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'''''The Deputy''''' was a 1963 play supposedly written by [[Rolf Hochhuth]], a playwright who lacked a high school diploma. The basic idea of the play was that Pope Pius XII was an anti-semitic, Nazi collaborator.  

'''''The Deputy''''' was a 1963 play supposedly written by [[Rolf Hochhuth]], a playwright who lacked a high school diploma. The basic idea of the play was that [[Pope Pius XII]] was an anti-semitic, [[Nazi]] collaborator.  

Recent investigations<ref>Ion Mihai Pacepa, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican", [[National Review]] Online, 25 January 2007.</ref> have described the KGB's efforts to discredit the Church's authority in Western Europe after [[World War II]], which focussed on Pius XII, and it now appears that ''The Deputy'' emerged from the cloud of influence of the [[Soviet]] intelligence apparatus. In 1963, [[General]] [[Ivan Agayants]], the famous chief of the KGB’s disinformation department, told his allied [[Romanian]] intelligence agents in [[Bucharest]] that a project known as "Seat-12" had materialized into a powerful play attacking Pope Pius XII.  

Recent investigations<ref>Ion Mihai Pacepa, "Moscow’s Assault on the Vatican", [[National Review]] Online, 25 January 2007.</ref> have described the KGB's efforts to discredit the Church's authority in Western Europe after [[World War II]], which focussed on Pius XII, and it now appears that ''The Deputy'' emerged from the cloud of influence of the [[Soviet]] intelligence apparatus. In 1963, [[General]] [[Ivan Agayants]], the famous chief of the KGB’s disinformation department, told his allied [[Romanian]] intelligence agents in [[Bucharest]] that a project known as "Seat-12" had materialized into a powerful play attacking Pope Pius XII.  

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