875.6363/48: Telegram
The Minister in Albania (Grant-Smith) to the Secretary of State
[Paraphrase]
Tirana, February 16, 1923—3
p.m.
[Received 4:10 p.m.]
[Received 4:10 p.m.]
16. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has informed me that the Albanian Government feels that it is obligated by agreement signed by former Cabinet to submit to the National Assembly the Anglo-Persian Oil Company’s proposals for an oil monopoly.
Effort is being made to obtain Italian and French cooperation in the maintenance of the Open Door.
Grant-Smith