Alcora Exercise

Alcora Exercise
Formation14 October 1970
Founder Portugal
 South Africa
Dissolved25 April 1974
TypeMilitary alliance
PurposeInternal and external defense
Headquarters Pretoria
Region served
Southern Africa
Membership Portugal
 Rhodesia
 South Africa
Official language
Afrikaans, English, Portuguese
Director-General, PAPO
Major-General Clifton
Main organ
Alcora Top Level Commission (ATLC)

Alcora Exercise (Afrikaans: Alcora Oefening, Portuguese: Exercício Alcora) or simply Alcora was a secret military alliance of Portugal, Rhodesia and South Africa, formally in force between 1970 and 1974. The code name "Alcora" being an acronym for "Aliança Contra as Rebeliões em Africa" (Portuguese expression meaning: "Alliance against the rebellions in Africa").