(SANITIZED)ALBANIAN MILITARY AND ECONOMIC SITUATION(SANITIZED)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R006400120009-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 28
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 21, 2007
• Sequence Number: 9
• Content Type: REPORT

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a).eduction in Force of the k1a-,Ylh,k;.T2y 25X1
In 11ev. 19559 ho news----)a;-)ers "'~,orl i Popul1its' (Voice of
the People) and "Dashkirli."(Union) that the personnel of the A.lbani ^11 I.r wT
and Security Forces trill be rechicd by 9.000 non. Subject to this roduction
are the civil-servants too, Ater the said annouHcement bcgum the des7obi-
lization of the milite personnel, the security forces, and the civil-ser-
vants which was completed on Jan. 259 1956.
No ranks or branches(services) of the rilbanian A.-my ircre el;ompted from
the a/m demobil.zation.
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The sai d manure impressed tlze neo)le favorably because it reinfo-
rced the economy of the state and ospec_all~r the ag~icu~lture which had
come to a comol'ote failure.
b). Gluing of recruit
On Nov. 26, 19559 5?wocalled under ar_1s the recruits bcrn in 1936.
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FIRST C A R
ARMED FORCES
AR1'IY
19 - Organization end Location of Units
a),Army Unit Stationed in 'T'ES
.'fin Army uuii
stationed to the barraks ihi ch are located about 100 from the S. edge of seke,
on the E. side of the road leading from seke to Leskoviq. Inform^nt believes that
it is rather a regiment;
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the a/m unit had a stre-
ngth of 400 men.After the recend reduction in force of the Albanian .!1ri r a batta'g-?
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has no more than 150 men,
In Sept. 1955,
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the unit in cnaestion perfnr-
ming shooting ezercize at a position located S,'. of the height indicator 1065 ( -I?-
933264).
b).A.A. Arty Re , eat L 3700
Location
The HQs of the teg ment2 the Training Battery' a Coy of the ?nc1 Tlattery, tuo coys
(lst and 2nd) of the 3rd Battery, as well as the of the lst, 2nd' and 3rd batte-
ry., are staioned into the Barracks "Ali RIZ d"y located on both sides of the road
Tirana URE E !UIRIT(eG-2536) - I AVAJE' about two 1 n from the end of Tirana.
The coys of the lst Battery are stationed& to the alo??ring places,
-The 1st coy it' permanently station: .. to the monument VM-2 132.E-iIT located 1.600 in.
N. E, of Tirana.
-The Ind Coy is stationed on the height 301(71,x-106393).
" 3rd " " t9 on the hill located :-00 M. IT.E. Of the : oae, Tiraz -Durres'
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no more than 1000 M. from the end of Tirana.
The companies of the 2nd battery are stationed as follows:
-The 1st coy is in the town of Tirana(nearby the royal palace of Zog ifhich is lo-
cated 200 m. W. of the street =1011'0.
-The 2nd coy is in LUCOVB,
-The 3rd " 91 ?r the barracks "Ali
The companies of the 3rd battery are stationed as follows:
-The lst and 2nd Coys in the barracks "Ali -aIZ.`,'.'
.-The3rd coy is stationed in the barracks of:'orce which are located on the
side of the motor-road leading from K'O-Ince to M9,12.
th Batter: TheHgs of the Battery are in the tow of Durres.
Thefirst Coy in the casttle of Durres.
The 2nd coy is stationed nearby the _:my Niel Depots urhich are located of the
cross-road Tirana Durres and Tirana IEavaje.
The 3rd Coy is stationed N. of Durres, about 1000 n. from the to?m.
Armament
The RegLaent if equiMed with the ol_1~ottirs mimes of Z.ms
First g3 erl
Czech. A.A. gums, call ber 4 2 lm' model 1932: 12.
Second Battery
Soviet A.A. guns., caliber 37 mm9 tame 3C'CItS, nodel 1939: 1#3.
Third flattery
Soviet A.A. guns, caliber 20 mm, tame fl t Ii~I,1^AL~model 1930: 1C.
Czech. A.A. guns, caliber -774-2 mm: 4.
1297 r m.
37 rrn. 6.
20 mm, model 1930: 9.
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