Wisner believed ruining Albania’s economy would hinder Soviet influence.

Evidence

“From a purely cold-blooded point of view,” Wisner wrote, “it might be better for us to concentrate all efforts to further disorganize and hamstring the tottering Albanian economy, thus leaving the Russians with the unhappy alternative of pouring in resources of their own or allowing the fate of a rotting and desperate Albania to appear before all the world as further evidence of what happens to countries and peoples within the Soviet orbit.” — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 715

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 715
• XREF: connects to: The CIA aimed to disrupt Albania’s economy under Project BGFIEND. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 710; Project BGFIEND was the CIA’s operation in Albania. — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 710

Library Connections

• The CIA aimed to disrupt Albania’s economy under Project BGFIEND. #corroborates (0.90) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 710

Broader Connections

• Project BGFIEND was the CIA’s operation in Albania. #expands (0.70) — Nicholson Baker, Baseless- My Search for Secrets in the…, 710