Western and Southern (W): Albania (WA). Arbitration on Conflicting Claims to Albanian Gold Looted From Rome by the Germans During the War and Destined to be Applied to Settle Restitution Claims.

A file containing documents relating to a decision in the arbitration case involving competing Italian and Albanian claims to recover gold looted by the Germans from the Bank of Albania in Rome in 1943. Documents in the file include British Parliamentary Questions about the arbitrator's decision in the case; reports of the decision of the arbitrator; and discussion of how to press the British claim to the gold awarded to Albania, as compensation for the Corfu Channel incident in 1946. The file also contains the French and English texts of the arbitrator's decision. Subjects discussed in the file include potential Yugoslav liability in the case, as it was Yugoslav ships that had laid the minefield in the Corfu Channel on Albania's behalf; the handling of the gold following the decision; the timing of the next steps in the case; and legal advice about likely future events in the case.