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Albaniacountry · 3David Smileyperson · 2Harold Perkinsperson · 2United Kingdomcountry · 2Inter-Services Intelligenceintelligence service · 2Robert Loweperson · 2Maltacountry · 2Operation Valuableoperation · 1Office of Policy Coordinationorganization · 1World War IIevent · 1Corfu Channelplace · 1Adriatic Seaplace · 1
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The British difficulties with Albania had started in 1946 with incidences in which the British warships were fired upon. Later, two destroyers had been mined and sunk in a three mile wide Corfu channel along the Albanian coast. And Corfu is…
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on Corfu as a monitoring station for communication purposes. A number of paramilitary experts from wartime were basically commissioned to participate in Operation Valuable, including Harold Perkins, who ran the operation, and David Smiley, …
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Frasheri, F-R-A-S-H-E-R-I, suddenly died of a heart attack in the Lexington Hotel. OPC Officer Lowe was called in to identify who the dead Albanian was and what his connection was. By coincidence, that same night in the Adriatic, a British …
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but it was large enough for the trainees and Smiley's staff. Smiley also procured a boat for agent landings, and SIS rented a villa on Corfu as an observation point. I've been to Corfu a couple times. I wish I knew this history back then. T…
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died suddenly of a heart attack at a hotel. Robert Lowe, called in by the police to identify the dead Albanian, had to explain his connections. Who's this guy? By coincidence, the same night the British boat Stormy Seas took two parties tot…