Albania's history and geography; the Communist Party of Albania; the British attitude to Albania; SOE and Albania up to 1943; British missions in Albania, 1943; Brigidier Davies' mission and the mid-winter disaster; stables mission - winter and stagnation in the north; Southern Albania - Partisan survival and recovery ; the McLean report - policy making in London and the despatch of the concensus II mission to Kupi; May and June, 1944 - the turning point - Enver Hoxha crosses the Rubicon; the July crisis; the battle of Dibra; endgame; conclusion of the partisan war - the beginning of Communist rule; the end of the stables mission; post-war echoes; Muharrem Bajraktar's paper of February 1944; Lt col McLean's report of 18 June 1944; Captain Vito Menegazzi's note of July 1944 about the exploits of his mountain battery with the 1st Partisan Brigade; a note about the expenditure of gold by British Liaison Officers in Albania.