- Title: CZECHOSLOVAKIA: MILITARY FUNERAL FOR FORMER INTELLIGENCE AGENT.
- Date: 26th July 1968
- Summary: 1. LV EXT: CREMATORIUM. 0.06 2. CU PRAGUE COAT OF ARMS. 0.10 3. GTV INT: SERVICE IN PROGRESS. 0.17 4. GV WREATHS LAID OUT WITH MEDALS ON SHOW. 0.24 5. LV + SV MOURNERS. 0.33 6. GV COFFIN. TILT TO MEN WITH MEDALS. 0.41 7. SV WREATHS DISPLAYED - COFFIN IN BACKGROUND. 0.48 Initials PW/V/JB/SC Script is copyright Re
- Embargoed: 10th August 1968 13:00
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- Location: PRAGUE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA
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- Country: Czech Republic Czechoslovakia
- Reuters ID: LVA284U6UTHZLV5MXLFYN6QMPN9L
- Story Text: IN PRAQUE YESTERDAY (THURSDAY) A FULL MILITARY FUNERAL WAS ACCORDED TO ALFRED FRENZEL, WHO WAS IMPRISONED IN WEST GERMANY AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF SPYING FOR CZECH INTELLIGENCE AND LATER RELEASED INTO CZECHOSLOVAKIA. HE DIED THREE DAYS AGO.
FRENZEL, ONCE A MEMBER OF THE WEST GERMAN BUNDESTAG SECURITY COMMITTEE, WAS FOUND GUILTY OF SPYING BY A WEST GERMAN COURT.
YESTERDAY, CZECH SOLDIERS STOOD GUARD OVER HIS COFFIN AND OTHERS BORE WREATHS AND CUSHIONS BEARING MEDALS. THEN A SERVICE WAS HELD IN THE PRAGUE CREMATORIUM.
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