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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600140277-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 13, 2011
• Sequence Number: 277
• Publication Date: June 9, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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An infantry unit of unkncm streogtb is quartered in the former Italian
barracks in front of the airport on the Durres-Tirana motor road in the
western outskirts of the city.
abot 40 tanks equipped with guns with 3-meter"barrels an. xazzie brakes type
and caliber not know); about; 30 armored cars (type ualo7ovn); a unit eovposed
of about 100 motorcyclists with machine glans on the haaxlle bars; some modern
artillery pieces (number unspecified) mounted on carriages with pneumstic-
tired vlieels, truck-irawn; and units in trucks and on foot.
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An infantry 'brigade of about 400 men is stationed in Drashiovica, a place
about 15.20 kilometers southeast of Vione on the road to TepelenL. This in-
formation coves from hearsay.
rrisoned airport is located in the western outskirts of
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the city on sw5 P7 terrain. It haswnoa irpo rt egui n A oncrete?runway
built by the Italians was put into working orde
Tirana
A military and civilian airport is located in the western outskirts of
ans. The r ray -isr good working order. i~
Tirana his tlef't -vy the Itali side
The airport is chiefly used for civilian aviation. Four or five military
aircraft (type and specificatis unknown) are stationed at the field but do
not engage in flights. Because of the well-known incident with English war-
ships navigating the Corfu Canal, the Albanian government always insists that
it has no military planes.
Te Ftonte (trio Nero
The iron hangar built by the Italians before the oar and used by the "
"Coast Wing," which was located on the shore of Vlong Bay near UJ Te" Ftonta,
has been disassembled and transported elsewhere for purposes unknown to the
source.
FLIGHTS OF ITALIAN ALBFLAABS OVER AMMAN TERRITORY
U.iknown aircraft frequently fly over Albanian territory and drop propaganda
leaflets aga7.net the present Cosswist regime in Albania. It is the ccu?on
opinion that the aircraft are Italian.
It is a fact that, in August 1949 four Albanian citizens parachuted from
such planes in the Sevaster area (Y1a?J). They v.ere well armed and were equipped
with rending and receiving radio sets. They were ordered to kill themselves if
on the point of being arrested:, and had instructions for making arrangsmnts
for other parachutists. One of them was wounded in lending. All four were
arrested the day following the ,late. The Albanian authorities made use of
them to send false Massages in code under the mesa agreed on for the station,
"Giovanni" (Youths), reporting, among other things, that 4O,'X1O rebels, in-
cluding deserters and dissenters, had taken refuge in the sountains and were
asking for fcot, clothing, and arcs. It seems that the Italians had joined
them there only owe.
In 1950 five mare Albanians Jumped from planes in t?+e region between
39ino:`_caster sad ZoroL They were captured and shot in a few days.
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Antiaircraft gun emplacements are located on a height called Gus Baba in
the northern outskirts of the city. The same emplacements were used for Italian
antiaircraft guns in the war,
there were three or four 20-millimeter antiaircraft
machine guns there from the noise when they opened fire on unknown aircraft
flying over the zone.
No work has been done on new fortifications or on underground submarine
shelters. The old German and Italia4 fortificatiomn.9 and emplacements have
been summarily repaired and put back in operation. At present, the island is
garrisoned by an artillery unit of about 50 men.
No torpedo motorboats or submarines of any nationality are based here.
Vlone
Caves are being excavated on the heights about one kilometer east a of the
port. The caves are about 500-600 meters from the road to Ui Te Ftonte and
are near the psychiatric hospital used by the Italians during the war as a
military hospital. Work was begun in August ? September 1950_ The source
reports that the excavations are intended for artillery emplacements in a
trench.
Pascia' Linn
Excavations are in progress in Pascia' Liman. back of 'h one Bay. During
Linguetta Carr
three coastal artillery emplacements,
Albanian citizens from 25 to 40 years old are being recalled for a month's
training it the army. The source does not know whether this recall occurs
annually or not. Even women are subject to military training, es',ecia:yy
officers' wives.
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Ships
2 tugs of an urkizovn type and 3-4 motor patrol
boats (specifications cno'n ; are stationed in V1one harbor.
the barges vh1eh copse in loaded With material for the ship im the harbor.
alone port has only the installations left by the Italians. go work has
been dome an enlarging or strengthening it. Two wharres numbered 0 and l serve
On rare oucaslo r a Soviet or Polish ship unloads a s>x11 amount of
SOVIET DEPCYTS. FORCES, SE,.fE 4ABtNES
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fora or five So-;1e.- engineers in civil dress occupy
some offices near the city pert, There is a '.n,ior that they are making
studies oo: building a cement factory, _hemlcal exploitation of local pro-
ducts, and prospe::.tina is this area.
Submarines and Warehips
No sabmarixc,~?s or warships are based or. 'J1cne Bay or on Sazar. Island:
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