Northern (N): Albania (NA). Political Relations: Italy

A file of correspondence and reports on relations between Albania and Italy. The correspondence covers discussions with Italian diplomats in the U.K., outlining their views on Italian policy towards Albania; Albanian relations with the Soviet Union and China; developments in Albanian-Italian trade; and possible hopes for the restoration of Albanian diplomatic relations with Britain. Further correspondence concerns a diplomatic incident in which the Albanian First Secretary in Rome was accused of espionage after he accepted secrets from an Italian officer; and the subsequent expulsion of a secretary at the Italian legation in Tirana. The file also covers Albanian press attacks on political revisionists following the publication of a thesis by the Italian Communist Party for their tenth congress.