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The Press and Information Office of the President of the Republic announces that on 11 September 1995 the President of the Republic, Sali Berisha, has been invited to meet with the President of the United States of America, William Klinton, at the White House. During his visit to the United States of America, President Berisha will also hold meetings with leaders of the US Congress, senators and congressmen, senior officials of the US government, the State Department, the Pentagon and other important American institutions. The President will also meet with American business circles and representatives of the Albanian Community of the USA.

Yesterday, on the occasion of the commemoration of the Feast of the Saints of Qerbelase, President Berisha and his wife paid a visit to the Headquarters Yesterday, on the occasion of the commemoration of the Feast of the Saints of Qerbelase, President Berisha and his wife paid a visit to the Albanian Kryegjyshata, but to this world institution, whose headquarters are in Tirana, the President offered his greetings: “Happy holiday!” In his conversation, Mr. Berisha

From the pages of communist genocide Published for the first time Chronicle of a rigged trial -How political trials were prepared in the offices of the State Security -Enver Hoxha, Mehmet Shehu and Kadri Hazbiu prepare the trials of the communist dictatorship -E. Hoxha signs the order for the arrest of Catholic priests On 23 October 1958, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Kadri Hazbiu, sent a report to the Central Committee of the PPSH, addressed to Enver Hoxha, in which he proposed the measures to be taken for the development of a judicial trial against clerics. Dom Engjell Kovaci, etc., requests his approval for the measures and for the start of the trial. Specifically, in his statement Minister Kadri Hazbiu proposes, among other things: “...Given ...” [The remaining text is unclear and garbled in the source.] [Handwritten text in facsimile, partly illegible] on the occasion of the elections to be held in this district” Beside the report, Enver Hoxha writes “Agreed”. 2. The trial is to be heard by a panel of the Supreme Court, where the following are to be used in this (Continued on page 2)

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Two documents discovered in the archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs prove that in 1945 the State Security service handed over to the UDB more than 1,000 innocent Albanian refugees from Kosovo, arrested by Yugoslavia in Albania while fleeing the genocide of the Yugoslav Government. The UDB executed them all within the territory of the People’s Republic of Albania. Two documents have been discovered in the archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs proving that in 1945 the State Security service handed over to the UDB more than 1,000 innocent Albanian refugees from Kosovo, arrested by Yugoslavia in Albania while fleeing the genocide of the Yugoslav Government. The UDB executed them all within the territory of the People’s Republic of Albania. DR. BEQIR META The opening of the archives is revealing ever more clearly the true nature of the leadership of the Albanian Communist Party and its criminal policy toward our nation. The many authentic documents now available to researchers prove that E. Hoxha and the clique around him betrayed the interests of the nation. They were the principal perpetrators of fratricide during the Second World War and the architects of an unprecedented division in history. The servile and undignified subjugation to Yugoslavia, and the acceptance—even the conscious preparation—of Albania’s annexation by it, constitute the most shameful chapter of this anti-national policy. Today some historians defend the thesis that the “mistakes” made in 1945–1948 in relation to Yugoslavia, and the crimes of the Yugoslav Government against the Albanian population in Yugoslavia, were due to inexperience. Yet information, whether official or in the form of direct protests by the people of Kosovo and their representatives addressed to the Albanian Government, was not lacking. But the leaders of the Albanian Communist Party, each trying to secure the highest possible position in the hierarchy being built by Belgrade, merely kept silent and ignored the terrible suffering of their compatriots. As if that were not enough, E. Hoxha, K. Xoxe and their associates also committed the most heinous crime, perhaps without precedent in world history. With their own hands they handed over to the executioners of Belgrade their brothers in blood, who had come to Albania to escape the genocide of Serbo-Slavic chauvinism. This crime, this treachery that stirs and wounds every human feeling and every Albanian heart, is unprecedented even from the point of view of…

Yesterday, on the occasion of the commemoration of the Feast of the Saints of Karbala, President Berisha and his wife paid a visit to the World Bektashi Headquarters. President Berisha visited the World Bektashi Feast of the Saints of Karbala, World Bektashi Headquarters. Many believers welcomed him and greeted him. President Berisha was received by Haxhi Dede Reshat Bardhi. Describing this celebration as an event not only for Bektashi believers but also for wished them, “Happy holiday!” In his conversation, Mr. Berisha once again emphasized the interfaith tolerance that exists in Albania and spoke about the values of Naim Frashëri as a representative of Bektashism. Correspondent of “RD”

- Alia and Nano, the transsexuals of Albanian politics - “Now the head of the Albanian Socialist Party has all the time he needs to reflect in his cell on the thefts they committed during the transition” From an article by Stefano Mensurati in the newspaper “Il secolo d’Italia” In an article entitled “Let us make up for lost time,” published in the newspaper “Il secolo d’Italia” on June 9, ’95, journalist Stefano Mensurati, already familiar to the Albanian public, gives a brief history of Albania during the transition period and of relations between Italy and Albania in those years. Mensurati is sharply critical of the actions of some former Italian government officials and diplomats during Albania’s transition, and is especially harsh toward those who sought to give the “democrat’s certificate” to those Communist leaders whom Mensurati calls “transsexuals of Albanian politics,” such as Alia and Nano. “When the political upheavals of ’89 entered the era of the social-Communist darkness, releasing hopes and fears, joys and illusions, the Albanian Gulag seemed destined to last for years and years. Ramiz Alia, chosen by the dictator Enver Hoxha, dictated continuity while proclaiming continuity with Marxism-Leninism; the borders remained unchanged… …Albanian, but for of Bektashism. …closed off both to foreign “curiosity-seekers” and to those who wanted to leave the country. The Party of Labour was more than a political formation: it was one with the state. The infamous Sigurim, the secret service, guaranteed “stability”; the re-education camps were operating at full capacity. Especially during the bleak period of one of the longest and harshest tyrannies of this century, the wind of freedom initially passed in small spirals, then swept through with force, clearing away the remains of a regime that, in order to survive its own failures, attempted a “maquillage in extremis.” This is how Mensurati begins his article, and he does not spare his barbs for De Mikelis or other Italian politicians who, in his view, sought to give Albanian Communists a helping hand in their “in extremis” attempt. Further on, Mensurati, who knew the deeds of the Communist regimes at close quarters, writes: “Almost six years have passed since the revolutionary autumn…” (Continued on page 2)

Yesterday, the Tirana District Court rejected the request submitted by former President Ramiz Alia to be released from prison. The court, presided over by Judge Zari, ruled that the calculations made by the prison administration were correct, in accordance with the relevant provisions and the ruling issued by the Court of Cassation. The arguments put forward by the convicted man’s lawyer were rejected, and the court upheld the calculations made in the sentence and judgment. …today’s court hearing supported the arguments presented in court by the legal representative of the prison administration and by prosecutor Beqir Kokoshi. According to their calculations and the court’s ruling, after accounting for the amnesty and the mitigating provisions of the new Penal Code, Ramiz Alia must serve his sentence until March 29, 1996. Ramiz Alia did not attend the hearing on the request submitted to the court, authorizing his lawyer, Kleanthi Koci, to represent him.

SAMI M… The book by Gabriel Partosh, “fohthit,” was launched the evening before last; it was published by the publishing house of the Lady… The book’s merits are many-sided… They… Hotel Tirana… BBC… journalist… Beq… They… Cabe… have Qabeshume… in books in Albanian… sheas… S. Pone. Hotel Tirana was …alist of the BBC … came from… journalist… The reasons why Partosh and his colleagues are forced to conceal their profession were, naturally, easy to guess, which is why those present in the hall smiled slightly. Partosh also complimented the renovated hotel. But that is not so important. What matters is that Partosh was happy because this time he was presenting himself as who he was. And that means that in Albania it is not only hotels that are being renovated…

Marxism itself is an ironic dogma that draws on the weakest aspects of German philosophy, utopian socialism, and English economism. Its scholars say that Marx succeeded only in defining surplus value; everything else was borrowed. Thus Marxism turns out to be a compilation of the weakest forms of the theories circulating at the time. And it has been conclusively proven to be the dogma least applicable to human progress and the most macabre utopia of all time. As I was glancing one day at the newspaper stand, I noticed a quotation by H. Milloshi about “Marx’s Beard.” I turned and asked a Communist standing nearby: “What kind of beard is Milloshi crowing about on Marx?” Hysni, Breshtajni removed Marx’s beard, jaw and all; Kaocki sheared it and made it grotesque; Lenin put his head on the guillotine, while in the ’60s they threw his body into the abyss for a grain of rice. The world, Milloshi, knows two practitioners of Marxism, and both were ignorant: a) Stalin, who could not even finish the third year of high school in Tbilisi, but who, after Zhukov won the Eastern Front, declared himself a generalissimo. A man who gathered and enriched himself by killing the intelligent, who turned society into a kennel and made people’s lives unbearable, so much so that even his wife, because of this hell, killed herself. He put himself in the position of a beast that dominated with frightened hands; and b) Hoxha, who graduated from the Gjirokastër high school but could not pass a single exam at the universities of Europe—who failed his exams at the universities of Europe. thesis that the “mistakes” made in 1945–1948 concerning Yugoslavia, and the course toward annexation by it, were solely the result of a lack of political experience and the sincere faith of the Albanian Communist Party leadership in proletarian internationalism. But the documents we are publishing prove the opposite. These documents and many others like them show that the Yugoslavs were firmly ensconced in Albania and had seized control of the state’s most important structures, while Enver Hoxha and the leadership of the Albanian Communist Party were fully aware of it. They were consumed by the fever of the struggle for power, and the rivers of blood being shed by their compatriots stirred no feeling in them. There was no intervention, no protest, no criticism from the Albanian Communist Party leadership against the deeply… …then E. Hoxha, K. Xoxe and their associates of view of international law, which legally protects political refugees. It is worth emphasizing here that this handover was not justified by any law of the Albanian state of that time either. At the time, Albania had not signed any extradition convention with Yugoslavia. Another fact that stands out in the documents is that the victims are unequivocally described as innocent by the organs of the Communist state, which had no difficulty labeling any opponent of theirs or of their Yugoslav masters a criminal and collaborator. These documents were drawn up in 1950, after the split between… (Continued on page 2) …… You love Marx because you want to remain standing, but, Milloshi, time has unleashed a mighty storm that will wipe out even your echo. The Albanians have come to understand who you are, and they will not forgive you for what you have done. Now you are organizing strikes, pretending to be American snobs, European snobs, Islamic snobs; bringing in foreigners, trying to sell Albanian land, trying to ruin the country (which is where your Albanian identity begins), joining up with all the most depraved traffickers in the world; you have taken off your Sigurim slippers and put on bomber hats; you have taken off your dockworker’s overalls and dressed yourselves up; you confiscated other people’s property and created shops for yourselves; you bought bread with ration coupons, while now you have fattened your bellies like oil tycoons. What kind of Marxists are you, when you have left the proletariat unemployed (because of industrialization), or are you preparing it for revolution?! Are you going to impose this on the whole world, or will the world drown you in spit?! Hysni, so as not to go on any further because I am tired, and to make it clear that I will now advise you to show some civil courage, prepare yourself for the striped uniform. L. GOTTI Marxism itself is an ironic dogma that borrows from the weaker aspects of German philosophy, utopian socialism, and English economics. Its scholars say that Marx managed only to provide a definition of surplus value; everything else is And it has been proven, over time, the most macabre utopia of all time. As I glanced one day at the display of the daily press, I caught sight of and asked a communist who was nearby: “What kind of beard is Milloshi crowning Marx with?” Hysni, Marx’s beard, jaw and all, was removed by Breshtajni; Kaocki shaved it off and made him bald; Lenin put his head in the guillotine, while in the ’60s they also tossed his body into the abyss for a gran galà. are ignorant: a) Stalin, who could not even complete his Zhukov’s victory on gathered wealth for pen his wife, because of that tyranny, took her own life. dominates with trembling universities of Europe, who [repeats: “could not pass an exam at the universities of Europe”], who… You love Marx because you want to stay on your feet, but, Milloshi, time has opened a mighty, merciless force that will wipe out even your echo. you are plotting strikes, pretending to be an American snob, a European snob, an Islamic snob; you are impoverish the country (which is already evident in you); you are joining up with all the most vile traffickers in the world. You have taken off the Sigurimi slippers and put on bomb hats; you have taken off the dockworker’s clothes and dressed yourselves up; you have nationalized bread with ration coupons, whereas now you have puffed out your bellies like oilmen. the proletariat unemployed (since it is industrialized), world drown you in spit?! Hysni, so I won’t go on any further, since I’m tired, and point out that I would now advise you to prepare yourselves for the uniform of the barbed wire, if you have any civic courage. L. GOTTI

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