Military Intelligence from Libya and Terrorism - The “Oil” residency in the materials of the Main Military Counterintelligence Directorate
Military Intelligence from Libya and Terrorism - The “Oil” residency in the materials of the Main Military Counterintelligence Directorate

Author(s): Pavel Žáček
Subject(s): Military history, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), History of Communism
Published by: Ústav pro studium totalitních režimů
Keywords: Czechoslovakia; communist regime; Military Intelligence; Libya; terrorism; "oil"; counterintelligence; Juraj Lalo;
Summary/Abstract: On the basis of an international treaty between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, at the end of October and the beginning of November 1977, 625 Czechoslovak military experts arrived in Tripoli. Led by Brigadier General Juraj Lalo, they were meant to assist the Libyan armed forces improve their training and to improve the battle readiness of the air force, armoured forces, and artillery.1 The Czechoslovak “normalisation” regime had no excessive illusions about the nature of its north African partner. The only thing that perhaps united them both was their acute anti-Americanism or possibly their opposition to Israel. Besides ensuring the required inflow of foreign currencies with security forces – in a manner similar to their Soviet and East German counterparts – until the year 1989, they strived to take advantage of the relatively opportune political situation in their sphere of interest for the benefit of their power politics.

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