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Telepneva, Natalia (2020) Code Name SEKRETÁŘ : Amílcar Cabral, Czechoslovakia and the role of human intelligence during the Cold War. The International History Review, 42 (6). 1257-1273 . doi:10.1080/07075332.2019.1678508
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2019.1678508
Abstract
Since 1961, Czechoslovakia had been a key supporter of the liberation struggle in Guinea-Bissau, providing the PAIGC with arms, monthly financial assistance and scholarships for military training. The extraordinary extent of this assistance can be partly explained through the ‘special relationship’ developed between Amílcar Cabral and Czechoslovakia’s Ministry of the Interior. Based on newly released records from the Czechoslovak security archives, this paper examines this clandestine relationship, addressing Prague’s motivation for recruiting Cabral as a ‘clandestine contact’ under the code name of SEKRETÁŘ (‘Secretary’ in Czech), as well as ways in which the intelligence services sought Cabral’s help in making sense of African politics and engaging with leaders such as Kwame Nkrumah. Analysing the ‘give and take’ relationship between Cabral and Czechoslovak officials, the paper argues that in many ways it was Cabral who shaped the relationship with Czechoslovakia to benefit the PAIGC. By demystifying the relationship between Cabral and Czechoslovak Intelligence, the paper provides insight into the agency of so-called peripheral actors and of human intelligence in the Cold War.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D839 Post-war History, 1945 on D History General and Old World > DB Austria D History General and Old World > DT Africa H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JZ International relations |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > History | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Cold War, Guinea-Bissau -- Foreign relations -- Czechoslovakia , Czechoslovakia -- Foreign relations -- Guinea-Bissau , Cabral, Amílcar, 1924-1973, Partido Africano da Independência da Guiné e Cabo Verde, Intelligence service, Secret service | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | The International History Review | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 0707-5332 | ||||||||
| Official Date: | 2020 | ||||||||
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 5 June 2019 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 April 2021 | ||||||||
| Volume: | 42 | ||||||||
| Number: | 6 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | 1257-1273 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/07075332.2019.1678508 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Publisher Statement: | “This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in International History Review on 20/10/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07075332.2019.1678508 | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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