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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