SOVIET BASE IN MEDITERRANEAN
Facilities Granted By Albania
(Special Correspondent N.Z.P.A.) (Rec. 8 p.m.) LONDON, May 26. A Soviet naval base is to be set up in the Mediterranean according to London diplomatic correspondents. It will be on the site of the old Italian base at Valona in Albania.
This will be done under the terms of the East European Mutual Aid Pact signed in Warsaw in May. Before that date Albania, unlike all the other satellites, had no treaty with the Soviet Union.
• Last June a squadron of the Soviet Black Sea Fleet visited Albania and some Soviet officers went to Valona.
Shortly afterwards the Albanian Government announced that crude oil piped from Berat to Valona would in future be piped to a new refinery and transhipment centre on the spur of the railway to Durazzo. The shipment of oil from Berat has previously kept Valona working. Now it will be free for naval use.
The pipeline will still be available to fill storage tanks for naval vessels.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19550527.2.117
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27669, 27 May 1955, Page 13
Word Count
169SOVIET BASE IN MEDITERRANEAN Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27669, 27 May 1955, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in