num_pages: 196
description: The Albanian Operation, carried out by British and American secret services from 1949 to 1953, was one of the first Western attempts to subvert a country behind the Iron Curtain. The British liaison officer for the project in Washington was Kim Philby, a Soviet double agent who sabotaged the whole venture. In all, about 300 agents and civilians are thought to have been killed in the disastrous operation.
language: English
title: The Albanian Operation of the CIA and MI6, 1949-1953: Conversations with Participants in a Venture Betrayed
publisher: McFarland & Company