lation growth, ethnic differences, and blood feuds,
51, 53;
consolidation of power, 20-23;
efforts to alter social structure, 67-69, 73-83;
gains claimed, 6, 45, 50, 53, 58, 59, 75, 91, 94, 145, 149, 151, 155,
159, 165-66;
goals, 2;
installation date, 9;
policy toward religious groups, 96, 97, 100

Communists: seizure of power, 17-20
concentration camps. _See_ labor camps

cooperatives: agricultural, 136

copper ore: export, 44

Conference of Peze (1942): 17

Constituent Assembly: People's Republic proclaimed by, 20

constitution:
first Communist, 20, 74, 86, 96, 113;
independence, 14;
provisions, 101, 104-08 _passim_

consumer goods: output, 161

cotton: 151, 155, 156 (table 10)

Council for Economic Mutual Assistance (CEMA): 21;
member, 121

Council of Ministers: 132, 134, 150, 164, 179;
description, 106;
and religious control, 97

courts: 107-08;
military, 108, 190;
summary, viii

crime: 79, 128, 176;
military, 190

crops (_see also specific crop_):
industrial, 151;
production, 155, 156 (table 10);
yields, 41

culture:
achievements, 137-38;
development, 135-43;
dominant themes under communism, 136;
indoctrination through institutions, 135;
Party control of activities, 135, 137, 140, 142

currency: viii, 167-68

Czechoslovakia: 123;
aid, 170;
trade, 172

Dako, Kristo (school founder): 84

death rate: 51

defense: budgetary expenditures, 166

Deljana, Thoma (Min., Education and Culture): 88

Democratic Front: 1, 103, 109, 117;
described, 118-19;
newspaper, 129;
NLF renamed, 19

Dhrami, M. (artist): 143

diet: 62

Directorate of:
Agitation and Propaganda (Agitprop), 112, 127;
Cadres and Organizations, 112;
Education and Culture, 92, 94, 112;
Mass Organizations, 112;
Radiobroadcasting, 132;
State Administrative Organs, 112;
State Security, 111, 176, 193-94

disease: 59-60

divorce: 79-80

doctors: 61

drainage. _See_ lakes, rivers

Drin River: 37, 39, 47, 160, 164

Dume, Gen. Petrit (army chief of staff): 180, 192

Durres (port): 11, 183;
facilities, 47;
population, 51, 57;
transportation, 46

East-West conflict: position in, 2, 121

economic planning: Communists view of, 110

economic plans (_see also_ Five-Year Plans): responsibility for
preparation, 106

economy:
major objec