The electronic version of the book is created by http://www.enverhoxha.ru ************************ ENVER HOXHA The Anglo - American Threat to Albania Memoirs of the National Liberation War THE INSTITUTE OF MARXIST-LENINIST STUDIES AT THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE PARTY OF LABOUR OF ALBANIA THE «8 NËNTORI» PUBLISHING HOUSE TIRANA 1982 «THE ANGLO-AMERICAN THREAT TO ALBANIA» is another book in the series of Comrade Enver Hoxha's memoirs from the time of the National Liberation War. It reflects events he lived through, his personal impressions, and gives conclusions, which provide lessons for all periods, drawn from the hostile activity carried out openly or behind the scenes, against our National Liberation Movement, our people's revolution and socialist Albania by the Anglo-American bourgeoisie. It brings out clearly the clash between the diabolical plans, attempts, manoeuvres and concrete activities of Anglo-American imperialism to put Albania under its sway, on the one hand, and the vigilance, the blow for blow struggle of the Communist Party of Albania and its General Secretary, the leader of the Army and the National Liberation Front and the whole patriotic Alba nian people, Comrade Enver Hoxha, on the other hand, to discover, unmask, defeat and destroy the imperialist strategy and tactics in regard to Albania. These memoirs now being published, were written in 1975. The book is available in Albanian and several foreign languages. 3 I A LITTLE HISTORY Albania — a token for barter for the «Brit- ish Lion». Disraeli and Bismarck: «We are not interested in a few Albanian cottages.» Zog — the «open-door» policy. Chamberlain and the fascist occupation of Albania. The anti-fascist coalition. Vigilance of the CPA. Intelligence Service prepares its contingents for Albania. Section D and the SOE. Alarm in London. New plans, old aims. Both the imperial governments of Great Britain of past centuries and its royal governments in recent years have always been hostile to the Albanian people. The Tories and the different political currents that kept the Empire going, and the two parties, the Tory Party and the Labour Party, which have taken turns in running the country more recently, have always regarded Albania as a token for barter in their countless 5 deals with the other great powers to maintain the world hegemony of the «British Lion». Like many other countries, Albania has not been recognized by any of those different British governments which have safeguarded the domi nation of British capital over the peoples and the world, as a state and a country which, through innumerable efforts and sacrifices through the centuries, have fought against various invaders, to be free and sovereign, but on the contrary, the inhabitants of this «Land of the Eagles» have been considered a savage, barbarous people, without culture, at a time when, despite their small num bers, these people have been indomitable and no less cultured than the people of Scotland or Cornwall. It took a long time before a few publicists, some occasional amateur scholar or great poet of the romantic era, such as Byron, spread a little light among the British people about Albania and the Albanians, about their culture, their strong and generous character, their hospitality and kindness towards friends, as well as about the stern, unyielding fighting spirit in the face of many savage enemies which has always characte rized them. The enslaving imperialist colonial policy of Britain prevailed over many countries and peo ples. Britain engaged in a thousand and one mano- 6
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