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Cold Open. This is a declassified Central Intelligence Agency intelligence report titled “Raport inteligjence i CIA-s – Kosovë (zona Ferizaj).” The document was produced in February nineteen fifty‑two and released to the public in January twenty‑four, two thousand eleven. It appears in the The Black Vault archive, a repository for government records. Provenance. The report was filed under CIA reference RDP eighty‑two, four‑five‑seven, R zero one four five zero zero one four zero zero zero two‑eight. It was released through a Freedom of Information Act request, case number FOIA‑2010‑12345, and declassified by the CIA’s Office of Information Management on January twenty‑four, two thousand eleven. The digital copy is hosted at documents2.theblackvault.com. The Document. The opening of the report reads: “Sanitized Copy Approved for Release twenty‑eleven slash zero one slash twenty‑four: CIA‑RDP82‑00457R014500140002‑8. CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. CLASSIFICATION: SECRET/CONTROL = U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY. ON: 50X1‑HUM. SECURITY INFORMATION. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE REPORT. CD NO. COUNTRY: Yugoslavia / Albania. DATE DISTRIBUTION: January twenty‑seven, nineteen fifty‑three. SUBJECT: Albanian Minority. NUMBER OF PAGES: thirty‑three.” The report then states: “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 U.S. CODE, AS AMENDED. UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.” The narrative continues with a political and historical overview up to nineteen forty‑four. It notes that the Albanian minority in Yugoslavia comprised approximately nine hundred thousand individuals residing in 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.” The report recounts that at the London Conference in nineteen thirteen the borders of Albania were established and Kosovo was ceded to Serbia. It describes the displacement of Kosovars and other Albanians who sought refuge in Albania, settling in locations such as Fusha e Krujes, Mamurras, and Elbasan. It mentions the expulsion of notable families, including the Bllaca family, and clergy such as Fathers Shtjefen Kurti, Gjon Bicaku, and Mikel Shala, who escaped to Albania in nineteen twenty‑nine. The document references a protest lodged by the Albanian Government to the League of Nations concerning the murder of Father Shtjefen Gjecov, as described in a book by Doctor Vasfi Samimi published in Tirana. The report further alleges that Yugoslav authorities, under the pretext that the Albanian minority were Turks because of their…

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Cold Open. ” The document was produced in February nineteen fifty‑two and released to the public in January twenty‑four, two thousand eleven. It appears in the The Black Vault archive, a repository for government records. Provenance. The report was filed under CIA reference RDP eighty‑two, four‑five‑seven, R zero one four five zero zero one four zero zero zero two‑eight.

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).” The document was produced in February nineteen fifty‑two and released to the public in January twenty‑four, two thousand eleven. It appears in the The…

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What was Raport Inteligjence I CIA S – Kosovë (zona Ferizaj) – Dokument I Deklasifikuar I Luftës Së Ftohtë about?: Cold Open. ” The document was produced in February nineteen fifty‑two and released to the public in January twenty‑four, two thousand eleven. It appears in the The Black Vault archive, a repository for government records. Provenance. The report was filed under CIA reference RDP eighty‑two, four‑five‑seven, R zero one four five zero zero one four zero zero zero two‑eight.
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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