ALBANIAN MERCHANT SEAMAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R006200770001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2000
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 15, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. dbanian merchant marine seamen are required to be members of the Albanian
Communist Party and must undergo a specie security check before sailing
outside Albanian waters. Party membership, however, has been facilitates'
for ship captains, engineers and other ke,,? personnel. Small vessels se=-Ling
between Albania . andItal and Trieste any Yugoslavia usually have a r?.?ew of
25X1 X fi^e to ton men. it 7.s not unusual to find that only
two or three of the crew are regular seamen, while the others are r-olitieal
commissars,*
2. As a rule, political commissars on the sh*.ps are young Communia.a who the
Albanian Government feels can be trusted tot to desert and whc will also
report properly on the other seamen. Mary of the commissars cake on;-7 one
tri' and are then replaced by others who have never before ?aft the Aountry. 25X1X
Some of these young men are illiterate. out appear to be very consci. tious in
carrying out their duties,.at least on he first few trips.
one or two who, having made several voysges to Trieste, seem to be stccumbing
to the "temptations" of the Western wor3d and spend ma'q hours dancir., and
drinking in the cafes, leaving their c',~Irges in relative freedom.
3. The political commissars are not known io have been assigned positive .ntelligence
25X1 Xmissions on their trips to Trieste. they have con?,,icted no
Albanians in the city and appear to deal only with the shipping agents Li OL"irge of
the cargo to be discharged and load'.,d. It is known, however, that a cu'rrissa,:
was instructed to Inquire about Mel- net Alltuni, an Albanian living in 'rieste
who was suspected of taking part iii intelligence activities against th3 present
Albanian regime.
4. While engaged in runs along the Albanian coast, the seamen a re weaned aot to
have contact with the crew members of foreign vessels in Albanian ports. None
of the ships going between Alhrxni a and `Trieste has ever I been known t stop at
`huh Island of Saseno. All fr..ight destined for that island is transs?~ipped at
Vione %I.- small boats, usually-manned by military or naval personnel.
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25X1A Comment: In connection with this paragraph, your attention is
invited to giving information on the crew of the Albanian schooner
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