FRASHERI, Midhat
( - )
Positions Held:
Leader of collaborationist oganization Balli Kombetar:
Postwar Activities:
Approached U.S. Ambassador, Rome, 1947, proposing to bring 50 Albanian refugee leaders into the U.S. to combat Albanian communist infiltrators in that country. The plan was initially rejected by the State Dept., but on 12. May 1949 Frasheri was granted a U.S. visa, thanks to the efforts of Robert Joyce (State Dept. liaison with the CIA). Frasheri brought with him Mustafa Merlika-Kruja, Hasan Dosti, and Xhafer Deva (see below), and they established the CIA-financed National Committee for a Free Albania. Among other things, this body recruited Albanian refugees who served on abortive missions in Albania; thanks to the efforts of British double agent Kim Philby, these recruits were captured and shot by the Communist Hoxha regime
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