Operation Valuable Fiend

Home > Nonfiction > Operation Valuable Fiend > Page 33
Operation Valuable Fiend Page 33

by Albert Lulushi


  5 “BGFIEND STATUS REPORT, 9 January 1951,” BGFIEND documents, January 9, 1951.; “Extract from Report of Operations for the Quarter Ended 31 March 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  6 “Disposal of Yacht ‘Juanita,’” BGFIEND documents, box 48, volume 12, February 28, 1955.

  7 “Monthly Project Status Report, September 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  8 “The Albanian Operation,” BGFIEND documents, March 21, 1949.

  9 “Progress Report BGFiend/BGFlume for May and June 1951,” BGFIEND documents, July 10, 1951.

  10 “LCBATLAND Leaflet Material,” BGFIEND documents, August 7, 1951.

  11 “Conversation with Department of State on 18 October 1951—Current Status of BGFIEND,” BGFIEND documents, October 17, 1951.

  12 “Leaflet Drop Schedule to Albania,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  13 “BGFIEND-OPC Action against Shipping in Albania,” BGFIEND documents, May 19, 1950.

  14 Richard Stolz, “Assignment Trieste: A Case Officer’s First Tour,” CIA Center for the Study of Intelligence, February 19, 2013.

  15 “Intelligence Summary No. 10,” BGFIEND documents, April 4, 1951.

  16 “Meeting with OSO Re: Current Situation in Albania,” BGFIEND documents, April 11, 1951.

  17 “Albania,” BGFIEND documents, June 7, 1951.

  18 “Conversation with State Department Representatives concerning Albanian and Bulgarian Operations,” BGFIEND documents, April 3, 1951.

  19 “Albania,” BGFIEND documents, June 7, 1951.

  20 “Scheduled Airdrop to Albania—Instructions of the Director of Central Intelligence,” BGFIEND documents, April 18, 1951.

  21 “The People of the CIA . . . The First Community DCI: Walter B. Smith,” CIA.gov. October 17, 2007.

  22 CIA History Staff, “DCI’s First 100 Days,” Central Intelligence Agency, April 14, 2007.

  23 “Extract from Monthly Progress Report For EE-1 for May 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  24 “Fiend Daily Report 2 June 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  25 “Apostol Tenefi,” BGFIEND documents, March 23, 1953.

  26 “Albania,” BGFIEND documents, June 7, 1951.

  27 “Extract from Report of Operations for the Quarter Ended 30 June 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  28 “Policy—Albania,” BGFIEND documents, July 6, 1951.

  29 “Extract from Monthly Progress Report For EE-1 for May 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  30 “Yugoslav Plan for the Invasion of Albania,” CREST Database, July 23, 1953.

  31 “The Independence of Albania,” BGFIEND documents, June 20, 1951.

  32 Ibid.

  33 “Basic Policy—Department of State,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  34 Ibid.

  Chapter 12: Adverse Developments in the Infiltration Program

  1 “Attached Letter,” BGFIEND documents, May 21, 1951.

  2 “Meeting in Frankfurt on BGFIEND,” BGFIEND documents, May 2, 1951.

  3 Kaloci, “Si na stërvisnin oficerët amerikanë në Gjermani.”

  4 “Meeting in Frankfurt on BGFIEND,” BGFIEND documents, May 2, 1951.

  5 “Attached Letter,” BGFIEND documents, May 21, 1951.

  6 Ibid.

  7 “Daily Report—Tuesday 3 July 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.; “EE-1 Daily Report, Tuesday July 24, 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  8 “Annihilation of BGFiend Olive Team,” BGFIEND documents, August 14, 1951.

  9 “EE-1 Daily Report, Wednesday 15 August 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  10 Pearson, Albania in the Twentieth Century, vol. III, 436.

  11 Bethell, “Profits and losses of treachery.”

  12 “EE-1 Daily Report, Tuesday 7 August 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  13 “24 October Report,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  14 “Cypress Debriefing,” BGFIEND documents, August 31, 1951.

  15 Robert Elsie, “1983 Abaz Ermenji: Overthrowing the Communist Regime,” Texts and Documents of Albanian History, n.d.

  16 “Extract from Monthly Progress Report, EE-1, for May 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  17 “Extract from Monthly Progress Report, EE-1, for April 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  18 “BGFIEND Daily Progress Report June 16/17 1951,” BGFIEND documents, Box 49, n.d.

  19 “OSO/OPC Infiltration, Albania, 24 June 1951,” BGFIEND documents, June 26, 1951.

  20 “Memo 28 June 1951,” BGFIEND documents, box 49, volume 17, file 1 of 2, n.d.

  21 “EE-1 Daily Report, Monday July 30, 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  22 “BGFIEND Status Report for Consultants Meeting,” BGFIEND documents, August 15, 1951.

  23 “Monthly Project Status Report, September 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  24 “BGFIEND Daily Progress Report, 10 September 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.; BGFIEND Status Report for Consultants Meeting 1951.

  25 Dorril, MI6, 398.

  26 “Daily Progress Report 10 October 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  27 “EE-1 Daily Report, 16 October 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  28 Ibid.

  29 “Agenda for Rome Conference,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.; “Minutes Fiend/Valuable Conference Rome, 22–24 October 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.; “22 Oct 51 FIEND/VALUABLE Meeting,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  30 “25 October Report,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  31 Klajd Kapinova, “Hamid Toshi (Saiti),” Shqiperiaetnike.de, n.d.

  32 “25 October Report,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  33 “BGFIEND HSTEIN Status Report,” BGFIEND documents, May 20, 1952.

  34 “Projected 1952 OPC and OSO Operations in Albania,” BGFIEND documents, December 12, 1952.

  35 “Monthly Project Status Report, October 1951,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  36 Dorril, MI6, 397.

  Chapter 13: A Bucket of Diamonds and Rubies

  1 “King Zog Here for Visit,” New York Times (1923–Current file), July 27, 1951.

  2 “Zog Hired Press Agent,” New York Times (1923–Current file), September 21, 1951.

  3 “Report of the Attorney General to the Congress of the United States on the Administration of the Foreign Agents Act,” 1952, 88.

  4 “Telephone Conversation Concerning visit of ex-King Zog (Albania) to Department,” BGFIEND documents, August 1, 1951.

  5 “Conversation with King Zog of Albania,” BGFIEND documents, August 23, 1951; “Meeting with Ex-King Zog,” BGFIEND documents, August 20, 1951; “Report of Conversation with King Zog,” BGFIEND documents, August 23, 1951.

  6 “Conversation with King Zog of Albania on 17 August 1951,” BGFIEND documents, August 23, 1951.

  7 “Conversation with King Zog of Albania on 30 August 1951,” September 24, 1951.

  8 Ibid.

  9 “When ‘Knollwood’ Was For Sale,” Old Long Island, August 5, 2009.

  10 “Ex-King Zog Buys Syosset Estate with ‘Bucket of Diamonds, Rubies,’” New York Times (1923–Current file), September 19, 1951.

  11 “Nassau Will Sell Ex-King Zog’s Estate; Tax Lien to be Offered Dec. 1 for $2,654,” New York Times (1923–Current file), November 7, 1952.

  12 “Zog’s Taxes Paid, L.I. Palace Saved,” New York Times (1923–Current file), November 12, 1952.

  13 “Zog Ousts Police Station,” New York Times (1923–Current file), March 23, 1953.

  14 “Conversation with King Zog at Meeting on Wednesday, 12 September 1951,” BGFIEND documents, September 18, 1951.

  15 “Conversation between King Zog and [REDACTED] on 26 and 27 October,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.; “Excerpt from Top Secret Cable 10 December 1951,” BGFIEND documents, box 47, volume 6, file 1 of 2, n.d.

  Chapter 14: A Rich Harvest of Bitter Fruit

  1 Margueritte Ulmer-Power, interview with author, January 3, 2014.

  2 “Security Review of Willow Team Operations,” BGFIEND documents, March 9, 1954.

  3 “SGAA-5441,” BGFIEND documents, August 14,
1953.

  4 “Apple Team Operational Plan—BGFiend,” BGFIEND documents, April 29, 1952.

  5 “APPLETREE BGFIEND/SHAM,” BGFIEND documents, June 1952.

  6 “Security Review of Apple Team Operations,” BGFIEND documents, October 21, 1953.

  7 Ibid.

  8 Ibid.

  9 “Apple CE Review,” BGFIEND documents, November 13, 1953.

  10 “APPLETREE BGFIEND/SHAM,” BGFIEND documents, June 1952.

  11 “Apple Security 19 March 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  12 “Materials for Consultants Meeting,” BGFIEND documents, July 9, 1952.

  13 Ibid.

  14 “Apple Security 19 March 1954.”

  15 “Apple Security Feb 10 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  16 “CE Review of Apple Trial,” BGFIEND documents, May 18, 1954.

  17 “Soviet Military Mission to Albania,” CREST database, July 16, 1953.

  18 Ferdinand Dervishi, “Radioloja,” enver-hoxha.net, n.d.; and Mark Dodani, interview by Fatos Veliu, “Në verën e ‘52-it . . . ,” BalkanWeb, August 16, 2012.

  19 Ibid.

  20 Dervishi, Radioloja n.d.; Mark Dodani, interview by Fatos Veliu, “Zbarkimi i Hamit Matjanit . . .” BalkanWeb, August 17, 2012.

  21 Ibid.

  22 Ibid.

  23 “SHAM/OBOPUS Transmittal of RNCASTING Message,” BGFIEND documents, May 1, 1954.

  24 Dervishi, Radioloja n.d.

  25 “Apple CE Review.”

  26 Dervishi, Radioloja n.d.

  27 “Apple CE Review.”

  28 “Security Review of Apple Team Operations.”

  29 “Apple CE Review.”

  30 Ibid.

  31 “Security Review of Apple Team Operations.”

  32 Dervishi, Radioloja n.d.

  33 “Apple CE Review.”

  34 Ibid.

  35 Ibid.

  34 Ibid.

  37 “Communications Comments re APPLETREE CE Review,” BGFIEND documents, January 13, 1954.

  38 “Apple Tree Team Resupply Missions,” BGFIEND documents, September 12, 1952.

  39 “Apple CE Review.”

  40 Ibid.

  41 “BGFIEND Apple W/T Traffic,” BGFIEND documents, October 21, 1952.

  42 “OBOPUS Security Review of Apple/2—Part I,” BGFIEND documents, December 10, 1953.

  43 “Security Review of Apple Team Operations.”

  44 “Apple Resupply Briefing,” BGFIEND documents, January 31, 1953.

  45 Dervishi, Radioloja n.d.

  46 “Apple Resupply Briefing.”

  47 “Security Review of Apple Team Operations.”

  48 “Apple Resupply Briefing.”

  49 “Security Review of Apple Team Operations.”

  50 Ibid.

  51 “OBOPUS. Security Review of Apple/2—Part I.”

  52 “Review of Apple/3 W/T Contacts.” BGFIEND documents, August 18, 1953.

  53 “Security Review of Apple Team Operations.”

  54 “Review of Apple/3 W/T Contacts.”

  55 Ibid.

  56 Ibid.

  57 Ibid.

  58 Ibid.

  59 “Security Review of Apple Team Operations.”

  60 Ibid.

  61 “Apple CE Review”; “OBOPUS Security Review of Apple/2—Part I.”

  62 “Cable 2306Z 6 Nov 53,” BGFIEND documents, November 6, 1953.

  63 “Testimony of E. Howard Hunt, 10 Jan 1976,” Church Committee boxed files hosted by Mary Ferrell, January 10, 1976.

  64 “Local Reaction to Apprehension of Zejnel Shehu Group,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  65 “Tirana Trials of CIA Agents,” BGFIEND documents, April 1954; “CE Review of Apple Trial,” BGFIEND documents, May 18, 1954.

  66 Ibid.

  67 Ferdinand Dervishi, “Mehmet Shehu vrer për Kadri Hazbiun: Pi raki e puthet me diversantët,” Infoarkiv: Arkiva Mediatike Shqiptare, May 29, 2010.

  68 “CE Review of Apple Trial,” BGFIEND documents, May 18, 1954.

  69 “Special Leaflet, April 20 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  70 Ibid.

  71 “Special Leaflet devoted to RNPUTLOG,” BGFIEND documents, June 12, 1954.

  72 “Possessions of Deceased Agents,” BGFIEND documents, March 31, 1955.

  Chapter 15: King Zog Overstays His Time in Egypt

  1 “King Zog’s Offer to Help Penetrate the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt,” BGFIEND documents, September 23, 1952.

  2 “King Zog of Albania,” BGFIEND documents, July 24, 1953.

  3 “Status of Former King Zog of Albania,” BGFIEND documents, December 24, 1953.

  4 Currency conversion based on calculator at www.fxtop.com.

  5 Conversion to today’s dollars based on the website US Inflation Calculator at www.usinflationcalculator.com.

  6 “Status of Former King Zog of Albania,” BGFIEND documents, December 24, 1953.

  7 Ibid.

  8 Ibid.

  9 “Situation Report and Recommendations for Action,” BGFIEND documents, December 3, 1953.

  10 “Intelligence Report No. 5635.140,” BGFIEND documents, November 18, 1953.

  11 “Status of Former King Zog of Albania,” BGFIEND documents, December 24, 1953.

  12 “Daily Log, 5 January 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  13 “Daily Log, 8 January 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  14 “OBOPUS Status Report, January 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  15 “RNCASTING Correspondence, 16 March 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  16 “Daily Log, 8 February 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  17 “OBOPUS Status Report, February 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  18 “OBOPUS Status Report, March 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  19 “OBOPUS Status Report, May 1954,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  Chapter 16: Planning the Fondest Dream

  1 “Foreign Relations, 1950–1955, The Intelligence Community,” US Department of State Archive, December 21, 2007, 225.

  2 “Foreign Relations, 1950–1955,” 379.

  3 US Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities (Church Committee). “Supplementary Detailed Staff Reports on Foreign and Military Intelligence, Book IV,” 1976, 35.

  4 “Pros and Cons of Proposal to Detach Albania from the Soviet Orbit,” BGFIEND documents, June 4, 1952.

  5 Ibid.

  6 “Foreign Relations, 1950-1955,” 379.

  7 “Annex C Plan for Albanian Coup.” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  8 “Paramilitary Plans for Coup d’Etat(s) in Albania,” BGFIEND documents, February 6, 1953.

  9 “Operations against Albania,” BGFIEND documents, February 2, 1953.

  10 John H. Richardson, “My Father, the Spy,” Esquire, January 29, 2009.

  11 Ibid.

  12 Hunt and Aunapu, American Spy, 67.

  13 “Aggression Actions,” BGFIEND documents, June 30, 1953; and “Request for Authorization for Reproduction of the Albanian,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  14 “Albanian Operations,” BGFIEND documents, August 31, 1953.

  15 “Albania, 8 August 1953,” BGFIEND documents, August 8, 1953.

  16 Dr. Donald Wilber, “Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran, November 1952–August 1953” (The National Security Archive, The George Washington University, March 1954), 78–79.

  17 Ibid., 81.

  18 “Albania, 31 August 1953,” BGFIEND documents, August 31, 1953.

  19 “Development Concerning Albanian Plan,” BGFIEND documents, September 4, 1953.

  Chapter 17: The American Backers Are Obliged to Withdraw

  1 “Recapitulation of OBOPUS Operations, 1 January to 31 December 1953,” BGFIEND documents, February 18, 1954.

  2 “Guidance for 1954 Operational Season,” BGFIEND documents, February 18, 1954.

  3 “1954 Operations,” BGFIEND documents, February 1, 1954; Guidance for 1954 Operational Season 1954.

  4 Ibid.

 
; 5 “Termination of AIRBRAKE, AIRWORTHY, and RNDEPLOY,” BGFIEND documents, April 9, 1954.

  6 “Foreign Relations, 1950-1955,” 538.

  7 “Foreign Relations, 1950-1955,” 591.

  8 “FY 1953 Program,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  9 “Fiscal Year 1954 Operational Program for Albania,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  10 “Fiscal Year 1955 Operational Program for Albania,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  11 Elsie, “Abaz Ermenji.”

  12 “The Possibility of an appeal to Senator McCarthy for investigation of the NCFA,” BGFIEND documents, May 15, 1953.

  13 “BGFIEND/Rome Monthly Survey Report 28 November 1952 to 6 January 1953,” BGFIEND documents, January 6, 1953.

  14 Ibid.

  15 “Assembly of Captive European Nations, Records, 1953–1972,” University of Minnesota Immigration History Research Center, October 5, 2012.

  16 “Operational Review, OBSTACLE/OBDURATE,” BGFIEND documents, January 31, 1955.

  17 “Project OBDURATE (Aproval),” BGFIEND documents, August 26, 1954.

  18 Ibid.

  19 “Operational Review, OBSTACLE/OBDURATE,” BGFIEND documents, January 31, 1955.

  20 Ibid.

  21 “Renewal of Project OBDURATE,” BGFIEND documents, August 29, 1955.

  22 “Kraja-Shyti-Mersini D/A Operation,” BGFIEND documents, December 20, 1954.

  23 “Renewal of Project OBDURATE,” BGFIEND documents, August 29, 1955.

  24 “Cable 2354Z 30 Apr 56,” BGFIEND documents, 1956.

  25 “Formal Statement,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  26 “Cable 2354Z 30 Apr 56,” BGFIEND documents, 1956.

  27 “Red and Green Team Commitments,” BGFIEND documents, June 9, 1956.

  28 “Cable 2037Z 5 Jul 56,” BGFIEND documents, n.d.

  29 “Agjenti 91-vjecar i CIA: Misioni per te rrezuar Hoxhen,” Forumi Shqiptar, August 19, 2009.

  30 “Termination Approval for OBHUNT,” BGFIEND documents, January 31, 1958.

  31 “OBTUSE Routing Sheet,” BGFIEND documents, January 8, 1960.

  Chapter 18: Lessons and Legacy of Project Fiend

  1 “Identification of W/T Operators,” BGFIEND documents, November 17, 1952.

  2 “Release of Apple Case for Use by Office of Training,” BGFIEND documents, April 20, 1954.

  3 “CE Review of Apple Trial,” BGFIEND documents, May 18, 1954.

  4 “Current Status of Project BGFIEND, with Particular Reference to OPC Organization,” BGFIEND documents, August 16, 1949.

  5 Brian Latell, Castro’s Secrets (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), 3, 10.

 

‹ Prev