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• Publication Date: July 10, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
REQUIREMENT
NO. RD
DATE OF
INFO.
PLACE &
DATE ACCT.
following information:
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(1) Unidentified infantry unit transferred from Vlone.
(2) Artillery group stationed at Vlone.
(3) Reserve units from Gjinokaster mobilized in February-
March 1957.
(4) Military equipment cf the artillery group at Vlone and the
artillery regiment at Tirana.
(5) Location and description of the barracks of the infantry
unit at Vlone.
d. Pursuit Brigade reinforced after the November 1956 Hungarian
uprisings.
e. Organization of the Vlone Rreth Executive Committee.
f. Elementary and Unike schools at Polican. The report points
out that Greek is primarily taught in the elementary schools
and Albanian in the Unike schools.
g. Churches and mosques in Vlone and attendance at religious
services.
STATE L:71 ARMY X NAVY X IA I R
X FBI I IAEC
DATE DISTR. 10 July 1957
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at Vlone.
i. Criticism of the Party at a Tirana Central Committee
meeting in the Spring of 1956. As a result of this
criticism, some delegates were accused as traitors and
reactionaries, and Maj. Gen. Hulusi Spahiu and' Tahir
Kadarea were dismissed.
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3. Economic: prices, campaign for collectivization, Vlone
cement factory. 15
k. Transportation: schedule and cost of bus service on the
Vlone-Rrogozhine, Vlone-Himare and Vlone-Gjinokaster roads.
The report notes that Skoda busses are used primarily. 17
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PART. B.-INFO
ARI,ED FORCES
A R I.1 Y
1. - Order of Bath e
V (a) Unknown Unit transfered from Vione
In Sept. or Oct. 1956,and unknwm unit(infantry) which was stationed in Vione, moved
from this town and its troops were distributed to other units stationed in GJINOKASTEF
PERIT, KCRCE, and SHKODER. To the barracks of Vlone remained about 1.50 men.
Purpose of
the a/m movement is to reinforce the units stationed nearby the Greek and Yugoslav
October 1956
(b) .A A. Group in VLONE
An A.A. Arty group has been located in VLONE
::::::*e Command Office of this unit is located about 1000 m. South of town.
Pommander of the said Arty Group is a Cpt B' named Vasil 32MO from
HIIIART. The sub-units of the Arty group in question are distributed as follows:
SHKALLE E VLOI'S (Commanding Office).
Hill of KUZ-BABA.
At the East side of the town.
At the airfield of Vlone.
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2. - RecruitinE Service
1j' a).Calline un Reserve Troops
From the beggining of Feb. 1957 up to early in PSarch 1957, took place a mobili-
zation exercise. Reserve soldiers belonging to unknown military class, and who
lived in the town and the area of Gjinokaster were called.They were kept in
the service for about 5-7, and were engaged in light training.
this info was widely spread in the
town of Vlone.
I~ l~y Eauirment
a) .A.A. Arty Group, VLOISE
A.A. Guns
/ The A.A. Arty Group of Vlone is equipped with the following tapes of guns:
-4+ A.A. guns, 37 mm, located within the barracks.
-l-8 " " 20 mm, " at the hill KUZ.3ABA.
V -4 " " 37 mm, " in the airfield of VLOIv'E.
The said guns are permanently installed at the a/m positions.
10-12 A.A. guns (calibre 37 & 20 mm) moving out
of town(towed by trucks) for training purposes.
Type of vehicles: ZIS trucks.
c/ b).A.A. Arty Rzt, TIRANA
The A.A. Arty Rgt of Tirana
German guns, caliber 20mm:
Soviet " " 85mm:
if n n 37mm:
It 12, 7nun:
had the following guns:
12 ea.
11 ea.
16 ea.
8 ea.
SEEM
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During Dec 1956, the a/m r
of 95mm guns.
a) Armored Cars
ge 7.
In Nov. 1956, when the preparatory parade took place in the airfield of Tirana,
bout 50 medium and heavy armored cars
Dec.5 March 1957 CLASSIFIED TIRAN/, VLONE
/ I 1itarv Installations
r/ a).Barracks of the Vlone Inf. Unit
The barracks of the Vlone infantry unit are located towards the east side of the
central road leading to the port(SHKATLEN E VLCNFS), about 500 m. from the port,
and 1500 m. from the central square of VLCNE. The said barracks have the shape of
a Greek P (h ); each side of then is about 150 m. long. The headquarters are
sheltered in abuilding located on the West side of the road, and about 350 m.
fran the port. The dimensions of this building are about 6 x 6 x 6 in.
SHUT
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10 3 MAY 1951
In Y1ane there is a section of Internal Affairs. The said section is divided in
two sub sections
Ca-wander of the a/m section is a Sirnajjdr Lt Cal; frcmm $Lbasan, ,band Petrit
tram V1cne
Deputy Commander is a Police Major named SkP
9eecfa1 Br an at the Security Forcm
a) 40 iaaigped to tLe r~ii Ark:~.
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special pursuit brigade
after the Hungarian agents, was reisforeed with new slut called up to 3adu it
1. - C !,_,$e,_ era
a) Pata~el Belts
THI8D CHAP ' 'S
r OW
2.3 fast sailliag boats(AS) carrying out patrol service at the
entrance of the Tlane bay, and tomatds the western coast of the saes bar.
They were taming froa the island of BAZAR[. The patrol, service was carried out in
different hours of the days
2, A.J. ~qes
a)
A.A. guns of the calibre 20 ea are located conthe hill YUT ABTA
*stlmWumber of gems 4.8 '
Four A.A. guns(saliber 37an) are located in the barracks of the A.A. Arty Unit
Another four guns(calibre 37 nm) are located In the airfield of Viane.
while tkq r were going out of barracks for training.
1l. eh 1959
1045 L.A. _guns
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F0U H CHLPTZR
wider the goverment
The 4 Regions are as fonowas
SHIOIER, EGHAR N, KORCB, GJINOBILSTER.
The 8 districts( ) are as follows
TIRANI, EURRES, LUSEiJE, FIER, K1WJE, HBRiT, VL4 ,
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Administrative Di fc d the Cana =
Albania is divided in 4 Regions and 8 iadependent districs widoh are directIT
President of the Cam ttee: Hristo PAPAJAJI
Vise-President: Naas =*no=.
Secretary: N N
Section of ?iaanee
N N EEddwca+ation.
N N C
Is Vlome operates a gyamasiwa to which was give the acme of the Llbanisn hero
o^ele2'e.
Fablic Health.
litrnh I Q57
I&MMUM
Al masim- of Ti ms
Ali, IM
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9 MAY 1957
in Poliean there are a 4-year dLementart school and a 3-Tear school
called UNIBB. The pupils of the elementary school. learn Creels while very few hours
are disposed for Albaaiaer. On the contrary,, in the 01 IA-
program of the j e
is taught Manias veiny, and very few hours are disposed for Greeic :
names of the ednaators(school..iasters)
working in the a/a school are as follows:
AristiAhi
dani QIWJSU
of NAND
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Sif&lkIASOJWBI
KereL l Q67 CLOSSIFIBD VII Z .. _?'
3. - Adulm
a) .Orkbedeae Church et 41c~e
In Vlone there are two Orthodooc Churches and three priests. March Service takes place
every Sunday and Holiday. Old-aged people attend the Church Service during Snwdays=
an the contrary during the big Orthodox Holidays the churches are croswwded.
But even in these cases the Divine Service is not respected accordingly because
the Coweanisto go Into the Church and try to draw the attention of the people in it
with their loud discussions, so that the Divine Service goes be3aat its holy limit '"
Bit is general, the religious sentiment reaaiss strong inspite of the oppressive
Co~nist measures. Maay families possessing radios listen to the church service
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b) ~C&thelia Clntreh
"a ^ MAY 1857
In Vlone there is a Catholic Church and a priest. Very few people go to this
Church because in Vloae there are not maw Catholics';
e) ( Mosque )
In Vlone there are 4 Mosques bat only 3 of then are used as churches= the 4th
has been converted to misean(Archeolotical
there are rwW of the.[; Very for people go to
the Mosques, except for the important noslea holidays that the mosques are crows
ded.
M~~~ h 195'7
tit ofT1c.
a)
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The civilian hospital of Viaae is located at the N.B. and of font;
The said hospital is sheltered in 5 buildings 1"$34 1 x6: and another building
15d5x6 stn The buildings have arched roof covered with tiles;
The first building is a eltnio for paralytic diseases, the s ecced for ecntagios
dlsesses, the third is for the treatuent of the diseases of wmet, the fourth
for children
xThe 5 buildings which are 155L5W4 no have 30 beds= the baildiad which is 1 J T a,
has less boi(although bigger than the other 5), because in the same ame are the
offices of the hospital.
Director of
the hospital is a surgeon aamea.~l~DTJ (Thu)
of dttn,.
JLQKO (f=)
Isuf
sAsuXIsay
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A new buUdiag 30x52 4 a* has been sonstrwted about 2D s. Santh CC the a/m buildup
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In the town of Vlone there is a aateraity house.
Iasvred persons are provided with free hospital, treat`:
Sarah 1941
PARTY ACTIyIT ;
At a meeting of the Tirana C.P. Cc nittee,whfsh was held daring the spring of 1956,
the delegates of the Tirana area sapressed violent crAtisism against the Central
Cc?ittee of the Party, apinut the polls of the Cwt ply, and the members
of the Albanian sabdned ' The said meeting had the nature of preparatce wort for the
Party Cewgress which was held in Noy 1956. The Albanian government was represented
in this meeting by 8 , yU ,1, ,ter of the People's DDfeoo -epWXRA WA
game to ?ione for some rest, and Mel me SBSBU was in Shkoder';
Begir BALLUXU was asked by the delegates to give certain esplaaatiane come WaIng the
control of the press, the censorship, and the scandiliziag difference between the
people and the high funCtiasaries. Begir BALLUW felt himself wnable to answer these
questions, and he feared the consequences of such ariticisaf so he called Ever HOD A
and Mehmet SHBHU to return to Tirana urgently. These two Party leaders went both to
the meeting and tried to calm does the awited feelings of the representives That
was mainly done by Ehcver B 019A who gave then a lot of promises for the futur.,
In the following day, during the aeetinr of the Central Committee Ewer HOXHA and
_ ~'GPDrt
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Mehmet SBZ'Au attacked certain of the said represestitivea and accused then as
traitors and reactionaries; their attack resulted the disadssal of two Major Gene.
rats named $;=1a ,_SPA1TU and Tahi PDAIL; some others were transfered to areas
located far from the capital= high tlunctionaries were terainated, like the Pres..
Camdttee. etc
Members of the Central Cownittee of the Albanian C.P. were seat as delegates to all
parts of the country in order to can dawn the ec eitaaent of the P"clation"O
Mehmet 9BBAu went to 71one and spoke in a meeting held in the action pictures
theater of that tern, praising the successful realiaationn of the gove rmeental
per:
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6. dow ef the Pag]
CL~3IF7SD
Great reseataent and discontent is ruling all over Albania due to the bad eao unis
ooaditions coasting in this countz f.
The people wait and hope for a war to break up from outside the country, because
the iteraal security measures ruder alaost i>4oesible an interval
up-='sisd
Inspite of the fact that everybody is aware of the terrible ecrosegnennces of a war,
none sear to fear it because that is the calf solution which will lead to a change
and torrarde an isprov-%-a?t of their living ccaditioes
It is prohibited to listen to foreign radio broadcast.. But those who possess a radio
use to listen to the Albanian and Gredc broadcasts of VOL, to BBC. and Sadie Athmw."
crpnrr
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a).0aea~a4rm for C 11 _{yf.j
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2 9 MAY 1957
the program of the Albanian goverment is to cople..
to the ealleotivlsation(far g) of the country within 1958,
All kteds of aaasnres are takes for the successful realisation of the said pro..
grm, Villagers (peasants) living in tomms are told to return to their village
in order to reinforce the farming projOCU
Generally all the efforii of the Albanian govft*Mmt are directed tonar+ds the
iaproveaent of fare ag and stock..farAI
b)
In the area of 91one has been organised the # 4 Dover eert dtoc~ ng C
tive which mm 25 - 30.000 sheep`.
Managdr of this cooperative is EaMt'!Co
The said cooperative had a affAU apiary of 40 behfver
Me beLiver were of the European typal they were Bads in Albania and pro..
duced about 200 kgs of honey yea?
2...
the Rana_
gers of the cooperative and the mia? had received instructions to evaecate the
debts
beo+ihse they were reserved
for wheat storage. It was revered that the wheat will cone "k !' 7 ,, . T by s ee~ and will be
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tray sported at the port of Vlcae
TO, IAY 1957
Cost of FnMiti ft
I t e a
Bread (aade of wheat flour):
N N N cc"
Codctaag oil:
Bens:
Rice:
Meat:
Sugar:
Macaroni:
Potatoes:
Kerosene:
Coflee:
Soap:
Salt:
Buttsar3
cheeses
Hazer:
Conserved Sardines:
Fish:
Oliver:
Special Shop. Rationed
55 ldc per kg 6 lak per
43 N N N
280 N N N 50 N N N
78 N N N 16 N N N
136 N M N 24 N N N
125
100
30 N N M
10 1* per kg
550
200
230
60
50 N N N
40
20 laic per kga;
W*h1_
Em
4 N N N
48
40
25
45 N
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a).Ce~e~t Faster VLO
The construction of the assert factory in Time was eowgaleted in 19A.- it is lo.
eate~
about 1000 a East of the road Vion.T B FTOfB, or
Yd 3 ka 3419 of Vicar.. The earnest factory was eonstrrated meter the supervision
of soviet Engineers. The factory works with electrie* pores received fran the nearby
located per p1antr
~TTPS CBAPT~
Vione easman~satss by road with the following towns:
a) *VLCNZJMMZ The transportation from Vine to BR+000ZHIU is carried
cut by vehicles; then the passengers continue their trip by train,towaxds D0Fsjs.
TIRAEA, or towards RJUSAY
This line is serviced by 3 SHODA busses 52?eeat
Two of then accept passengers for RR000ZHI111I oatly; in case that thews are empty seats
thug may take passengers for the intermediate towns toO:The third bas takes passes,.
germ for FIBR cs]y.When this bas arrives to Fier, it takes passengers frm Fier to
RROOOZBIRr.0ne chi traveled with that bra from Vine to Fier, cannot take it again
in order to continue his trip from Fier to BROQOZi1I." That can be done ouil,y in ease
that the bus-agency of Fier has not reserved all the seatsat the bas leaving for
RROOOZEI1?, The basses return to Vine within the same day:
3eh _s_ 1a te*
Departure from Vione: 0800 hrs (Albanian mean tine):
seer 3eh L
Departure from Vla?e: 0000 hrs(
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At 10 bra for Vlos. and Fief; and another leaves at 1100 bra for Vlane
The bus ticket for a trip from Viooe to RRO00zH coats 95 lark:'
b)
This line is serviced by a tragic c
take aboat 30 passeogers.It leaves from Vlone at 0800 ocaloair.
This iilt line Is serviced by the busses of the line TIRAR&.GJIMD$Z ( 1-3 busses
daily passing from Vlone)~ `
lot 5
SIDQD1 basses are neatly =OC Besides then there are certain
Soviet bosses:
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