelligence described Mr Robinson, who declared himself a “Leninist” as one of their “most productive sources” in the UK.
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The documents, held in an official Prague archive, claim he acknowledged at the time he “was involved in espionage” and would be “sent to prison” if caught.
On Saturday night his lawyers, denied wrongdoing: “At no time did he ever pass confidential government documents or information to any foreign agent and he did not have access to such material.
"The allegations made 50 years ago are a lie.”
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