Page "Enver Hoxha" Paragraph 38

Joseph Stalin gave advice to Hoxha and stated that Yugoslavia was attempting to annex Albania.

" We did not know that the Yugoslavs, under the pretext of ' defending ' your country against an attack from the Greek fascists, wanted to bring units of their army into the PRA Republic of Albania.

They tried to do this in a very secret manner.

In reality, their aim in this direction was utterly hostile, for they intended to overturn the situation in Albania.

" By June 1947, the Central Committee of Yugoslavia began publicly condemning Hoxha, accusing him of talking an individualistic and anti-Marxist line.

When Albania responded by making agreements with the Soviet Union to purchase a supply of agricultural machinery, Yugoslavia said that Albania could not enter into any agreements with other countries without Yugoslav approval.