The Third League of Prizren or the Third Prizren League[1] or the "League of Prizren" in Exile[2][3] was an organisation founded by a group of nationalist Albanians in United States in 1946 and renewed by the initiative of the CIA in 1962[4][5] in order to organize and coordinate activities aimed to creation of the Greater Albania.[6] One of its members was Hisen Tërpeza.[7][8]
After Yugoslavia was confronted with Comintern in 1948, Albania was directly involved in combined propagandist and diversion fight against Yugoslavia. Armaments which were transported from Albania to Kosovo presented significant danger and was forcibly collected in period 1954–1957. One of the presidents of the league was Tahir Zaimi.[9]
In 1966 Xhafer Deva merged Kosovaret and Third League of Prizren and became its leader.[10] He remained its president until his death in 1978.[11]Sigurimi infiltrated its men into the Third League of Prizren because they shared the same objectives in case of Yugoslavia.[12][13] The official magazine of the organization was published under the name "Lidhja e Prizrenit" (English: The League of Prizren).[14]Robert Elsie stated that organization of 1960's was a re-creation of the new Second League of Prizren.[15][16] Yugoslav authorities imprisoned and trialed some members of the league and sentenced them to prison. One of declassified documents of CIA confirm that one of the imprisoned and trialed members of the league was agent of CIA.[17] The Third League of Prizren and the Free Kosovo National Committee agreed on a joint struggle in 1978.[18][19]
^Sociologija. 1995. p. 501. ..of mass demonstrations of Serbs against the separatism of the adherents of the Third Prizren League in the last quarter of
^Roman Leljak (1990). Sam protiv njih. Založba za alternativno teorijo. p. 34. Retrieved 4 May 2013. III liga je formirana 1962 u New Yorku, iz redova mladih albanskih emigranata, na inicijativu CIA.
^Mihailo Marković; Ljubomir Tadić (1994). Osporavanja i angažovanja. BIGZ. p. 373. ISBN9788670300088. Retrieved 4 May 2013. Трећа призренска лига, формирана у САД 1946. године. [Third Prizren League was established in USA in 1946]
^The Macedonian Times. MI-AN, d.o.o. 1998. Retrieved 4 May 2013. ... Hissen Trpeza appearing in the emigrant organization Third Prizren League in USA
^Univerzitet "Kiril i Metodij"--Skopje. Filozofski fakultet. Istorisko-filološki oddel (1983). Godišen zbornik - Skopje, Univerzitet, Istorisko-filoški oddel (in Macedonian). s.n. p. 235. Retrieved 4 May 2013. Така наречената III призренска лига е формирана во 1962 година по инициатива и под покровителство на американ- ската разузнавачка служба. Цел и е: борба против комунизмот и пршкууванте на Косово кон велика Албанща.[The Third Prizren League was established in 1962, based on initiative and under patronage of intelligence service of USA. Its aim was struggle against communism and annexing Kosovo to Greater Albania]
^Đorđe Ličina; Milorad Vavić; Jovan Pavlovski (1985). Andrija Artuković, Vjekoslav Luburić, Xhafer Deva, Vančo Mihailov. Centar za informacije i publicitet. p. 256. Retrieved 4 May 2013. U studenome 1966. godine Xhafer Deva pripojio je »Kosovaret« Trećoj prizrenskoj ligi, postavši njenim glavnim vođom.[In November 1966 Xhafer Deva merged Kosovaret with Third League of Prizren and became its supreme leader]
^Đorđe Borozan (1995). Velika Albanija: poreklo - ideje - praksa. Vojnoizdavački institut Vojske. p. 369. Retrieved 9 May 2013. Цафер Дева формирао је у Њујорку 1962. године ТреЬу призренску лигу и био њен предсуедник до смрти - 1978. године [Xhafer Deva established in New York the Third League of Prizren in 1962 and was its president until his death in 1978]
^Đorđe Ličina; Milorad Vavić; Jovan Pavlovski (1985). Andrija Artuković, Vjekoslav Luburić, Xhafer Deva, Vančo Mihailov. Centar za informacije i publicitet. p. 257. Retrieved 5 May 2013. U Treću prizrensku ligu, osobito u njene evropske ogranke, ubacila je svoje ljude i sadašnja albanska obavještajna služba, s obzirom da su im ciljevi, kada je u pitanju Jugoslavija, potpuno jednaki.[In the Third League of Prizren, particularly in its European branches, Albanian intelligence infiltrated its men, having in consideration that they shared the same aims regarding Yugoslavia.]
^Mitrović, Andrej (1991). Srbi i Albanci u XX veku: ciklus predavanja 7-10. maj 1990. Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti. p. 303. ISBN9788670251410. When it failed in that respect, its leader moved to the United States, where he set up the Third Prizren League in 1962. Besides the emigration, the Albanian intelligence Sigurimi also infiltrated its men into this organization, since, when the ...
^Acting Chief. "Espionage Charges Against Destan BERISHA"(PDF). CIA. Retrieved 18 February 2014. SB/YA has recently received a transcript of the indictment against former CIA agent and U.S. citizen, Destan BERISHA
^Đorđe Borozan (1995). Velika Albanija: poreklo - ideje - praksa. Vojnoizdavački institut Vojske. p. 369. Retrieved 9 May 2013. Призренска лига и Национални комитет „Слободно Косово" од 1978. године делује на заједничкој платформи...[Prizren League and National Committee "Free Kosovo" are working on joint platform since 1978...]
