YUGOSLAV ATTEMPT TO RECRUIT ALBANIANS IN SYRIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009900230005-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 7, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/03/06 : CIA-RDP82-00457R009900230005-7
CLASSIFICATION
CENTRAL. I ffiff bi' i N6Y REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Albania/Yugoslavia/Syria
SUBJECT Yugoslav Attempt to Recruit Albanians in Syria
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1. In early October 1951, Ljubo Kovacevic, Counsellor and Charge d?Affaires
ad interim of the Yugoslav Legation in Beirut, went to Damascus, Syria,
for the purpose of interviewing several Albanian refugees Among them
was an Albanian who= source identified as Lt. Col, Mulyi,-- "chief of a
tribe."
20 During the interview Kovacevic proposed the formation of a committee to
aid in combatting the Communist regime of Enver Hoaehao The committee
would have the full political and financial backing of the Yugoslav'
Government. Its task would be to lead guerrillas from Yugoslav territory
into Albania. The refugees were also told that after the fall of the
present regime in Albania, the committee would take an active part in the
formation of a pro-Tito Albanian republic,
3. The refugee identified as Mulyi refused to collaborate.
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