FORTIFICATIONS ON THE MATI RIVER IN ALBANIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R005000050004-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: April 26, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/03/05: CIA-RDP83-00415R005000050004-6
CLASSIFICATION U. S. 0"a'7ICI;.L3 O::f~Y
CENTRAL !INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
IF?R1A'IO REPORT CD NO.
COUIV T RY Albania
SUBJECT
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ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
Forti 'ications on the PEati
River in Albania
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
1. The tlati river, which winds through the Plana Miliot area, has a 1,300-
meter long bridge crossing the river at a point near the Plana and Viliot
mountains. This bridge was erected in 1925 and was named after King Zog.
It has been renamed the Oura Mati bridge. The Plana mountain, which is
northwest of the bridge, is 300 meters high and has underground fortifi-
cations with 'ieavy machine gun omplacorients facing north. There are two
entrances to the fortress.
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2. The l?.aja Kuncra ountains are 100 meters high and are located northeast
of the bridge. There are underground fortifications here with heavy
machine gun emplacements which look out over the Lesh plain. The village
of Rubio is located a oot of these mountains, where there are mines,
as well as a camp for guerrillas, 50X1-HUM
Z. The Mali t'alio(; mountain located southeast of the bridge is 600 meters
high? There are underground fortifications which were started in 1931
on this mountain. There are two entrances - one at the south side of
the mountain 200 meters from the village of P.`iliot, the other to the east
near the town of Del.finist on the Tirana-Shkoder road.
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