Tacit support for terrorism: The rapprochement between the USSR and Palestinian guerrilla organizations following the 1967 war

Ginat, Rami; Bar-Noi, Uri

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“…Since they could not buy them in the West, they turned to the Soviet bloc states, which had been supplying arms to the 'progressive' Arab states since 1955. During this period, the Kremlin authorities were also changing their tactics towards the Palestinian movement, as exemplified by the establishment of the KGB's secret cooperation with the PFLP and Arafat's visit to Moscow in 1970 71 .…”

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The People’s Republic of Poland, the Soviet bloc and international terrorism: the determinants of secret relations in the Cold War period

Gasztold

2023

Terroryzm

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During the Cold War, Western states repeatedly accused the Soviet bloc of supporting international terrorism. The declassification of many documents from the archives of the former intelligence services in Central and Eastern Europe has made it possible to verify these accusations and has also made it possible to take a broader look at the links between the socialist states and terrorist groups. The aim of the article is to present the factors determining the establishment and maintenance of secret contacts between the Soviet bloc states and terrorist organisations, to indicate the genesis of these contacts and to present their actual course, and in this context also the experience of the People’s Republic of Poland against the background of other communist countries.

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confidence: 99%