875.6363/186: Telegram
The Chargé in Albania (Kodding) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 11—9:55 a.m.]
29. My 27, March 6. Minister for Foreign Affairs stated on the 6th that the Albanian Government would not fail to give practical effect to the assurances embodied in its note of June 25, 1922.21 [Page 501] Standard Oil Company’s representative states that at the Albanian Government’s invitation he today presented his company’s proposal for a second choice but that the Minister for Foreign Affairs informed him that due to political considerations an agreement had been practically completed to give the Italians second choice and thirty odd thousand hectares of the oil area. Above not officially confirmed as efforts to see the Minister for Foreign Affairs were unsuccessful. At an interview tomorrow I propose to [apparent omission] but in view of the conditions mentioned in my 22, February 25, 8 a.m.,22 further instructions are requested. Copy to European Information Center.