(SANITIZED)ALBANIAN MILITARY AND POLITICAL INFORMATION(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A046200650001-7
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 29, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: December 24, 1958
• Content Type: REPORT

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IN FORMAT VON 'REPORT
INFORMATION RE
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the, Espionage Iaws,, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is , problbittd by law.
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COUNTRY Albania.
DATE DISTR. 24 December
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAIS - OF CONTENT IS -TENTATIVE., j
1958
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The report. contains information on a tank
-uni in irane, military training and recruitment.
Observation of helicopters and'possibly,jets
Location of radar apparatus r-a.=
Beret airfield
Party organization of thelvillag'e of Postec
? Methods used to influence the youth to join the
Morale. morale-in Albania is.
very low and the_popu ign_hopes for a war which will 25X1
1959 .
Security measures- in venous areas, pP
Change. of identity cards
Skhoder prison and forced labor camps at Beret.
The Skhoder prison held 500 prisoners, 300 of whom were
considered "enemies of the people." About 680 were
imprisoned. at the Beret labor camp. These prisoners
worked on the .construction of the Beret airfield and
were paid wages which amounted to 15% of a free laborer's
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STATE' A ARMY X Ii AVY. X~ A1 Bt AEC
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Economic. The report contains information on the farming 18
cooperative in Postec, prices of food and clothing.
Chromium mine at Bulaize
Nako Spiro wood ship.
Roads and bridges.
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PART BI I N P 0
CHAPTER 1.
ARMED PORCES.
ARMY.
ORIM OP BATTLE.
TANKC UNIT IN TIRANA.
In the barracks, locat ad in the north-east side of the road TIRANA DURRES and
immediately next to the TIRANA airfield,stations a tank unit,
tanks going out of the barracks
Soviet medium tank T 34.85.1 armoured cars
similar to the Soviet armoured car BA .. 64.
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communist tractor drivers are selected for the tank
Unit.
TRANSPORTATION UNIT IN ELBASAN.
There is a transportafton limit in ELBASAN
all the drivers of the Albanftan army are trained
in this unit.
TRAINING.
Big scale maneuvers.
Mobilization rehearsals.
On December 10 to 15, 1957 mobilizatio~4141arsals of reserves from the Qark of
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Mobilization rehearsals (continued)
TIRANA , DURRES and VIAND took place. Activation of Units and assignment to
missions, The rehearsals lasted 5 days in all out of which 2 were spent for the
mobilization itself and the other 3 for the regular training.
Tho mobilization took place as follows s
In the evening hours of Cecemb er 10,1957 the recruiting offices informed, through
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the chairmen of People's Councils, all the reserves ~
they were all those up to 45 years of age > to present
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themselves to the recruiting offices of their area not later than 06,00 bra. of
December 11,1957. From there they were all taken on vehicles and transported to
the area of village SAUS located north-east of KODER F PICALLIT (D L 006716) where
they were dressed armed and activated in military units.
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subject in general was about t enemy troops entering into Albanian territory
advancing and closing on TIRANA i The activated units were supposed to attack the
enemy troops and chase them out of the area of TIRANA.
The advance of the activated units started from TIRANA and ended in VLORE, in the
area of which they arrived after three days. The advance was made across and on b
both sides of the road MERES ?> VLORE.
The discharge of these reserves was made on December 16,1957 in VLOB .
During the days the maneuvers were in course, all sort of traffic and circulation
was prohibited . The units whichtook part in the manoeuvros were : artillery ,
infantry and armoured car units. Mules and other animals were not mobilized. 25X1
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In August 1957 draftees of the class 1958, selected for the Border Guard Army, were
RECRUITING SERVICE,
Recruitment of Draftees,
called up throughout Albania.
Calling and Training of Reserves.
Early in January 1958, the reserves not trained at all, from the ago of 45 and down,
were called up by the recruiting offices they belonged, in the areas of LUSffiJE and
DURIE5, and wore told to get ready because they would be recruited on January 25,
1958. They would undergo a throe months military training and then would be acti
vated into Labor Army Units and would serve for 2 years.
Those considered enemies of the people, various scientists, family protectors etc,
were not called .
al
l those belongi
ng to the
above category throughout Albania
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will be called up,
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the calling was not made throughout Alb ani a
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MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.
Military Depot of LIBRZED.
On the south-west side of the road EL3ASAY .. XORCE, at about 150 meters distance
north.-west of the bridge located at (D L 424592) there are military installations
they are army depots,
There are 8 buildings in all.
Two of them are identical) I stone built:- and covered with p1rok
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corrugated rectangular plates made of concrete (similar to: the French tiles) The
dimensions of each one of these buildings,which are single story, are ; 2058X4,50 mts
Four identical, stone built, one atory,built by the Albanians and covered with tiles.
The dimensions are g 8X482,50 mt'.
Two also stone built, one story of 6X4B2,50 mts, dimensions.
Those military installations are surrounded by a double barbed wire fence and have
4 sentry boxes placed on the boundary inside the wire fence,
AXR VROE.
AIRFORCE EQUIPMENT.
Helicopters.
Late in November 1957
flying from TIRANA toward BERATL
helicopters.
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landing
in the airfield of TIRANA two
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they have two propellers and the
propeller over the rear part is much smaller than the other one. Both had the red
star of the Soviet air-.crafts but which is also used by the Albanian Airforce. 25X1
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HBLicoptere (continued)
It is generally admitted that these helicopters appeared for the first time in
Albania in November 1957.
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Radar Apparatus.
they were jet plena
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there are Radar Apparatus located in places mentioned here-
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a) On the slope of the summit toward the Adriatic sea, located immediately south
east of the cross-road in place (C L 754-722) a Radar has been installed.
MU MIST apparatus.
About 100 meters far from the aerial of the Radar there is a small house of approx.
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12X4X3 m. dimensions) (which is apparently used to shelter
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the technical personnel of the Radar Apparatus.
b)On the summit located about 300 meters north of the bridge of MOSTAR (C L 80 25X1
122) on the west side of the road LUSEWE ?: FI
two aerials of the type KNIFERIST Radar placed on the
ground, 10 body closed vehicles out of which 4 carried type KNIFERISS Radar aerials,
and further 10 trucks transporting material for the construction of a wall around
the summit and of 4 houses on the sr
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Radar apparatus (continued),
c) In the north-west end of the BERAT airfield and near the houses which arc parallel
to the road toward BERAT
an aerial similar to the type XZIIFERf$I Radar.
AIRFIELDS.
Airfield under construction in TIR&IA.
the construction is still going; on without
the airfield being used as yet.
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The airfield of BMW stretches out south-east of the road HASAN BEIJ bridge (D L 005
.-152)toward XICOVE and North-east of HASH BE[T toward BERAT.
the area covered by the airfield is 75.000 square meters .
The runway stretches north..east to southeast, i.e. parallel to the road HASAN BEU
toward BERM. The length of the runya~ s X000 meters and its width 60m.,
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and it has been built as follows
It was first digged 60 cm. deep thou a steam roller passed over, then a 20 cm. thik
stone bedding was laid and again the steam roller passed over, then a 30 cm. thik
layer of sand and gravel was put caressed by the roller again. Then followed a concre.:.
to layer of 10 can. thin, and finally concrete blocks, rhomboidally shaped, 10 cm,
thik and of a 2,70 cm. perimeter were placed. A space of about l cm. was left inbet.
ween the blocks which was filled later with tar.
On the east side of the airfield, right opposite of the runway there are 36 parking
sheds for aircrafts paved with concrete blocks and having no roof. The dimensions of
each one is: 17X21. meters. e