Taking A Holiday in Cold War Albania (115)

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Ian Sanders

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🗓️ 28 March 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In early 1989 attention being paid to Albania in England by the English media because the England football team had recently travelled to Tirana for a World Cup qualifying game. Looking for somewhere unusual to holiday Mike Innes went on 10 day tour to Albania. Arriving by air he travelled by coach, staying in the hotels which catered to foreigners and favoured party members. If you are enjoying the podcast please leave a written reviews in Apple podcasts or share us on social media. By telling your friends you can really help the podcast grow. It costs money and time to produce this podcast so I’m asking listeners to contribute $3 USD per month to help keep us on the air (larger amounts are welcome too) plus you can get a sought after CWC coaster as a monthly financial supporter of the podcast and you bask in the warm glow of knowing you helping preserve Cold War history. Just go to https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Mike provides us with a view of a little known country which although outside the Warsaw Pact adhered to a strict version of Communism and whose Marxist-Leninist government ruled Albania from 1946 to 1992. We welcome Mike to our Cold War conversation… ** Correction Albania was a founder member of the Warsaw Pact and left in 1968. There’s further information on this episode in our show notes, which can also be found as a link in your podcast app. https://coldwarconversations.com/episode115/ If you like what you are hearing, please leave reviews in Apple podcasts and share us on social media. If you can’t wait for next week’s episode do visit our Facebook discussion group where guests and listeners continue the Cold War Conversation. Just search Cold War Conversations in Facebook. Thankyou very much for listening. It is really appreciated – goodbye. Support the project! https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/ Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/ Youtube https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Cold War Conversations, the home of real stories of the Cold War.
0:06.1	I had no sense of going to Albania in the spring of 1989.
0:11.8	I had no sense at all that those circumstances were going to change so rapidly, so soon.
0:21.4	Welcome to Cold War Conversations.
0:27.2	Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall.
0:35.9	Sooners, four, seven, 1, 6, 6, 9, 8, 8, 3.
0:44.3	This is Radio Star Czechoslovakia.
0:52.3	The legitimate voice of occupied Czechoslovakia. The legitimate voice of occupied Czechoslovakia.
0:57.0	And I'm here to host this final program from the German Democratic Republic for you.
1:09.0	In early 1989, attention was being paid to albania in england by the english media because the
1:15.6	england football team had recently traveled to tyrana for a world cup qualifying game looking for
1:21.8	somewhere unusual to holiday mike innes went on a 10-day tour to Albania, arriving by air, he travelled by coach,
1:30.2	staying in the hotels which catered for foreigners and favoured Communist Party members.
1:35.8	If you're enjoying the podcast, please leave a written review in Apple Podcasts or share us on
1:41.7	social media by telling your friends you can really help the podcast grow.
1:47.1	It does cost money and time to produce this podcast, so I'm asking listeners to contribute
1:52.3	three US dollars per month to help keep us on the air. Larger amounts are welcome to. Plus,
1:59.1	you get that sought-after Cold War Conversations coaster
2:02.8	as a monthly financial supporter of the podcast and you bask in the warm glow of knowing
2:08.7	you are helping preserve Cold War history. Just go to cold warconversations.com slash donate.
2:16.6	Mike provides us with a view of a little-known country which although
2:21.0	outside the Warsaw Pact adhered to a strict version of communism and whose Marxist-Leninist
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