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This Central Intelligence Agency conference report, numbered RTT 95-10039 and dated October 1995, presents the proceedings of a conference held 30 September to 1 October 1993. The CIA's Geographic Resources Division sponsored the conference. In it, academic geographers, anthropologists and US Government officials examined ethnic conflict by region, covering Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, Asia and South Asia. The report also discusses what these conflicts mean for US policy. It does not deal with UFOs or unidentified aerial phenomena.
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Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C00123268 DR. WIXMAN: I think that’s very crucial to under- standing why the Albanians never claimed Kosovo. Of the 5 million Albanians in the Balkans, 3 million are Gegs. But two-thirds of Albanians in Albania are Tosk, and one-third are Geg, If Albania incorporated Kosovo with its Geg majority—and, by the way, the Geg and Tosk dialects are not close enough to be mutually understandable, and the two peoples have very different cultures—Alb‘ania would have been dominated by Gegs. This is one reason why Albania as a state and as a nation is cool toward the idea of incorporating Kosovo. However, that said, the hatred 1 toward the Serbs is growing throughout the area. If the Serbs really attempt to annihilate the Kosovar Alba- nians as they did the Bosnian Muslims, can Albania sit back and maintain any credibility? I think Albania thinks that it may be backed by Tur- key, which in reality may be the case. The Turks are improving their relations with Albania and are making it clear that Kosovo is where they draw the line. 41 Approved for Release: 2018/06/01 C00123268
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