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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence report titled “Raport inteligjence i CIA-s – Kosovë (zona Ferizaj)”, dated February nineteen fifty‑two, with a distribution date of January nineteen fifty‑three. The document is notable because it offers Cold War era U.S. intelligence on the Albanian minority in Yugoslavia and the political dynamics of the Kosovo region. PROVENANCE. The report was released to the public on January twenty‑four, two thousand eleven through The Black Vault, a repository for declassified government records. The release is identified as CIA‑RDP82‑00457R014500140002‑8 and was approved for public dissemination on that same date. The full text is available at the archive URL https://archive.org/download/raport-inteligjence-i-cia-s-kosove-zona-ferizaj-dokument-i-deklasifikuar-i/CIA-RDP82-00457R014500140002-8djvu.txt and the canonical PDF can be found at the same address. THE DOCUMENT. Sanitized copy approved for release January twenty‑four, two thousand eleven. CIA‑RDP82‑00457R014500140002‑8. Central Intelligence Agency. Classification: Secret/Control – U.S. officials only. On: fifty‑zero‑one‑one – HUM. Security information. Situation report. Country: Yugoslavia / Albania. Date distributed: January nineteen fifty‑three. Subject: Albanian minority. Number of pages: thirty‑three. This document contains information affecting the national defense of the United States, within the meaning of Title eighteen, sections seven ninety‑three and seven ninety‑four of the United States Code, as amended. Unauthorized transmission or receipt is prohibited by law; reproduction of this form is prohibited. Political and historical background up to nineteen forty‑four. The Albanian minority in Yugoslavia comprises a population of approximately nine hundred thousand individuals living in the Kosovo, Montenegro, and western Macedonia. The Kosovo is theoretically a part of the Autonomous Region belonging to the Republic of Serbia, which in turn is incorporated within the Yugoslav Federated Republics. By adding Metohija to Kosovo, the Autonomous Region received the name of Kosmet. The Kosmet has approximately seven hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, eighty‑five percent of whom are Albanians by origin and language. At the time the borders of Albania were established by the London Conference in nineteen thirteen, the Kosovo was ceded to Serbia. Numerous Kosovars and other Albanians living in the newly acquired Serbian territories sought refuge in Albania. These people settled in Fusha e Krujes, Mamurras, Fush’e Mbretit (Elbasan), Myzegeja, and other localities. Others were expelled by the Serbians; this included a great number of notables, among whom were the Bllaca family, and numerous dignitaries of the Catholic Church. Fathers Shtjefen Kurti, Gjon Bicaku, and Mikel Shala managed to save their lives by escaping to Albania in nineteen twenty‑nine. At that time the Albanian Government sent a violent protest to the League…

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Raport Inteligjence I CIA S – Kosovë (zona Ferizaj) – Dokument I Deklasifikuar I Luftës Së Ftohtë

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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence report titled “Raport inteligjence i CIA-s – Kosovë (zona Ferizaj)”, dated February nineteen fifty‑two, with a distribution date of January nineteen fifty‑three. S. intelligence on the Albanian minority in Yugoslavia and the political dynamics of the Kosovo region.

Date: JUL 18 · 2026
Release: Declassified · U.S. public record (FOIA)
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COLD OPEN. This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence report titled “Raport inteligjence i CIA-s – Kosovë (zona Ferizaj)”, dated February nineteen fifty‑two, with a distribution date of January nineteen fifty‑three. The document is notable because it offers Cold War era U.S…

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What was Raport Inteligjence I CIA S – Kosovë (zona Ferizaj) – Dokument I Deklasifikuar I Luftës Së Ftohtë about?: COLD OPEN. This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence report titled “Raport inteligjence i CIA-s – Kosovë (zona Ferizaj)”, dated February nineteen fifty‑two, with a distribution date of January nineteen fifty‑three. S. intelligence on the Albanian minority in Yugoslavia and the political dynamics of the Kosovo region.
Why was this case declassified?: This material entered the public record through the U.S. declassification and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) process. Storyflo narrates it directly from the public release.

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