1. COAST ARTILLERY REGIMENTOF DURRES 2. ARMY BATTALIONS IN SOUTHERN ALBANIA 3. 3 BORDER GUARD BRIGADE 4. FORTIFICATIONS IN VIDEHOVE AREA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009500380007-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: November 30, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COU NTRIt Albania
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Coast Artillery Regiment of Durres
Armor Battalions in Southern Albania
3 Border Guard Brigade
Fortifications in Videhove Area
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1. The coast artillery regiment of Durres has the following platoons:
Platoon of Shengjin, Platoon of Durres,-Platoon of Saseno, Platoon of
Sarande, and an administrative platoon,,
2. The battalion (sic) of Durres has four batteries, each of '~ ich has
25 to 30 men and three 75,4 mm. artillery guns? Of the twelve guns in
the battalion., two are Soviet OYES. Ammunition warehouses are reportedly
located three kilometers north of Durres in the direction of Porta Romana4
3. Army battalions are located at Erseke, Delvine and Gjinokaster.
4. The commander of 3 Border Guard Brigade is Major Sulo Kozeli.1 The Brigade
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is equipped with Geman, English and Italian armament.
From 1947 to 1950 cement machine gun posts were constructed on hills around
the village of Videhovo. The machine gun posts have a depth of 1 to l02
meters and can hold three persons. The posts are covered by three to four
rows of tree trunks and about ,6 to 1 meter of dirt. Trenches ?5 to .6
meters deep connect the machine gun posts.
6. An antitank mine field is located about two kilometers from Videhove on
the road towards Dipotemia in Greece.
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