ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL DATA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00047R000200440006-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 21, 2013
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: February 4, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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AGENCY REPORT NO
REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Albania DATE DISTR.4- Fa 1953
SUBJECT Economic and Industrial Data NO. OF PAGES
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMAFON
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"In 1947 there were about six thousand persons employed in the oil fields in
KUsove, a small town located about seven kilometers west of Beret (40?42'N,
19`).56'114). These wells produced 1,200,700 barrels per month (in 1947). There
is no refinery there.
Two underground pipelines, each about one meter 20 centimeters a eter,
carry oil from KUiove to Vionii (40?27'N, 19?30'E). This is s, of aoout
60 kilometers. The second pipe was completed before the end of 19L4
"Near Vlong two new oil storage tanks were erected (in 1947). Four Avader".
ground pipelines iwe** built to carry oil from these tanks to the port at
VlonC
4. "Ships no longer dock at the port in V1on4 but in 1,949 docked at a point on the
mainland almost directly east of Saseno Island.
5. "Near Kbrce (40?37'N, 20?461E) political prisoners wire engaged (1949) in draining
Maliqit Lake in order to use the ground for crop production. The water was being
emptied into Lake Ohrid near Pogradec (40?54'N, 20?40'E) and also into the
Devoll River.
6. "A new single-track railroad extending from Tirana to Elbasan (410061N, 20?0490
which is about 50 kilometers south of the capital, was completed in 1949 and ,
went into operation in 1950. All rolling stock is of German manufacture."
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