CIA Reading Room cia-rdp82-00457r012300210004-2: ALBANIAN REFUGEES

N CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY \A yor U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY Zon! SECURITY INFORMATION : INFORMATION REPORT [| | Document No, 5— se creat No Change In Class, ace. [ ] Declassified Class. Changed To: TS § (0) Dates soto a. CD NO. | g5x1 COUNTRY Yugosiavie/Albania | mk \ DATE DISTR. 3 June 1952 SUBJECT Albanian Refugees ate: ae a NO. OF PAGES 2 DATE OF NO. OF ENCLS. 25X1__‘INFO. (LISTED BELOW) | | | 25x1 PLACE WO | SUPPLEMENT TO ACQUIRED Ov __ REPORT NO THIS OOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES, WITHIN THE WEANING OF TITLE 16, SECTIONS 193 AND 794, OF THE U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR REVE~ LATION OF ITS CONTENTS TO OR RECEIPT BY AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSOM ts F PROWIBITEO BY LAW. THE REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM 1S PRONIGITED. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION 25X11 Cy Albanian border. Troop concentrations are located at Uleinj, opposite Obot on the Bojana’ River, at Podgorica, Hot, Debar, Kajnare, Solokite, and Sposi in the region of Dior and Ohrid, 1. Miscellaneous Yugoslav divisions are stationed in,a state of alert on the Yugoslav~ 2, Yugoslav agents covertly crossing into Albania frequently kidnap Communist offi-. cialsa from border villages, and after a thorough interrogation, set them free with apologies. The majority of these officials do not, however, return to Albania for fear that they will be arrested there. 3. Atbenpts of Yugoslav agents to win over leaders of anti-Communist resistance thi-ougk promises of moral and material assistance have met with very little success, ‘ | since the Albanian population as a whole opposes Communism in any form. These resistance leaders are not independent in thelr political actions, since the latter hinge upon Albanian political exiles in the West, who are known for their antiCommunist sentiments. k, The pro-Tite League of Albanian Refugees has not been successful in increasing its nunber of supporters, despite unconditional support given to it by the Yugoslav Government, The latter is playing a very able political game by extending courteous hospitality even to those who have in the past collaborated with the Italians and Germans. An example cited is the invitation to collaborate which was extended in the summer of 1951 by Yugoslav authorities to Albanian refugee leaders iu Yugoslavia who are not members of the pro-Tito League, when they were called to Belgrade, The reply given by the Albanian political leaders to the Yugoslav re. quest was that they were happy to contribute to the liberation of their country, which they considered their duty, under the condition that the independence and territorial integrity of Albania be guaranteed, not by Tito or the British (who they feared would compromise with Greece for the territory of southern Albania), but rather directly by the United States. CLASSIFICATION ORREDENTELAL o. S. OFFICIALS ONLY c [stave Eo | x [wavy [fuses |_| jammy TX Tair [xtror TTC 5. Boas \ Approved For Relegen 06/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457R012300210004-2 v cee, 25x11 /CONTROL U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY | Cc =De The main.centers in Yugoslavia where the largest number of refugees are gathered are Podgorica, Uleinj, Hot, Gucija, Djakovica, Pec, Prizren, Pristina, Tetovo and Ohrid. Albanians who are not employed arewartered in hotels at the expense of the Yugoslav Government, and are given free ration coupons for meals in restaurants. There are approximately sixty refugee students attending universities and other Yugoslav schools at the expense of the Yugoslav Government. The majority of Albanians ‘living in Zagreb are students. Apart from various néwspapers which are printed for the Kosovo Albanians, the Flamuri i Liris, (Standard of Liberty), organ of the League of Albanian Refugees, is published at Pristina. | The northern part of Albania is considered to be the zone of influence of the Rloku Kombetar Indipendent, and since the majority of Albanian refugees are from this area, it is customary in Albanian political circles for the major part of them to belong to this organization. Approximately five thousanlof these Albanians are considered to belong to the Bloku Kembetar Indipendent. Only in the latter part of February 1952 four hundred members reported to the office of the president of the managing council of the Bloku Kombetar Indipenient. | Ra x peters U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY C Approved For Release 2006/04/20 : CIA-RDP82-00457R012300210004-2