Chancellor Kohl invites President Berisha to visit Germany At the meeting President Berisha held with Minister Schmidt-bauer, he stressed that friendly relations with Germany are a priority of Albanian foreign policy and that we will strive to expand them bilaterally. We ask Germany to support Albania’s integration into European institutions and to exert influence in favor of a fair resolution of the crisis in the region. We consider it important for Germany to have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, as well as to recognize the role of the German factor in Europe. He highly praised Chancellor Kohl’s efforts to support European values. Minister Schmidt-bauer said that he had come as a friend of Albania and [text as printed: “të drejtë të krizës në rajon”]. highly praised Chancellor Kohl’s efforts to support European values. President Berisha and assured the President of the feelings of sympathy for Albanians that exist in Germany. We are ready, as in the past, to provide you with practical assistance. He conveyed Chancellor Kohl’s greetings, as well as his invitation to visit Germany. (ATSID)

Attended by PDSH chairman Mr Eduard Selami and its deputy chairman and parliamentary group leader, Mr Ali Spahia The initiative of the Albanian Democratic Party (PDSH) to expand its ranks by welcoming supporters and honest people has been well received, especially by intellectuals in Shkodër, it was noted at the district PD meeting held on Tuesday morning. Six new sections have been formed, with specialists and intellectuals organized according to profession. These include sections for geology and mining specialists, agriculture, education, healthcare, mechanical industry and energy, while sections in other specialties are being established. The results of such an organization are already evident. From the outset, these sections have presented the branch’s governing council with short- and long-term development projects for their activities in the district, which they will submit as concrete proposals and recommendations to the district council and municipality. The new programs of the Albanian Democratic Party in the district of Shkodër also include other sections of the population. The following figures were reported for the district: 83 percent of the land area has been distributed; 95 percent of the land belonging to agricultural cooperatives and 41 percent of the land belonging to state agricultural farms (NB) have been privatized. The communes of Postribë, Velipojë and Ana e Malit are performing less well. Attention was also drawn to the allocation of title deeds, which has been completed to the extent of 35 percent. In 1993, 583 hectares more were planted than the previous year. Agricultural production increased by 43 percent. There have also been significant improvements in livestock farming, including increases in the number of cows and small livestock, and in milk production, etc. Since private property is indisputable, the speakers stressed, all PD members should therefore be seriously concerned with the full privatization of land. The meeting expressed the view that compensation for former owners would help this process. They called for implementation of the President’s decree on verifying securities and issuing them to former owners in towns and villages. It was also considered necessary for the State Bank to provide loans for the privatization of various facilities. The embargo against former Yugoslavia has caused the district of Shkodër losses of around 42 million dollars. Nevertheless, government assistance has somewhat softened its harmful impact. For example, 147 million new lekë have been allocated for housing. Of the 307 apartments planned for delivery by the end of the year, only 40 will not be completed because of the stage reached by the construction work. In its report, the governing council considered Mr Përdoda’s resignation from his position as chairman of the district PD branch unreasonable and, in a sense, unrealistic. This assessment also reflected respect for his qualities and contribution to the work of the district PD branch. and distant in their activity in the district, which they will pass on to the district council and the municipality in the form of concrete proposals and suggestions. Other sections of the population have also been included in the new primaries in the Albanian Democratic Party in the Shkodër district and surrounding area. Thus, it is enough to mention that 70 new members have been accepted into the PD in the commune of Postribë. At the branch conference, its leaders emphasized, detailed information will be provided about new memberships in the branch, since this is an ongoing process. The progress of the reform in the district, and the branch’s work and efforts to carry it out, were at the center of extensive discussions. The participants emphasized that there was no dispute that all PD members should take the full privatization of land seriously. Compensation for former owners, in the activists’ view, would help this process. They called for the implementation of the President’s decree on the verification of the assets of former agricultural cooperatives. The privatization of facilities and enterprises across the district is also expected to proceed rapidly. Of 90 enterprises, 65 have been included in the privatization program. 46 of them have completed the required documentation. The report of the branch’s governing council, delivered by its secretary, Mr. Bujar Hoti, called for accelerating the auctioning of assets created by the PD itself in the district. The spectrum of views on the value and contribution of its work in the district PD branch was also represented in this discussion. Speaking at the activists’ meeting, Mr. Selami insisted on the need for care in continuing new memberships and in recording them and preparing their relevant documentation. He then explained the decision of the PDSH presidium to include PD MPs and local government officials on the branch’s governing council, a decision welcomed by the activists’ meeting, and Mr. Selami (Continued on page 4)

From the Meksi–Schmidt-bauer meeting On Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Aleksandër Meksi received Germany’s Minister of State, Mr Shmitbauer, with whom he held talks on bilateral relations between Albania and Germany and on further promoting this cooperation. Mr Meksi stressed that our relations could be closer and extend to every field. “We would like to see broader participation by German investment firms in Albania,” Mr Meksi added, “for example in tourism, infrastructure, the chrome industry, and other areas.” Mr Shmitbauer expressed his pleasure at visiting Albania, praised the achievements of the Democratic Government and assured Mr Meksi that the German Government’s interest in Albania would be ongoing. Mr Meksi and Mr Shmitbauer also discussed the pressing problems of the regional situation. The Press and Information Office of the Prime Minister

- Thousands of intellectuals are being accepted into the ranks of the PD. - In just these two or three days, 65 intellectuals were accepted in the district of Shkodër. - In the district of Tirana, 345 intellectuals were accepted during these days. - In the city alone, around 700 intellectuals have been accepted. The intellectuals’ gravitation toward the ranks of the PD should be explained through a serious analysis of the nature of intellectuals and of the PD’s modern program. First, the PD was created as a party of intellectual and student thought, shaped by the tragic experience of the trampling of people who held free thought. It first valued freedom and, by guaranteeing this aspect of existence, peace, mutual understanding and the values of human beings as a whole, it valued the intellectual, their work, their scope and their identity as builders of society. Second, the intellectual stratum itself, recognizing the PD’s program and mission, took a courageous step toward it. Intellectuals themselves founded the PD, led it and the Democratic Revolution, and continue to lead the new democratic state. Thus, the steady arrival of intellectuals in the PD should be seen neither as an event nor as a crisis within the PD, as “ZP” is trying to portray it. Albanian intellectuals are joining the Party they themselves created, the program they themselves drafted, and the ideal to which they themselves aspired. Third, anyone who knows even a little about the history of revolutionaries and the nature of intellectuals will have no difficulty recognizing the somewhat reserved and distrustful nature of intellectuals: their hesitation to “risk” their idea of being free. (continued on page 4)

Neritan Alia is defended by his wife, Mrs Ceka. Her involvement in this mission is her husband’s total failure . In yesterday’s issue, the newspaper “Aleanca Demokratike” surprised us by having Neritan Alia (Ceka) defended by his wife, Mrs Anxhelina. The surprise does not lie in her name. Her involvement in this mission is an original experiment of the PAD [text continues: “Germany, etc., where it has old bases, or creates new ones”]. Of course, he often travels without his wife accompanying him and keeps certain secrets from her that she should not find out. Being the victim of censored information, which ...

- Mr Tomor Malasi in Krashtë of Martanesh - The town of Krashtë, with 5,000 residents, is the most remote area of the district of Mat, a completely mountainous town. In recent days, the campaign for new elections in the PD has been felt in this town as never before; a strong section has been formed, with support from the intellectual community, more than ever before. To learn more about the progress of the new elections in this town and about some of the problems facing the residents of this mountainous area, on 11.11.93 the Speaker of the People’s Assembly and member of the Democratic Party Presidency, Mr Tomorr Malasi, went there together with the district’s MPs, Mr Agim Çupi and Mrs Luljana Pifti. In one of the halls of the Mines Directorate, the governing council of the Martanesh area group-section organized a meeting attended by Mr Malasi. At the beginning, Mr Tomor Malasi [the printed text repeats and is garbled here]. First, the section chairman, Mr Fetah Gjoka, described the state of the PD sections in the Martanesh area; Mr Malasi then followed, after which 20 people [text unclear] together with Mr Sali Cakalli, who accompanied the delegates to the PD leadership. Mr T. Malasi said that the people of Martanesh did not want communism, and that there was real evidence of this, preserved by the local residents. We have, for example, their family ties with people from the highlands; we have communists—so how can this region be called socialist? The area’s MP, Mr Agim Çupi, informed the director of the mine that he had discussed the minerals and the concentrator plant with an Italian company, as well as the organization of forestry exploitation to bring in as many people as possible. Then Mr Tomorr Malasi spoke. In his speech, he gave a detailed analysis of the national and international situation of our country and of the democratic states that have helped and are helping Albania, such as Germany, Austria, Italy, Turkey, etc. Regarding the domestic situation, Mr T. Malasi stressed in his remarks that the PD had adhered to its program and that, for the most part, its promises made during the 22 March campaign had been kept; this is indisputable. We have now passed the transition period; now [the text is garbled] dealing with investment issues using foreign money, for which we have found support from many countries. Thousands of workers will be employed. Mr Malasi also spoke about the great importance of these elections in our country, through which the entire structure of the Democratic Party will be consolidated.

At noon on November 16, the President of the Republic, Sali Berisha, received the ambassador of the Republic of Mauritania. At noon on November 16, the President of the Republic, Sali Berisha, received the ambassador of the Republic of Mauritania, accredited to the Republic of Albania, Dr. Amadou Racine Ba, who presented his credentials. (ATSH)

- Neritan Alia is defended by his wife, Mrs. Ceka. Her engagement in this mission is a total failure for her husband - - engagement in this mission is a total failure for her husband - In yesterday’s issue, the newspaper «Aleanca Demokratike» surprises us by publishing a defense of Neritan Alia (Ceka) by his wife, Mrs. Angjelina. The surprise does not lie in her name (Mrs. Angjelina is an intellectual and could write even better than Neritani himself), but in the role she has been ordered to play. Apparently, Neritani feels powerless, or disarmed, to defend himself. But we are struck by the fact that, before going to Belgrade, he was armed to the teeth and extremely aggressive in carrying out the historic mission entrusted, or assigned, to him. This gives us the right to think that he left his weapons in the Serbian capital, to add them to Millosheviç’s weapons on the front of his frontal war against the Albanians. All of PAD should mourn in unison that its president has been left with only his wife’s fragile pen in the fight against PD. Mrs. Angjelina, besides playing the role of her husband’s defense lawyer, vainly tries to stir and move readers by also playing the role of a victim of the Democratic Government, and first and foremost of President Berisha?! Apparently, the whole Ceka family is suffering from a persecution complex. To escape «persecution», Neritani, sometimes alone and sometimes with his family (more precisely, sometimes officially and sometimes privately), travels to Greece, Serbia, Germany, etc., where he has bases of his own or establishes new ones. Naturally, he travels without his wife more often, keeping from her certain secrets she should not find out about. Being a victim of this censored information, she imagines him and defends him as an angel, as innocent as on the day he was born. We want to help her get to know her husband better by reminding her that, at the time when the Ceka family’s children were «at risk», Neritani was making plans and receiving operational and long-term instructions in Ramiz Alia’s office. As a result of this collaboration, or flirtation, he received from the people of Elbasan and all of Albania a second surname as well, which, it seems, will remain the primary one: Alia. In reward, to protect his children, several sampistë were ordered to be assigned to them, taking them to and picking them up from kindergarten. Of course, Mrs. Angjelina knows this well—better than anyone—but the neighbors know it too, because they saw it with their own eyes. After finishing reading Mrs. Angjelina’s letter, published in the newspaper «Aleanca Demokratike» on November 17, one feels not only surprise but also regret at her involvement in a political game staged by backroom experts. What a sin, for an angel to join the dance of devils! KRESHNIK KOSOVA

- Interview with Minister of Defense Safet Zhulali by TV journalist Bujar Muharremi - Question: - Given certain obsessions in some press outlets about the departure of the «Pelikan» operation from our country, what can you tell us, Mr. Minister? Answer: The name «Pelikan» is now well known and beloved in Albania. «Pelikan» is a beautiful and powerful bird, known and admired by Albanians. Now the very pronunciation of its name evokes in Albanians a warm feeling, a feeling of friendship, a feeling of thanks and gratitude. This feeling was slowly nurtured and developed harmoniously in the hearts of Albanians, who are very sensitive to human actions, because such actions are part of their soul and mind. Albania was suffering the consequences of the brutal dictatorship, the policy of dismantling the dictatorial state, and all Albanians felt this not only in their conscience but also in their stomachs, in the long queues and in the shops for bread and food, as well as in the shortage of medicines, which were compounded by brutal actions (Continued on page 4)

- A «ZP» militant, Brace calls for discussion of the «Nano case» using the «logic of facts», not demagoguery. By the «logic of facts», another charge should be added to Nano’s indictment: collaboration. - Peroniola gives two different statements about the prices. - «ZP» is pleased that De Michelis and Cardini have not commented; the embarrassed man declares that he does not know him. Under the revolutionary spirit, enthusiasts of articles such as «The Investigators’ Failed Mission in Rome» include the Euro-socialist militant who continues to be on trial for making the newspaper, «ZP»’s E-tron Brace. This candidate for journalist seems to have moved directly from being one of Enver’s pioneers to playing the role of Nano’s lawyer, but this is first and foremost a misfortune for Nano himself. Comrade «little» Brace writes that the accusations against Nano are merely demagoguery and propaganda by the «leaders of RD», and calls for the matter’s conclusion to be discussed using the «logic of facts». Then why not make it easier to judge the criminal in court when the witness saw him in Nano’s bëraciot. The central fact is the disappearance of 9 million dollars, resulting from the discrepancy between the prices quoted by Levante Co and market prices. The Albanian justice system has the relevant documents and there is no need for them to be released by the Administrator of Levante Co. Nevertheless, at the meeting I had in Rome with Mr. Peroniola, where he also presented me with some of the documents in question, he stated more or less that the prices were high because (Continued on page 4)