Mehmet Shehu: "The Yugoslavs ordered us" An unpublished document explains the great mystery of 1946... The former prime minister: "In reality, mines were laid in our territorial waters by our side. This happened under the following circumstances: In 1946 I went to Belgrade. At that time I was Chief of the General Staff of our Army. Tito proposed that the Corfu Channel be mined. So the mines were laid with the help of Yugoslav sailors. After I received comrade Enver’s approval, I agreed with Tito’s proposals to mine the channel. On our side, only comrade Enver, myself and one Albanian sailor knew about this matter, whereas on the Yugoslav side Tito, the Chief of the General Staff of the Yugoslav Army and their sailors and others knew about it. Not even the comrades of the Political Bureau of our party. The Yugoslav leaders revealed this very big secret by handing it over to the English imperialists, who exploited this matter to create this incident as a provocation against our country". On page 5 Historians of the regime "The English themselves are to blame for the victims" On page 5 The place where the 1946 incident happened GJIROKASTRA SYRI I KALTËR SARANDË KORFUZ BUTRINT

Flowers and longing for the martyrs The whole country commemorates 28 November Berisha, Malaj and Vukaj yesterday before the Altar of the Fatherland (F:G. Xhengo) Fireworks and major celebrations throughout Albania. This is how the great day of Independence and the country’s Liberation, 28 November, was commemorated. To give the day an even more joyful atmosphere, senior officials of the Albanian Government and state were present in several major districts of Albania. On page 3

TIRANË - A story similar to the suffering of his sister, once again the protagonist is the same headstrong teenager, but with a heart full of love and anxiety for the fate of his older sister. He is only 14 years old, but his age did not stop him from traveling as an illegal immigrant to the shores of Italy, where he was detained in Siracusa. The news has shaken a clear Albanian Tirana these days, where she is being nursed and is in hospital, while it struck the Durres family of the Kalajs like lightning. But there was no hope for the parents to stay close to her. That was enough for the 14-year-old to board a ship as a stowaway and travel across the Adriatic. Now his arrival is awaited again, the nearest concerned one, while Maria, 25, is in a calm condition. He looks her in the face and calls her name, from a distance, to wake her up and see her smile. She had been taken to Siracusa with a spiral and was taken on 1 November, while she was something during the journey near the city. According to witnesses, the "leading doctors" had thrown her overboard to escape in a fast-moving boat.

Anniversary of the association TIRANË - "We feel abandoned, so we are asking for support from our state." This is the appeal that was issued by all Albanian orphans, who had gathered on Saturday to celebrate the 4th anniversary of the creation of their association. They were dissatisfied and burdened with worries, lonely, desperate about their unfortunate fate. All these gloomy feelings were brought to the Palace of Congresses by dozens of parentless young people in the form of a cry for help - addressed to the government - for the fastest possible improvement of their condition. On page 3

“It has been included in the plans for post-communist countries” The EU ambassador explains the reasons TIRANË - "Albania has changed[?] the EU objective for Mediterranean countries because it is considered and is consumerose". This is how the EU ambassador in Tirana, Elio Germano, explained our country’s non-inclusion in the Mediterranean plan. "Being a country that has emerged from communist dictatorship, it has been included in the EU Phare project for all countries with this experience," explains Ambassador Germano, even if it may benefit from another project such as the issue of Mediterranean countries. On page 3

As Deputy Director of Television Former General Director back in the institution TIRANË - Skënder Buçpapaj returns to Radio Televizioni Shqiptar. The former first general director of the institution, after 22 March, will once again enter through that door that once frightened him before, following the parliamentary vote that had dismissed him as a member of the RTSH Steering Council. Internal voices say that very soon he will take the vacant post of director of Television for the arts. On page 3 Buçpapaj

Among the causes is also emigration Elbasan, a flow of separations in Court Elbasan On page 5

Gunshots in Tirana: Policeman kills a young man On page 3

The Theatre Festival closes Ndriçim Xhepa Xhepa lifts the Festival Cup high Chosen as best actor in the play "Fernando Kraft më ka shkruar këtë letër". National Theatre troupe in first place On page 7

"Partizani" - "Kosova" of Prishtina 7 - 2 TIRANË - A friendly match in Tirana between "Partizani" of Tirana and the Kosovo representative team. It was a match played under heavy rain, yet the fans were not absent from the stands of the "Qemal Stafa" national stadium. The encounter, played in a very friendly atmosphere, was interesting from the start, with the visiting team taking the lead first. Later the players of "Partizani" played better, scoring seven times and winning the match 7 - 2. Besides the result, the match brought a friendly atmosphere among Albanians. This was the first meeting, after[?] which another match in aid of peace in Bosnia will be played, between the Albanian and Bosnian representative teams. From yesterday’s match "Partizani" - "Kosova"

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