Former spy chief to be liaison agent with German intelligence?

Tadeusz Chetko, a former communist intelligence service officer and later member of the State Security Office (UOP) responsible for destroying confidential materials held by the communist governments on the activities of Radio Free Europe in Munich, is going to officially represent the Polish Intelligence Agency in Germany or in Slovakia. The news sparked a wave of comments from public figures, with Jan Nowak Jezioranski, an ex head of RFE, warning of a possible scandal if Chetko is appointed. Last year, Jezioranski pointed at Chetko as one of those who took an active part in destroying all radio Free Europe files that could incriminate the former communist Security Service (SB). According to Rzeczpospolita, the nominee will be responsible for contacts with either the German BND or Czech intelligence. Chetko was not available for a comment. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) J.K.