United Nations Nations Unies UX'NWiRICTED SECTJRITY CONSEIL s/:90 26 June 1947 COUNCIL DE SECURITE EXGLISEI . &; ..,.! '. .>..:\-;'I : 4%' ORIGINAL: FRiZ?CH ....<.T:I.')'..,,, -. 3 : DAmD 25 JUNE‘1947 New York, 25 June 1947 +$$l accordance with instructions from my Government, I have tke honour ,.l.z:: bring_tQ.YourI, _.#_. notice somefresh provocations comnitted by the Greek military frontier authorities and by Greek aeroplanes against our frontiers. 1. ,$ $8 May at Al:30 a.m. neat the village of Dpsadlie de Pogoni (Lfbohove), +rl.:a$, q$d Ho. 18 east-of the vlUage, ten Greek eoldlers fired several shots i~~r~q?:$irectlon of our territory from a distance of 500 metres from the aemarkatia line. After this they entered our territory to a depth of 50 metres for a few ml&tee an& then withdrew. Our patrol did not open fire . -.,-on thepr! 3-. On 19 May at ll:OO a.m. a few Greek soldiers lying in ambushin the neighbourhood of pyrsmid Do. 55 (Vidohove sector of Devolli, Kortcha) fired on ourptrol, while the latter..was on duty well inslde our terrltov. Our patrol dia not return the fire. 3. On 22 RXy at 4:30 p.m. a Greek aeroplane flew over the town of Saranda, Konispol, and crosaea the demarkation line as far as CapeStLlo; then, before ?.$%ng_.!_ ror Corfu, it flew over the coast from Cape StClo:as far as Kskome. It ~s.fIly~~.I. at a height of about a thousand metres. 4. On 22 my a Greek aeroplane .coming fromGreece passed over pyramid No. 51 and flew over the Albanian villages of Janjar and Perdhikar (Theollogo de The aeroplane then madeoff ?TC?~iv!.?$945 a h+h;bt of apvx=i~teb 720 metres. for.Greese.A :':"; : .$ passing to the south-west of Delvina. cm 25 May -. -.. j .. 15. s/390 Page 2 5. On 25 May at 4:30 p.m. a few Greek soldiers saproaching the demarkation 1Lne between pyramids Nos. 36 and 37 (Droppull i siperme Gjinoksstra) at a place called Jonaris Erdhcnkoe, opened fire in the direction of our territory. I 6. On 27 &a; at 12:30 p.m. a Greek aeroplane ccmira from the island of Corfu flew over our coast from Yivar to Ksamil de Saranda, and then returned to 'W, : Corfu. It use flying at a he'Ght pf 800 metres. 7. On 2 June 1947, after midnigdt, the Greek soldiers of the frontier post near the Greek village of Kartanla, between pyramids Nos. 37 and 38, (sector. of Dropull I siperme, Gjinokastra) fired more thsn 60 shots from e machine gun in the direction of our terrltoqr. After the firing had ceased, the Greek frontier poet of Ajo Marina f%red a red rocket end the post of Kastania a white rocket. Our patrol took no action, 8. On 3 June at noon a Greek aeroplane coming from Corfu flew over the Albanian coast from Ctip6 S&i16 de Konispali as-far as Ksemil de Seranda. Fe aeroplane which was flying at a height of-about 1000 me&a went off in the direction 0f c0ti~ L 9. On 3 June, at 7:45 a.m., a Greek motor-boat penetrated into Albanian territorial waters, corpixzgto within 500 metres of ,th" c&t at t&e spot known a3 Cape Stile. After cruising in these waters for 20 minutes, it headed for corfu. ._ 10. Cn 6 June, at 6:30 a.m. a Gre,ek patrol passing along the frontier line fired several shots in the &ire&ion of' our territory (between pyramids. Nos. 36 ana 37 at the Spot known a8 lonore of the village of Llongo in the sector of Dropull i eiperme.) 11. On 6 June, at 7:30 a.m., a Greek patrol from the frontier post Of fallmbc (tn the dLrecticm of the village of Janjar de Kobnispol, between pyrsmids I?oSos.$4 ard 55) came up to the demarkation line and fired several times at OLUTpztrol which dir3 not return the fire. 12. On 6 June, at 8~00 a.m. e Greek aeroplane coming from Corfu flew over 0U.r coast at the localities known as Vivar and Ksamil de Saranda, at a hefgh;hf’of /lO@Q metres. s/390 Pw 3 IWO metres. It then made off In the direction of Corfu. 13. On 7 June, at 3:30 a.m., a projectile fired from within Greece exploded 40 metres inside our territory between pyramtds Nos. 53 and 54 in the Devolli (Kortche) frontier sector. 14. On 8 June, at 8:30 a.m. a Greek aeroplane comiw from Corfu flew over the localltles known as Vivar, Ksamil and Baraanesh de Ssxanaa at a height of about 1520 metres. Later the aeroplane headea for Greek territory. 155. On 8 3une at 1:CO p.m., a Greek aeroplane coming from Greece flew over our territory. It entered above pyremia lo. 15 and left above pyramid No. 21 (Kortcha sector). It was flytrig at an altttude of 100 to 200 metres. 16. .ae sameday at 1:25 p.m. another Greek aeroplane flew over our territory coming IZI over pyremiaa 5 rtnd 6 and leaving over pyramids 7 and 8. 17. On 10 June at 6:00 a.m., Greek soldiers of the frontier post of Pallsmba fired more than 25 shots with a machinegun at our patrol which was tying -; out its duty in the interior of our territory at a place called Kuller, to the east of the village of Jsnjar between pyramids 53 and 55. Our patrol aid not return the fire. 18. On 10 June at 1:30 p.m. a three-englned aeroplane coming from Greece, over pyramtds 16 and'l7, flew over the village of Pogon, and the small towns of Libohova end Tepelena at an approximate altitude of 200Cmetres, ana . went off towzrds the west. 19. On 10 June at 2:C;O p.m., a white three-engined aeroplane taming from Corfu flew over the town of Valona. It later went off towards the east and entered Greece flr:ng over Vithkuq and Kolonja (Kortcha region). 20. On 12 Zne at X1:1> a.m., an aeroplane ccming from the west at an altitude of TX metres fle-d over Himara and went off towards Corfu. Afterwaras another took the sue course. Hardly lj minutes Inter, a third aeroplane folloid the zame course. 21. On 12 June at 1:15 p.m., a three-engined aeroplane coming from Greece flew over our territory passing the Ivan Mountain towards the west (Kortcha region). I!??. On 15 June 22. Cn 15 June at 4:?C a.m., seven Greek soldiers arr?ved at pyramid b. 14 paastng along the demarka'tion line as far as pyrami’a Ro. 1.6 (Libohuva, Pogoni sector) and fired rifle shots in the direction of our territory, subsequentljl withdz.Tiicg . Our patrol did not return the fire. Qi'-'Qn 16 June at 6:30 a.m., two Greek soldiers arrived at pyramid Ro. 13, Pogint sector, Libohova and fired eeveral machine gun shots In the direction of our territory. Our patrol aid not return the fire. 241 bn 17 June at a:30 p.m., a three-engined Greek aeroplane coming from Greed; over pyremid Ro. 14 (Leskoviku sector) went off towarda the north-west, at an altitude of approximately 1000 metres. 1 should be very grateI’d to Frau, Mr. Secretary-General, if you would t&e%ote.of these continued premeditated provocations by the Greek military a&t&r~tIes against our co&ry, and if you would be gOOa enough to bring tih~ccitit~ts of this letter to the notice of the members of the Security Col&~X. I have the honour to be, etc. The Representative of Albania I *- (sgda,) GJ. Ecerenxhi His-Rxcellency Xx. Tryve Lie Secretary-General. of the United Rations . --m-m _ . : ; .’ .