Russia/middle east/other unusual destinations

There is one magazine article which I have been looking for since the mid 80’s.John Williams got involved in an aid convoy to Albania and regretted every minute of it, he was supposed to be team leader or road foreman teaching all these wanna be truckers and dogooders his trade, he later told me that no one listened to his experience and drove on through the night, crashed into houses and ditches and gave most of the donated aid to unscrupulous officials along the way. Can anyone remember it. I think George Ghinn got my copy when he was on Dentressangle.