(SANITIZED)ALBANIA - ARMED FORCES, INTERNAL POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND GEOGRAPHIC SITUATION(SANITIZED)

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00418R007600660001-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 8
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 29, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 30, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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A R M Y
Order of Battle
I N F O
FIRST CHPATER
ARMED FORCES
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Unknown Inf. Unit stationed in LESKOVIQ
An unknoon Army unit has been located in LESKOVIQ from many years; the men of this
unit wore infantry uniforme
the strength of this unit as 300 men.
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3-4 Arty guns(type unknown) and about 6 trucks. Furthermore the unit had about 50 mu-
les.
Unknown Inf. Unit stationed in ERSEKE
An unknown & my unit has been located in the barracks of Erseke since 1955; the men
of this un it wore infantry uniforms. the strength of this unit as 25X1
about 400 men. 25X1
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Naval Bases and Pores
Naval unit at the cane KEFALI (DK-071582).
A naval unit of 30 men under a Sgt has been located at the cape of KEFALI since the
autumn of 1954.
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Minis t-y of Interior Troops and Para Military organizations
Border Guard &9ervice
o er posts w c are subordinate to the Border
Guard Unit of LSSKOVIQ:
Post of AREZA (DK-740556.
St t : About 50 men, commanded .by a Lieutenant.
Every summer it moves to DK-754561).
Post of GJERNIEN (DK-740556), which has a strength of about 20 men commanded by
a lieutenant .
Post of XHONXHI(DK-754594), which has a strength of about 20 men, commanded by
.a lieutenant.
Observation posts
day observation posts:
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Post of KANENIK (DK-754513) which consists of 3 men dispatched every morning from
the border post of GJERNIEN. As soon as it gets dark the men of the observation
post return to the building of the border post.
Observation post of 3 men at DK-744568; they are dispatched from the border post
of AREZE.
Each observation post has a sniper's rifle.
A patrol of 2 men is dispatched every evening from the border post of Gjermen;
at about 24.00 hrs this patrol is met with that of AREZE at DK-7325.
After that the men of the patrol return& to the post following the route DK-
728528 - DK-732524 - Dk-732544; on their way back to the post the men of the
patrol perfomm many stops
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Fences
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A fence about 2 m. high,
consisting of w
ooden poles and dry branches of trees
was constructed in 1955, which connects the post of XHANXHI(DK-754594) with
that of AREZE(DK-740556); the said fence runs along the border line, within the
Albanian territory, about 300 m, from the border line.
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Early in Aug. 1956, begun the construction of another fence, extending from the
'post of AREZE up to the foot of the mountain KAMENIK(DK-755515). at a distance of
200 m. from the border line. This fence runs through the forest and it is constructed
as follows: They cut a big tree,and they arrange the trunk to fall parallel to the
border line; then the side branches of the tree are cut4off, leaving the vertical
branches to extend above the fallen tree". so that they can be used as poles.
Then the cut-off branches of the tree are inserted between these poles.
The said fence is about 2 in, high and 0,60 m. wide, and it was expected to be ready
on Sept. 20, 1956.
mines
There are no mine-fields, except one extending between DK-748509 and DK-752510, which
was placed in 1949 and it consists of mines against personnel. The width of this
mine-field is about 20 in. Signs have been placed to indicate the position
of the mine-field.
SECURITY FORCES & SPECIAL UNITS
State Police
Police Station(Post) innLUKOVE(DR_0796)
In LUKOVE there is a police post of 10 men under a M/Sgt.
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THIRD CHAPTER
COASTAL DEFENCES
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SECRET
Arty Group located at the cape of KEFALI DK-071582)
Till the summer of 1954 there were 6 Coastal Arty guns located at the area of the
cape KEFALI, from DK-077188 up to DK-.07a94. The said guns were serviced by 50 men
commanded by a Lieutenant; this unit was subordinate to a bigger unit stationed in
SARAIDE.
In the summer of 1954 the guns of this group were replaced by new Russian guns of
The old guns were place outside the barracks located at
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DK-080190, covered with tarpaulins, and remained there until April 1956 25X1
During the winter of 19L concrete -constructed 'works were built at 25X1
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WTI-AIRCRAFT DEFENCE
Location of A.A. Guns
During the winter of 1954, 1955, and 195 in the area of KEFALI 25X1
(DK-075180), he heard A.A. Machine gun and A.A. Arty guns firing against airplanes
of unknown nationality every time they used to fly above the cape of KEFALI.
Location of Search lights
A search-light was installed at DK141138, in the summer of 1956, which used to check
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INTERNAL POLITICAL SITUATION
ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION &. DIVISION OF THE COUNTRY
The Executive Committee for the Rreth(sub-prefecture) of Sarande was transfered from 88
SRANDE to DELVINE, and now it is called Executive Conmittee for the Rreth of DELVINE25X1
The Recruiting office of Sarande was transfered to Delvine too.
FIFTH CHAPTER
ECON0NIC SITUATION
F a r m i n g
The farming production of the village NIVICE
consists of wheat, corn, tobacco, cotton, potatoes, olive oil, and vegetables. 25X1
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ction was sufficient for the population.
The farming production of the villages GJERNEN(DK_7253). AREZE(DK-735555), and SHALES(
DK-7155) consists of a little wheat and 25X1
corn. The population of this area mainly live on wood-cutting , for woods occupy vast
area in that part of the country.
Cooperatives
village of NIVICE. After cons- 25X1
tant pressure of the competent auhtorities, only 50 famLli.es, out of 170 living in
farming
the village, accepted to join the cooperative. About a month later,23 families pre-
fered to quit from the cooperative, although they had to lose ownership of the ccllecti-
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these families were claiming their property and tried 25X1
to get it back. The reasons which urged them to abandon the cooperative were,the bad
working conditions, the poor share they received from the cooperative, and the partial
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distribution of the crops.
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Taxation dosed on stock-farming products
The following taxation was imposed on independent stock breeders who owned sheepi un-
til Jan. 1956:
a)Owners of 1 up to 100 sheep, were required to pay 150 lek yearly for each sheep.
Besides that they were obliged to deliver the following stock-farming goods to the
government payable in prices fixed by the government:
800 grams of wool for each sheep, sold to the government for 37 to 50 lek per kg, acco-
rding to the quality.
5 kgs of meet for each sheep, sold to the government for 9 .- 11 lek.
5-7 kgs of milk for each sheep, sold 10 lek in summer and 13-20
lek in winter, according to the quality.
b)
Reduction of the taxation
In Jan. 1956 the taxation imposed on stock-farming goods was reduced
Pasturelands
For each pasture-field,the stock-breeders are required to pay 5 kgs of milk per sheep
for a six months period.
Due to the fact that the best pasturages are given to government stock-farming briga-
des, the flocks of the independent farmers very rarely could reach production standa-
rds allowing them to face the taxation. In order to face this situation, the stock-
breeders were forced to sell their lambs and kids(young-goats), sometimes their
old-aged sheep too, in order to complete the sums necessary for the taxation.
Stock-farming cooperatives
Since 1954 the independent st ek-ob aders ., ,re forced by the competent authorities to
join the cooperatives, but the stock-breeders are not inclined to yield.
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-Their refusal resulted additional oppressive measures;.the government authorities
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cooperatives only.
SIXTH CHAPTER
GEOGRAPHIC SITUATION
Info concerning towns and viUages
The village of NIV ICE(DK-1223)
has about
170 houses, inhabited by an equal number of families.Water is received from we!-7.s;
kerosene lamps are used for light.
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The village of GJERMEN (DK-7253)
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from fountains; kerosene lamps are used for light.
The villages of AREZE (DK-735555) , and SHALES (DK_7155 )
are X&&& almost like the village of GJERMEN.
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informed the independent stock-breeders that pasture-lands will be given to the