A file of reports, memoranda, and correspondence concerning a plan for special operations in Albania to reduce Albanian support for communists in Greece. Subjects discussed in the file include the need to detach Albania from the Eastern Bloc; the lack of intelligence relating to Albania, and the difficulties of collecting it; a scheme to insert agents into Albania to carry out a guerrilla war; the internal situation in Albania, and the level of resistance to the regime of Enver Hoxha; the potential political and diplomatic consequence of intervention in Albania; the involvement of other nations, including Yugoslavia and the United States of America; the successful insertion of agents into Albania; the organisation of bases to support Albanian operations; and the releasing of information to the press.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Albania Bulgaria Egypt Finland Germany Greece Italy Libya Malta Russia Soviet Union Turkey United Kingdom United States of America Yugoslavia
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/452/2
- Document Types
- Correspondence Report Map
- File Reference
- FO 1093/452
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0452.002
- Keywords
- Special Operations Operations Planning Guerrilla Warfare Greek Civil War Recruitment Of Agents Communism Intelligence Requirements Soviet Satellite States Soviet Foreign Policy Intelligence Gathering Politics Public Opinion Security Anglo-american Relations American Intelligence Services Information Sharing Secret Police Underground Resistance Diplomacy Yugoslav Foreign Policy Release Of Information Newspapers Royalty
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Central Intelligence Agency Communist Information Bureau Foreign Office Security Service United Nations Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 249
- Persons Discussed
- William Hayter Frederick Hoyer Millar Orme Sargent William Strang
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Operations International Relations
