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eventREF E-0012373Revised

12 February 1979

State Security Council Approves Cross

State Security Council Approves Cross

Updated
30 Sep 2019
State Security Council Approves Cross

The State Security Council (SSC) approves guidelines for the conducting of military operations against liberation movements in foreign countries. The Departments of Foreign Affairs, Defence and Police draw up the memorandum, which contains provision for: Planned operations, Cross-border raids ("hot pursuit"), Reconnaissance actions; and clandestine operations. With respect to reconnaissance and clandestine operations, the document admits that such actions would be difficult to justify in terms of international law.

How we know this

  1. 01SAHO, Umkhonto weSizwe in exile, from South African History Online, [online], Available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 28 January 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). State Security Council Approves Cross. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012373

South African History Online (2011) 'State Security Council Approves Cross', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012373 (Accessed: 24 October 2026).

South African History Online, State Security Council Approves Cross [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012373, (accessed 24 October 2026).

"State Security Council Approves Cross." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012373. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "State Security Council Approves Cross." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012373.

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