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...room, 90-acre, Long Island estate at Muttontown, N.Y., which ex-King Zog of Albania bought last year-at a reported price varying between "a bucket of diamonds" and $105,000-but never occupied, is on the market again. Nassau County advertised its sale on the tax arrears list. The tax lien...
Ever since Mussolini's troops marched over his tiny kingdom of Albania, former King Zog, like many another D.P., has been looking for a place to put down roots. Last week he found just what he wanted: a 60-room mansion bordered with a half mile of rhododendron bushes, plus 100-odd acres of rich farm land, on Long Island. It was a barter deal, reported the New York Times. Short on cash, Zog had plunked down "a bucket of diamonds and rubies" in a royal exchange. The King's spokesmen hastily sent out frantic denials. The King...
Albania's ex-King Zog, who has been living in England and Egypt for the past eleven years, arrived in Manhattan, on his first visit to the U.S., for a tourist's look at "some modern civilization...
...article on Albania [TIME, May 14] the statement is made that the "Free Albania Committee whose headquarters is in New York City . . . wants to bring back King Zog, now in exile in Egypt." This statement is not correct. It ignores the fundamental conception of the National Committee for a Free Albania [which] is dedicated to the struggle for the liberation of Albania from Communist tyranny. As such, it is outside and above party politics...
...faith. You will be freed soon." After each leaflet raid Shehu's police try to hold residents indoors until all leaflets have been picked up. Sponsor of the leaflets is the Free Albania Committee, whose headquarters is in New York City and which wants to bring back King Zog, now in exile in Egypt. Who supplies the aircraft is a Balkan mystery. Yugoslavia anxiously disclaims all responsibility, points out that trouble in Albania might be an easy excuse for Russia to make trouble in Yugoslavia. No one in the Balkans has forgotten the repeated promises in Moscow...