PRESENCE OF SOVIET AND AIRCRAFT AT TIRANA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009700130007-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 14, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT NO.
FO1 REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Albania/USSR
DATE DISTR.. 14 Dac 51
SUBJECT Presence of Soviet and other Aircraft at Tirana NO. OF PAGES
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1. An unidentified aircraft, coming from the south, is r apgi red to have
flown over Tirana during the course of Red Army Day celebrations on
7 November 1951; the aircraft was shot down after ten minutes of anti-
aircraft fire.
2. On the afternoon of 20 November 1951, an extremely fast piston-engine
Soviet fighter plane was observed at Tirana flying at an altitude of
not, more than 1,000 meterst.
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CLASSIFICATION SE
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