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by Albert Lulushi


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  Index

  Agnelli, Gianni, 5

  Agolli, Rrapush, 206

  Albanian Communist Party, 34, 141, 213

  Albanian Fascist Party, 38

  Albanian Guard Company, 106. See Labor Service Company 4000

  Albanian National Assembly, 20, 47, 182

  Albanian National Bank, 20

  Albanian National Renaissance, 23

  Albanian refugees, 36, 43, 45, 103, 141, 232, 234

  Albanian Social Democratic Party, 27

  Aliko, Turhan, 81

  Aliu, Përparim, 82

  American Sixth Fleet, 226

  Amery, Julian, 25, 26, 59, 60

  Andoni, Vasil, 68, 78

  Angleton, James, 6, 85, 90, 96, 109, 110

  Animal Farm (Orwell), 11

  Apple team, 174–178, 184–196, 200–207, 230, 231, 244–245

  Arbenz, Jacobo, 229

  A Short Course in the Secret War (Felix), 261

  Asllani, Xhemal, 82

  Balkans, 1, 10, 12, 45, 62, 94,

  active involvement of the US in, 256–257

  coverage by CIA, 9, 43, 64–67, 95, 130, 223, 225

  coverage by State Department, 139, 144, 229

  during World War II, 21, 24

  Balli Kombëtar (BK), 23–25, 26, 36, 45, 50, 53, 54, 58, 68–72, 107

  Balli Kombëtar Agrarian (BKA), 234–236

  Balli Kombëtar Organization (BKO), 234, 235

  Barcz, Janusz. See Polish aircrew, members of

  Bardho, Sami, 82

  Basho, Çaush, 104, 105

  Berisha, Rexh, 114, 121

  Berry, Burton Yost

  meeting with Frashëri, 45–46

  meeting with Van Fleet, 62

  meeting with Zog, 46–49, 59–61

  and Pipinelis, 62–63

  report on Albanian situation, 41–44

  Bethell, Nicholas, 85

  Betrayed (Bethell), 85, 256

  BGFIEND. See Project Fiend

  Biba, Bardhok, 97

  Bissell, Richard, 254

  BK. See Balli Kombëtar

  BKA. See Balli Kombëtar Agrarian

  BKI. See Blloku Kombëtar Indipendent

  BKO. See Balli Kombëtar Organization

  Blloku Kombëtar Indipendent (BKI), 38, 46, 47, 58, 86, 109, 234, 236, 266

  Bloshmi, Xhevdet, 96

  Blunt, Anthony. See Cambridge Five spy ring

  Bradley, Omar, 142

  Branica, Halil, 173, 192, 199, 200

  capture by the Sigurimi, 185–187

  failed first attempt to infiltrate, 176–177

  trial and sentence, 204–206

  Brundel, Władimir. See Polish aircrew, members of

  Bryan, Joe, 66

  Burgess, Guy, 128, 129

  member of Cambridge Five spy ring, 75

  Burke, E. Michael, 99, 109, 110, 125,

  communication failures, 116–117

  in Hollywood, 102

  interactions with Philby, 102

  as liaison with NCFA, 102–103, 131–132,

  life after the CIA, 261–262

  with OSS, 101–102

  preparing first Albanian infiltration, 111–115

  targeting Albanian leaders, 249


  Buryn, Władysław. See Polish aircrew, members of

  Butka, Petrit, 82

  “Buza e Bredhit” operation, 87

  C–47 aircraft, 1, 96, 112, 202, 221

  Caffery, Jefferson, 210, 211, 212

  Cairncross, John. See Cambridge Five spy ring

  Çako, Ethem, 87, 88

  Cambridge Five spy ring, 75

  Campbell, John C., 139

  Carney, Robert, 218

  Cena, Dalip, 107

  Cenaj, Ramadan, 114, 121

  Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

  creation of, 4

  first paramilitary team, 1–3, 109–122, 241–242

  influencing Italian election, 5–7

  mission, 4

  Office of Confidential Funds, 52

  operation BGFIEND against Albania. See Project Fiend

  operation JMARC against Cuba, 253–255

  operation PBSUCCESS against Guatemala, 250–253

  operation QKSTAIR against Bulgaria, 95

  operation TPAJAX against Iran 228–229

  plan for a paramilitary coup in Albania, 217–229

  and playback operation by Cuban intelligence, 245–246

  and playback operation by East German intelligence, 246

  Central Intelligence Group, 4, 225

  CHARITY, project, 96, 109, 110

  Chisholm, Elizabeth, 8

  Christian Democrats, 5, 6

  Church, Frank, 246

  Church Committee, 246, 247

  Churchill, Winston, 228

  Chuvakhin, Dimitri, 35

  Ciano, Count Galeazzo, 18, 19

  Clay, Lucius, 169

  Cloak and Dagger (movie), 102

  Colby, William, 272n1

  Cold War, 1, 7, 9, 10, 128, 217, 218, 243, 245

  Collins, Bill, 79

  Communist Information Bureau (Cominform), 33, 35, 40, 51, 69, 89

  Cooper, Gary, 5, 102

  Copeland, Miles, 214

  “Coup-de-Main liquidation team,” 249

  covert aircraft

  for agent drops, 1, 96, 115, 150, 152–154, 199, 200

  attempt to bring down by Sigurimi, 202

  for communications with agents, 117

  for leaflet drops, 133, 140, 253

  planned use during coup in Albania, 221

  transfer from US Air Force to the CIA, 112–113

  Cuba, 125, 243

  CIA operation in, 253–255

 

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