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The Telub affair (Swedish: Telubaffären) was a political scandal in Sweden in the early 1980s. In 1977 the Swedish government-owned company Telub was contacted by a representative of the Libyan military who wanted to explore the possibilities to buy education for a group of Libyan military students. The education was in the field of telecommunication techniques and engineering. Telub won the contract in fierce competition with other European companies, and in March 1979 the contract between Telub and the Libyan military was signed. The 96 Libyan students arrived in Sweden in March 1980.

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  • The Telub affair (Swedish: Telubaffären) was a political scandal in Sweden in the early 1980s. In 1977 the Swedish government-owned company Telub was contacted by a representative of the Libyan military who wanted to explore the possibilities to buy education for a group of Libyan military students. The education was in the field of telecommunication techniques and engineering. Telub won the contract in fierce competition with other European companies, and in March 1979 the contract between Telub and the Libyan military was signed. The 96 Libyan students arrived in Sweden in March 1980. (en)
  • Telubaffären var en svensk politisk affär, som var mycket uppmärksammad i början av 1981. Det statliga företaget Telub hade 1979 skrivit kontrakt att utbilda libyer inom teleteknik. När det 1981 framkom att den tekniska utbildningen även hade vissa militära användningsområden, blev pressen mot företaget sådan att såväl Telub som Libyen ansåg det vara bäst att avbryta verksamheten. Utbildningen genomfördes istället av ett tyskt företag. (sv)
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  • The Telub affair (Swedish: Telubaffären) was a political scandal in Sweden in the early 1980s. In 1977 the Swedish government-owned company Telub was contacted by a representative of the Libyan military who wanted to explore the possibilities to buy education for a group of Libyan military students. The education was in the field of telecommunication techniques and engineering. Telub won the contract in fierce competition with other European companies, and in March 1979 the contract between Telub and the Libyan military was signed. The 96 Libyan students arrived in Sweden in March 1980. The case became heated when the newspaper Expressen in an article described the group of Libyan students as future terrorists. One of the strongest critics was Olle Wästberg, an MP for the People's Party, who described them as agents of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In January 1981 it was revealed that the technical education also had some military fields of use. While there was no legal ground to force Telub to cancel its education, the pressure on the company eventually became so hard that the Libyan students had to leave Sweden. A German company then overtook the contract. The case was reviewed by the parliamentary Committee on the Constitution. The committee criticised Minister of Commerce and Industry Staffan Burenstam Linder for his handling of the case. However, Minister for Foreign Affairs Karin Söder and Minister for Defence Eric Krönmark were not criticised since the Communist Party laid down their votes in those cases. The Swedish government also started an official investigation, which published its report in 1981. (en)
  • Telubaffären var en svensk politisk affär, som var mycket uppmärksammad i början av 1981. Det statliga företaget Telub hade 1979 skrivit kontrakt att utbilda libyer inom teleteknik. När det 1981 framkom att den tekniska utbildningen även hade vissa militära användningsområden, blev pressen mot företaget sådan att såväl Telub som Libyen ansåg det vara bäst att avbryta verksamheten. Utbildningen genomfördes istället av ett tyskt företag. Fallet Telub togs upp i riksdagen och behandlades av Konstitutionsutskottet. Regeringen tillsatte även Telubutredningen för att granska affären. Den folkpartistiske riksdagsmannen Olle Wästberg var starkt engagerad. (sv)
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