Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.38003/zrffs.13.3
VISITS OF FOREIGN WARSHIPS TO SPLIT DURING 1970S AND 1980S
Nikica Barić
orcid.org/0000-0003-2118-0736
; Croatian Institute of History, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The paper is based on the reports of the State Security of socialist Yugoslavia reporting
on the visits of foreign warships to the coastal town of Split during the 1970s and
1980s. During this phase of the Cold War and bloc division, Yugoslavia was a non-bloc
country and an important member of the Non-aligned movement. During the 1970s
and 1980s American and Soviets warships visited Split most often. Italian warships
also made numerous visits to Split, while visits of warships from other countries
were less frequent. State security reports show how that service spied on foreign
representatives during the visits of their warships to Split and how officers of foreign
navies, according to the relations of their country toward Yugoslavia, communicated
with their Yugoslav hosts and how they perceived Yugoslavia, as well as Split.
Keywords
Town of Split; Cold War; Military Navies; Yugoslav State Security
Hrčak ID:
248020
URI
Publication date:
17.12.2020.
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