From 1964-1966 Department D, the special arm of the Soviet-controlled Czechoslovakian intelligence service, engaged in dirty tricks against their number one enemy, the United States.
Bittman, the major player in this autobiography, said he defected to the West in 1968 because he concluded that Cold War propaganda was a disservice, especially to Czechoslovakia, his own country. The final irony, he said, was watching Soviet and Prague (Czechoslovakia) agents practice black propaganda operations against Czechoslovakia, herself, one of the most successful producers of disinformation and propaganda against the non-communist world. After defection he presented “special operations” the traced in the world press.
Bittman was suspected, and then accused of being a traitor, although he was never informed of the charges against him. Bittman was in Vienna in 1968 when the invasion by Russia began (August 21, 1968) He defected, perhaps to save his own skin more than feeling of guilt, although he claims to have come to an understanding that” the end does necessarily justify the means.”
He did experience the tragedy of his country being invaded by Russia, and the psychological crises of exile in a new political and cultural environment. He was tried in Czechoslovakia, in abstentia..
He did experience the tragedy of the Russian invasion of Czechoslovalialk and the psychological crices of seile in a new political and cultural
Bittman, Ladislav (1972). The Deception Game. London: Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. ISBN: 0-345-29808-X [New York: Ballantine Books]
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