POLITICAL ATTITUDES OF THE ALBANIAN PEOPLE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A008100230007-3
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• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 9, 2008
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 29, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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This material contains laf~mstioa alleotia~ fife lfatlgaai Detstua of the IInited Btatee within the meaning of the ispiagap Lws, Tlge
18, t7.t3.C. Secs. 793 'and 7W, the traasssflWon or >NLt1on of whl
Ch 1a say manner to an unauthorisied person is proifibtted by law.
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF
1. with !w escep~ltidas Albasitin Gists ars mery patri?tic. lileabers
o! the Cam^luaist ~tart~ trho M1lo illlprisoaed because o! pious
cri'inal ottr>oi~ palltrall~ xrrasiaed conYinced Cc>a^vaanists . T1ry
considered Albans s baa]r,11+~ari Qoul~try bat ae~+ertheless beliemed that
it nas a paradili cMQatyid to ~~ i~BR. It appears that Albanian
mho hY limed !~ >r .~telgpd tine in the USSR had loot all coatidonee
in the coral sad eeasoaic strength e! the Sovietso lEobody is ttie
c?t~nts-fir has air trtivt is 'hha goedr i~orted ~as~ the USSR. '1'hia
avvliss alarrui all t0 SrYiet aRdicines. On the other hand, goods o!
irigi~a ~ hig'h1T Yard and bring high price
on the blaclt stl~t
2. The, US88 bas low all proetige in Albania. Soviet,, >nlrpresentatiws in
Albania ?ho perobsbly ]4ire bees cseeth].ly screened by tLe 1iVD aaioe
limails a~! tbeaselmes ~ tb~iir boha~-ior and the Albanians openly poioe
!tm at tboa. Ia 19?3, 8otiet actors ~Iho gatte a perlorsance at 3Llroier
were heated . 17-~is ohs #.]uot the ceder to lame the US3I~ bas so !se
bad a ratyler aeplti~rt sedan;~. T1M people strongly resented the last
that Axbaiian wa~~en'snd ~ir3`ar Mere forced to attend social ltiactions
gimen by 1~eY3,~tt ?a#].rlts ra ~b ~r~.et Marships vin sting Darren in 19~ .
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$. Ron-Cc~mtnirt circler in Albania are co~nrinced that the Co~onxnirt
regime it not going to stay in tho coaatry. Cc~unistr who Dare not
yet become too comcpzo?irei by their dealings with the Party ya~e ranee
early 1954 tried to make contacts rith Albanians who they belieme as~e
going to play a leading role in the future.
5. Since 195~-, tysre have been indications of a widening rift withing the
Albanian Casse~mirt Party. Ono gzeup world like to detach the Party
troy the dominating intlnence of tye ASSR as her boon done in ~Sgerlavia.
The members of this group lavor tye ertsblishrnt of as independent
Cc?munist party and the rerueptivn o! econosic asul cultural relations
frith all countries. The other group which it headed by bbhmet 3yehn
is loyal to the 3ovieta.
6. The 11 years of the zed regtare hams had their effect on the y~xth of the
country. Tye results of Ccsmruaist education became visible about three
years ago. Soong people wry oaten rhvr a surprising amount of ksea-ledp
in the field of polities and religion. It is beliemed that abort 60~i
02 Albanian youth sympathize with Co~raniss. Wcm~en and girU who game
lived a life of seclusion for centuries eonaider Cosmcunirs their liboratoz
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Ths morals of the youth bare rank to a narked degree. Thar state has
been brought short by the acti~itie? of the rchooL and of the Party.
The authority o? patents and et the church bar been syrtesatically
underained. The enthnriars of Albanian youth !ar Ca~munLs is usually
dampened whoa they are inducted or when they get a fob. Tyore is no
unssplvynont in the country and good wags? are paid. The acc~mnlation
of sonny is, yonver, viewed with rvspieioa by the Cosretnirt Party.
Typical of tye situation is a statesent sad? by an 18-year-old Albanian.
Be said: "I don*t kae~r what to do. Tyose who donut like to work are
branded ?abo~feurs and tyronn Tito priroan. On the otbor hand, peopU
who are successful and diligart is their cork and sake ?csre money are
branded ar kulalra and ere thrown into prison sooner oz later."
8. Albanians gearrally recognize that the Albanian Camsunists hams worked
hard and bare succeeded in raising the living standard in the country to
a degree unkaonrn before. In this respect, snags people refer to the large
number of neyly established railroad lines, ta+cterier, poser stations,
schools and hospitals.
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