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MID#3202
Dispute Number: 3202
Date(s): June 8, 1952 to June 14, 1952
Participants: 325 Italy/339 Albania
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Albania protested several airspace violations by Italian warplanes.
MID#3216
Dispute Number: 3216
Date(s): March 15, 1955 to April 9, 1955
Participants: 339 Albania/325 Italy
Outcome (and Settlement): Released (None)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Albania seized several Italian fishing vessels on March 15, 1955. The ves-
sels and fisherman detained were released on April 9, 1955, after Albania admitted the
seizure was an error.
325 Italy/345 Yugoslavia
MID#1780
Dispute Number: 1780
Date(s): August 8, 1923 to September 24, 1923
Participants: 325 Italy/345 Yugoslavia
Outcome (and Settlement): Compromise (Negotiated)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Fiume was a small piece of land including and surrounding Rijeka, a port
city in the northern Adriatic, that remained an unsettled question following the armi-
stice ending World War I. By the Treaty of Rapallo part of Fiume would comprise the
Free State of Fiume and would attach to the Italian border by a thin strip of land, while
the other part would become part of Yugoslavia. However, the mixed commission (of
Yugoslavs and Italians) could not reach agreement on the details, especially of Porto
Barros, which both sides claimed. On August 8, 1923, Mussolini sent a note to the
Yugoslavs informing them that he would consider himself free to act if an agreement
on Fiume was not reached by the end of the month. Yugoslavia caved and reached
an agreement on August 31, which Mussolini gave the Yugoslavs 15 days to sign.
When it appeared the Yugoslavs were stalling, Mussolini began to mass troops around
Trieste. On September 15, the deadline, Mussolini decided the negotiations should
continue, and the next day the government of Fiume resigned and an Italian general
took charge. A final agreement was signed on January 27, 1924.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from August 24, 1923. Outcome changed from
Compromise.