ALLEGED IMPRISONMENT OF GENERAL HOXHA, TUK JAKOVA AND OTHERS

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CIA-RDP82-00457R004600140008-2
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1
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November 16, 2016
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March 6, 2000
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8
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Publication Date: 
March 27, 1950
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REPORT
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e9- d l`o'b`" Approved For Release 2000/05/18: CIA-RDP82-00457R004600124.?Q-2 CLASSiF!cATION Sis K:;T/coflTi OL ?- U. a OFFICIALS QTILY . CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. IN OF AT ON REPORT CD NO. COUNTRY Albania DATE DISTR. 2? March 1050 ZjUI JI:.(;T Alleged Imprisonment of Go r Tuk Jakova and others UI D ENT IAL NA OF PAGES 1 PLACE 25X1 A ACQUIRED NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED BCLaW) _ 1 10A DATE OF 25X1 A INFO SUPPLEMENT TO . REPORT NO. L. An ueconfirmed report states that General Unver Hoxha has been i::. prison at 5hengjir for the past 15 days, and that power has been seized by Lieu- ten t General i hmet Shehu. In addition, Tuk Jakova, tho LLtnisters of Finance* and Lducation , as well as the Chief of the Executive Cei mittee of the ilbani .n Coitunist Party in Tirana, have also reportedly been arrested, Source also aided that Azbod_in Dhehu oonraitted suicide. A well-placed informant status that the authority of 132ver Hoxha over the Albanian Army has greatly diminished; the majority of the officers and enlisted men, even those who had once sup.)ortod the proseix' regime, wore anxious to revolt. The armed forces are reportedly held in line only through strict discipline, surveillance by L12, and because of the fact that the army is composed of Communist veteraale so compromised that their liven depend upon the continuance of the present govorru.ieiit. 25X1A Commont s Abdul Val 1 ari and Ke:hreraan Yeli, respectively. in theal cormec - on,` see FBIS Noe 49, dated 13 March 1950., thioh reported the dismissal of Shugri 1ellesi. Document No, Neir