ORDER OF BATTLE: MILITARY FIELD INSTALLATIONS IN DURRES AND KAVAJE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007300780008-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 8, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT ? r ? REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning o!"the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and .794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Albania
SUBJECT Order of Battle:
Military Field Installations in
Durres and Kavaje
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1. The following military field installations were observed in the Durres
area:
a. Eii.3ht heavy Soviet-type artillery pieces in the vicinity of the
royal palace overlooking the port of Durres.
b. Thirteen heavy Soviet-type artillery pieces deployed at the
foot of the hill on which the royal palace is located. On an
unidentified hill just north of the thirteen artillery pieces
additional artillery pieces and military personnel were observed
as well as a (newly?) constructed road and numerou~l(sic)
machine-gun emplacements. f
c. Zig-zag trenches; machine-gun and artillery emplacements south
of the port area,2
2. The following military field installations were observed in the Kavajg
area,, approximately 12 miles south of Dua. ?es:
a, Three heavy Soviet-type artillery pieces and an .unspecified
number of machine-gun emplacements at Shkemb,i Kavaje"s.3
b. An unspecified number of heavy Soviet-type artillery pieces are
deployed north of the Kavaje Agricultural School. In July
1951,, four AA guns,, of unspecified caliber, were observed near
the Agricultural School.
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Each of tie artillery pieces observed were serviced(sic) by 8 to 10
soldiers .
4. Troops in Durres and Vlone are equipped with heavy tanks received from
the Soviet Union.
Comments:
u/i AA batter located in
the immediate vicinity of ex-King Zog's royal palace overlooking Durres.
various gun emplacements of
the 23rd Coast Artillery Brigade with Headquarters in Durres.
2.
3. Shkemb (orShkamb) 1 Kav~jes is a cliff in the vicinity of Kavaj8.
4. The word "serviced" is not clear.
are 8 to 10 men on the gun crews.
probably means that there
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