(SANITIZED) 2. PROMOTION OF OFFICERS 3. MILITARY DECORATIONS

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• Publication Date: December 18, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTR*IL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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. Promotion o Officers
3. Military Decorations
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Promotion of Officers
8. Promotions are by length of service, and up to 1952, no examinations were held.
9. Length of service.for promotion is:
Aspirant to 2nd Lieut. - 2 years
2nd Lieut. to Lieut.
Lieut. to Capt.II
Capt. II to Capt. I
Capt. I to Major
Major to Lt. Col.
- years (?)
- 3 years (?)
-3 years
- 4 years
3 years
From Lt. Col. to Col. there is also a fixed period, but from Colonel upwards,
promotion is by selection only.
10. Political Conm utars were not required to be competent in military matters.
This has now been changed. There have always been tensions between the Command-
ing Officers of Units and the Political Commissars. The Commanding Officers
should normally have the lastAn matters pertaining to his command, but often
a Political Commissar would disagree and use his Party position to have his own
way, regardlesle of his rank. In many cases, the Political Commissar's rank is
lower than that of the Commanding Officer, but by virtue of his political influ-
ence, he could even have his Commanding Officer removed. from his Command.
11. In 1952, the government was giving much thought to the question of promotion
and it is possible that a system of examination, in addition to length of
service, has beeen started.
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Decorations
12. The following decorations can be awarded to military personnel:
Medaija e Clirimit (Liberation).. . Awarded to all who have taken part in
fighting.
Medaija e Kujtimit (Remembrance). For veteran service in Partisan ranks.
All veterans have it.
Y1i' :'. Partisanit (The Partisanis Star). For good leadership in war. Three
classes. Only a few void the lot class.
Urdhc i Skende,,?be ut (Order of Skanderbeg). For leadership in war.
Meda! j+. e Trimnis (Bravery). For bravery.
Urdl.:n ` i
Trimnis. For bravery plus leadership.
Urdhen, i Flamurit (Flag). One of the highest honors. For all the leaders
who laid the foundation of the I.N.C. (Nat. Lib. Movement)
Medaija e Herojt to Popullit (Medal of the Hero of the People).
a. Held only by very few of the highest leaders, Enver Hoxha,
Mehmet Shehu, Tu}: Jakova.
b. Awarded for specially distinguished action to any soldier.
Holders are Captain I1Lum Kata for war service; Spiro Kotta,
a soldier.who, in 1947, discovered that a boat-load of escapees
were making for Italy, and shot them all and brought the boat
back.
c. Awarded posthumously to the War and National heroes such as
Qemal Stafa, Vojo Koshi etc.
Comment:
1., Captain I means Captain First Class. See paragraph 9 of the report.
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