On May 8, 1972, something very strange happened at Cairo Airport. The airport customs were stopping more than 1,900 Soviet troops who President Sadat had ordered to be expelled from Egypt before the October War. What's going on, guys? The customs said that the Soviet troops who were there tried to smuggle 80 kilos of gold out of Egypt. Of course, the number is very large. The shock is even greater. The Soviet troops are trying to smuggle Egypt's gold? Is this the end of it, either the Union or the Soviets? What will my people say about me? Am I complicit with you? But after the investigation, the innocence of the Soviet soldiers is proven. What happened and how were they found innocent? And if they didn't do this, who accused them of this in the first place? And what is the connection between the expulsion of the Soviet experts and the theft of Egypt's gold before the October War? I'll tell you. In 1972, that is, before the October War. In one year... the problems increased between the Soviet army and Lieutenant General Mohamed Sadiq, the Minister of War in Egypt at the time... Why?... Because Lieutenant General Mohamed Sadiq was convinced that the Soviet Union did not love Egypt... and was not cooperating with the Egyptian army... in my country... it laughed at us... and the evidence... from the point of view of Lieutenant General Mohamed Sadiq is that we do not have the armament that the Egyptian army needs to liberate Sinai... ok, that’s it. We understand why Lieutenant General Mohamed Sadiq does not like the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union itself no longer likes Lieutenant General Sadiq. Why? It annoyed the Soviet Union.. The most famous of them is two positions that I will tell you now.. The first was when the president... Sadat traveled to the Soviet Union on a long visit that lasted from April 27 to May 10. This was in 1972. The Soviet Navy informed the Egyptian army that it would carry out military exercises in the Mediterranean Sea.. and that it was asking the Egyptian army for permission for its forces to land in Marsa Matrouh for one day as part of the exercises.. meaning that they would carry out landing operations as a type of training.. and this is common in military exercises among countries of the world.. In addition to the fact that the Soviet Union is a friendly country to Egypt.. and President Sadat was their guest at that time.. meaning if they did not have hope in us, who would they have hope in?.. But the Soviet Union was surprised when Lieutenant General Sadek refused.. He told them no.. no one will land with us and whoever I see I will throw him into the sea.. Of course he did not say that.. but his tone of refusal was strong.. So of course the Soviet Union recorded what happened as a hostile position from it.. and informed President Sadat about it.. and President Sadat also recorded it for the Lieutenant General Sadiq.. It is true that he did not say anything and did not interfere in his decisions, but he kept remembering him.. Later, in the same month.. May 1972.. A group of Soviet soldiers gathered at Cairo Airport whose service in Egypt had ended and were returning to their country.. Cairo Airport Customs stopped them on charges of smuggling Egyptian gold.. No, I will not repeat this sentence again.. The Soviet soldiers were detained at Cairo Airport on charges of attempting to smuggle 80 kilos of gold.. Of course, this is a big deal.. We were entering the October War.. and needed the help and support of everyone around us.. And suddenly a problem like this occurs with the Soviet Union, which was supposed to be Egypt's most important strategic ally at the time.. So the issue is big, not small.. Sources: Lieutenant General Saad El Shazly's memoirs #Citizen_Saeed #Expelling_Soviet_Experts #Stealing_Egypt's_Gold