CONTRADICT OFFICIAL VERSION OF ALBANIAN OIL FIELD FIRE

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000700060301-9
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RIPPUB
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R
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1
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December 22, 2016
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October 5, 2011
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301
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Publication Date: 
May 9, 1952
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/06: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700060301-9 CLASSIFICATIS MFTY RESTRICTED CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT INFORMATION FROM FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RP410 BROADCASTS CD NO. COUNTRY Albania SUBJECT Economic - Oil fields HOW PUBLISHED Semimonthly WHERE PUBLISHED Rome DATE PUBLISHED 15 Mar 1952 LANGUAGE Olt 1610111? celtAlul Iarorean.. UnrnN TNt gnoau oanlln N Tet SAM ATJnr spelt TNf hGtllle nr etrbe.. a ACCT to e. t. C., tl tee fl ?e ?e ttett. In n.t/eletlea et rya ttY[Ylloe 01 :q Ce0TINI IN MT 111111 n M ..M. IT LAW. T...YOYneellt0 M... It St. 1 eareeDarnee or nee It PMOMI OTte. DATE OF INFORMATION 1952 DATE DIST. 9 Mat 1952 NO, OF PAGES 1 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION CONTRADICT OFFICIAL VERSION OF ALBANIAN OIL FINED Contrary to reports?from the Albanian Telegraph Agency and Radio Tirana stating that the tire Ut-thm pates-oil fields has been put out, the fact is that it has been only partly exting b d. Radio Tirana said'that some warehouses had been saved. This is true, but it is not true that the fire is extinguished and that the damage is slight. Losses are incalculable because of the impossibility of foreseeing when the flames fed by the. oil wells can be quenched. For propaganda purposes, the Tirana authorities have broadcast optimistic reports minimizing the significance of the affair because the ins' lation in- volved is completely under the control of,Soviet technicians. STAT CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTED STATE NAW NSRB DISTRIBUTION I ARMY JoN AIR 1X1 I FB I i J Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/10/06: CIA-RDP80-00809A000700060301-9