Full Description
The Albanian Operation, carried out by British and American secret services from 1949 to 1953, was one of the first Western attempts to subvert a country behind the Iron Curtain. The British liaison officer for the project in Washington was Kim Philby, a Soviet double agent who sabotaged the whole venture. In all, about 300 agents and civilians are thought to have been killed in the disastrous operation.
The story was first pieced together by Nicholas Bethell in his 1984 book The Great Betrayal: The Untold Story of Kim Philby's Biggest Coup, based on interviews and conversations with British and American officials and Albanian fighters who infiltrated the Stalinist Albanian regime and escaped alive. The present work presents the interviews throws new light on what actually took place.
Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
The Interviews
Alan J. Adams
Julian Amery
Vasil Andoni
James J. Angleton
Sam Barclay
Zbigniew Bobinski
Michael Burke
Ramazan Cenaj
Terence Cooling
Ramazan Dalipi
Sali Daliu
Rodney Dennys
Lawrence De Neufville
Jani Dilo
Abas Ermenji
Queen Geraldine of Albania
Bardhyl Gerveshi
Adem Gjura
Gaqi Goga
Dino Gregory
Sir Reginald Hibbert
George Jellicoe
Robert Joyce
Peter Kemp
Said Kryeziu
Bido Kuka
Safet Malushi
Billy McLean
Sefër Muço
Halil Nerguti
Anthony Northrop
Lord St. Oswald
Abdyl Sino
Colonel David Smiley
Moy Smiley
Cyrus Sulzberger
Ihsan Toptani
Sali Toptani
Kevin Walton
Patrick Whinney
Sir Richard White
Martin Whitworth
Gratian Yatsevitch
Bibliography
Index
