The paper demonstrates why and how the state authorities of the Republic of Slovenia included the members of the internal affairs bodies into the formation of the clandestine defence forces in the summer of 1990. After the confiscation of weapons from the Territorial Defence in May 1990, the Militia remained the most functional armed force under the republican jurisdiction, and it was also envisioned for military police operations. Therefore the Militia was integrated – together with selected members of the Territorial Defence – into a legal National Defence as its manoeuvre structure.
B.04 Guest lecture
COBISS.SI-ID: 2809204The author presented the formation of the clandestine organisational network of the Manoeuvre Structure of National Defence – a temporary defence force of the Republic of Slovenia – in the Slovenian territory. The existing organisational forms of the internal affairs bodies administrations and Militia stations were used for this purpose. Until the end of September 1990 a secret network was established, which included a considerable percentage of the militia members, who set up hidden weapon repositories, took part in the secret distribution of weapons, and kept the registers of the recruits.
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COBISS.SI-ID: 2809460