Cold War Secrets: The CIA, Enver Hoxha, and the Free Albania National Committee
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Show Notes
In this episode of pplpod, we uncover the covert history of the Free Albania National Committee (Komiteti Kombëtar "Shqipëria e Lirë"). Formed in 1949 with backing from the CIA and the National Committee for a Free Europe, this organization united the Albanian diaspora in a desperate bid to overthrow the communist regime of Enver Hoxha.
We explore how rival political factions like Balli Kombëtar and Legaliteti came together under leaders like Mithat Frashëri and Abaz Kupi to organize the Albanian Subversion. From the recruitment of the paramilitary Company 4000 to the geopolitical struggles behind the Iron Curtain, tune in to learn how this anti-communist exile group fought a forty-year shadow war before its dissolution in 1992.