875.6363/57: Telegram
The Minister in Albania ( Grant-Smith ) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 4—1:37 a.m.]
21. From official and other sources on which I can rely, I learn that persons having official connections with both the British Legation and the Anglo-Persian Oil Company have spread the report that should the Albanian National Assembly reject that company’s proposals Great Britain would act to bring about the annexation to Greece of a portion of southern Albania; also I learn that a threat to reimpose the capitulations has recently been made, greatly impressing the members both of the Cabinet and of the legislative body. I suggested to the Minister for Foreign Affairs that these statements be brought to the attention of Lord Curzon, Cecil and others through some safe channel on the assumption that they were unauthorized, but it appears that the Albanians have little confidence that anything can be accomplished through their Legation in Great Britain. …
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