Details

Subject(s)

• Diplomatic and consular service [Browse]
• Foreign relations [Browse]
• Politics and government [Browse]
• Great Britain—Foreign relations—1906-1966—Sources [Browse]
• Albania—Politics and government [Browse]
• Albania [Browse]

Related name

• Great Britain. Foreign Office [Browse]
• Coherent Digital (Firm) [Browse]

Series

• General Correspondence from 1906-1966 (Great Britain. Foreign Office. Political Departments) ; FO371-188525. [More in this series]
• Cold War Eastern Europe. [More in this series]
• FO371: Foreign Office: Political Departments: General Correspondence from 1906-1966 ; FO371-188525

Data source

• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1947-1982
• Cold War Eastern Europe, 1961-1966: Module 2
• History Commons

Summary note

A file concerning political developments in Albania. covering the period from October 1965 to March 1966. Topics covered in the file include moves to increase contacts between the Albanian communist party and Albanian citizens -- measures against bureaucracy -- the reorganisation of party and state apparatus -- the progress of the current five-year plan -- Albanian ministerial changes -- the visit of a Cambodian government delegation to Albania -- Albanian diplomatic relations with foreign powers including Romania, Bulgaria, and China -- and Albanian foreign trade. The file also covers developments in Albania from a Chinese standpoint, including a report on the fifth Albanian party congress, and a biographical piece on the Albanian leader, Mehmet Shehu, that had appeared in the Chinese press. The file also includes a U.S. Department of State research memorandum covering Albanian economic developments, the reorganisation of Albania's central government, the re-imposition of party control over the Albanian military, moves to address political isolation, and Chinese influence in Albania.

Notes

• Title from Cold War Eastern Europe Module II.
• File date: 1966.
• Date document(s) were released to the public domain: 1996.

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