Today, at the International Centre of Culture, at 12⁰⁰, following the visit to Greece, the PDSH delegation—gentlemen Shehu, Spahia and Anagnosti—will hold a press conference. Journalists and representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Tirana are invited to attend.

Documents that have shaken public opinion The PS is inseparable from genocide The current leadership of the PS bears authorship of the genocide Editorial Documents that have shaken public opinion DEATH LISTS: EVIDENCE OF GENOCIDE The PS is inseparable from genocide The current leadership of the PS bears authorship of the genocide For two consecutive issues, the newspaper “Tribuna Demokratike” has shed light on a fragment of the monstrous crime, the unprecedented genocide inflicted on the Albanian people. A document, accidentally saved from being destroyed along with hundreds of thousands of crime records, has shaken public opinion. A document that testifies to an “Operational Plan.” For what? “To clear areas in wartime situations of the enemy element presenting a pronounced social danger, according to Lists No. 1 and No. 2, approved by the Minister of the Interior.” Who is classified as an “enemy element”? The “enemy element”? Enemy elements were Albanians who did not reconcile themselves to the communist dictatorship, former political prisoners. Enemy elements were Albanians whom former employees of the criminal State Security apparatus had “examined in detail” in the surveillance files of crime, describing them as suspicious people, opponents or persons disloyal to the regime. Enemy elements were Albanians who had “let slip” their dissatisfaction with imprisonment, endless beatings and poverty. Enemy elements were Albanians who had dared “to tell a joke” about the leaders of the PPSH. Enemy elements were Albanians who, from December ’90 through April ’91, rose up against the communist dictatorship, against Alia, against crime. Potential enemy elements, ready to be included on the lists of the Albanian communist Gestapo, were all of us—all who had even once thought differently from the communist regime. What does “purging” mean? The extrajudicial execution of tens of thousands of people—the victims whose names filled the genocide lists. How many people were planned to be killed? There are 2,160 burned crime files. The Mirdita list, accidentally saved from the fire yesterday, contains 40 names. A simple calculation leads to the conclusion that the death lists could have included 86,400 people. However cautiously one makes the calculation, the conclusion is clear: The death lists were the lists of the great civil war, begun at Mukje and continued for half a century by Hoxha and the other criminals; they were the lists of the great Albanian tragedy. Who were the authors who drew up the death lists? Ramiz Alia, the Political Bureau of the PPSH, State Security, the MPB, and the group of criminals Ruci and his associates, who are active today within the structures of the PS, from the top down to the base. The current leadership of the PS is responsible for authoring the death lists and the genocide against the Albanian people. Where are the lists? They were burned on the orders of Alia’s former Minister of the Interior, now the PS Secretary-General, Gramoz Ruci. GENOCIDE—THE ESSENCE OF THE PS’S ANTI-REFORM STRATEGY Crime was entrenched throughout the PPSH, from the top down to the base. A group of criminals, who—for the misfortune of thousands of honest Albanian socialists and of the country—lead the PPSH. The criminal Ramiz Alia, one of the authors of the death lists; the other criminals with the death lists of the Nazi Gestapo; he called all the structures to order, including PS criminals such as Ruci, who drew up the crimes and concealed their traces; criminals such as Nano, who directed the February and Shkodra massacres by radio; officials and employees of State Security. Ruci’s signature, whose unreformed role continues today, is an accusation against the PPSH and the criminals responsible for thousands and thousands of others. Ruci, Ruci—who stands alone? His associates are in the leadership and at the base of the PPSH. The PS is inseparable from genocide. Well-informed sources report that the genocide lists continued to be prepared until April 1991. The names of the first democrats, leaders and members of the PDSH were undoubtedly among the preferred entries on the black death lists. The death lists shed light on the scale of the monstrous crime committed by this breed of criminals who pretended to be reformers. They are a grave indictment of Enver Hoxha’s worthy successors: Ramiz Alia, Fatos Nano, Gramoz Ruci, the Political Bureau and Alia’s Presidential Council. The “reformers” who changed the PP’s name to PS did not hesitate to draw up lists of tens of thousands of people to be killed without trial, whose only “crime” was wanting freedom. Justice must not remain silent. Let justice ask Ramiz Alia, Fatos Nano and Gramoz Ruci how many people on the black death lists were killed in time, and how many others were made to disappear in the Malin me Gropa. Let justice investigate whether Arben Pese was on the death lists, like Mire Broci and Mikel Lara, the martyrs of democracy. How many mothers’ tears were shed, how many doors closed, how many children were orphaned, how much Albanian blood was spilled by Albanian communist savagery—the crime authored by today’s leaders of the PS? Gramoz Ruci ordered the crime files to be burned. Gramoz Ruci and his associates should burn in the flames; they cannot make them disappear. The blood of the martyrs of democracy is still fresh, mothers’ tears have not dried, and the wound of the Albanian tragedy has not closed. Other witnesses are alive: thousands of former political prisoners who accuse them. An entire people, imprisoned for decades and reduced to extreme poverty, accuses them. There are empty graves awaiting the discovery of the remains of Alia’s, Ruci’s and the other criminals’ victims. The year ’91 itself accuses them: Albania, burned and plundered, with its sons killed at the border, on the roads, in the resistance to Alia’s coup, in peaceful protests, burned in warehouses, and so on. An entire public is shaken. Thousands of honest socialists feel deeply insulted by Ruci, Nano and their associates. Three years of democratic government and reforms have been systematically obstructed every day by the criminal group leading the PS. After learning about the genocide lists, it is easier to understand the reasons for the anti-reform strategy pursued by the PS. These are the criminal elements who, to hide their crimes, have done and continue to do everything possible to return to power, save themselves and turn back a people that has hope and is optimistic about democracy. They are the ones who even today draw up new lists—lists of democrats. They dream that, on returning to the seats they lost, they will carry out their own reckoning; criminals know it well: revenge and crime. But their time is over.

In Tirana Today Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamed Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Malaysia At the invitation of the President of the Republic, Mr. Sali Berisha, the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamed, arrives in Tirana today for a working visit. The visit aims to intensify relations between the two countries and cooperation between our two countries. During his stay in Albania, he will meet with President Berisha, Prime Minister Meksi, ministers and other senior state officials. Also, as part of this visit, a group of Malaysian businesspeople have arrived in Tirana for meetings with Albanian state officials and businesspeople, and to advance projects in the trade and construction sectors. Curriculum Vitae Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamed has held the office of Prime Minister of Malaysia since his first election to the post on 16 June 1981. He was born on 20 December 1925 in the city of Alor Setar, the capital of the state of Kedah. In 1947 he was admitted to King Edward VII Medical College in Singapore. Dr. Mahathir has been a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) since its founding in 1946. In 1974 he was appointed Minister of Education and two years later, having served as Deputy Prime Minister, he was also appointed Deputy Prime Minister. In 1978 he took charge of the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Dr. Mahathir was elected one of UMNO’s three vice-presidents in 1975 and its president in the elections of 1981, 1984, 1987, 1990 and 1993. Under his leadership, the ruling party, the National Front, won landslide victories in the general elections of 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1993. Albanian-Malaysian relations Although relations between our country and Malaysia were established in June 1981, until the beginnings of democratic processes in our country they remained at a trade level and developed slowly. Prime Minister Mahathir’s visit to Albania in July 1993, the President of the Republic’s visit to Malaysia in February 1994, and reciprocal visits by government officials paved the way for economic cooperation between our two countries. This was encouraged by the growth of [?] bilateral agreements and focused on various areas such as investment, construction, etc. Malaysia has also supported Albania with aid and loans.

The President of the Republic received the Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic, Josif Zieleniec President Berisha, after welcoming the visit, said that we are interested in further developing friendly relations and cooperation with Czechia, a country with valuable experience and advanced reforms and economy. Albania too, President Berisha stressed, is committed to a profound and radical course of reforms, with significant achievements in building the rule of law and a market economy. In this context, there are real opportunities for cooperation between our two countries in many sectors, such as tourism, transport, etc. We consider Czech experience in privatization very valuable and appreciate the Czech assistance in this area, as well as the encouragement of Czech investment in our country. In foreign policy, President Berisha said, Albania, which in 1990 broke with the cult of Stalin and the Stalinists in power, then made a profound turn and reaffirmed its Western orientation. Cooperation with the countries of the region and beyond is an important decision and priority, and the prevention of conflict has been and remains a priority. The fastest possible integration of Albania into Europe and its membership in various regional and international initiatives serve this aim. Albania values Czechia’s support for its membership of the Council of Europe and the European Initiative. Albania may also be included in the development-assistance program through the dispatch of teams of privatization experts. He then assured President Berisha that Albania has Czechia’s support for its integration into Europe and beyond. After the official talks, Czech Foreign Minister Zieleniec signed the agreement between the Republic of Albania and the Czech Republic on the elimination of double taxation. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dylber Vioni, and members of both delegations were present at the signing ceremony. Czech Foreign Minister Zieleniec described the agreement as a signal from the two governments in support of the path of rapprochement and economic cooperation.

After the official talks, Foreign Minister Zieleniec signed the agreement between the Republic of Albania and the Czech Republic to eliminate double taxation. The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Dylber Vioni, and members of both delegations were present at the signing ceremony. Czech Foreign Minister Zieleniec described the agreement as a signal from the two governments in support of the path of rapprochement and economic cooperation.

Yesterday in the People’s Assembly At the proposal of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly and the chairpersons of the parliamentary groups, the previous day’s plenary session discussed and approved the inclusion of two draft laws in the daily work agenda, along with several other draft laws concerning enterprises and the privatization of state property, which are on the agenda for this session. The draft law on higher education was also postponed, as were several other plans concerning higher education. “These concern the higher education system.” (Continued on page 2)

The Minister of Agriculture and Food, Hasan Halili, responded at yesterday’s plenary session of the People’s Assembly to a request submitted by PS deputies Namik Dokle, Anastas Angjeli and Ibrahim Baci, concerning several social problems in Ksamil and throughout the country’s southern coastal area. Deputy Dokle, also on behalf of the two other socialist deputies, presented the reasons for the request for an interpellation. In his response, Mr. Hasan Halili focused on the work of the ministry he heads to ensure the proper implementation of Law No. 7501 on land and the relevant amendments. There are groups of people from political parties on a large scale (Continued on page 2)

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Today’s privatization—the strategy for tomorrow’s progress From the Press Conference of Minister BROJKA Variations on the tam-tam, the socialist “Noah’s ark” and others D. HATA The campaign against the Catholic clergy was approved and encouraged by Stalin BEQIR META Radio stations broadcasting programs in the Albanian language should encourage democratic developments in Albania URAN BUTKA Coca-Cola Buzi: “I want to invest in Albania” SH. LUKU