Dashnor Kaloçi
Part thirteen
Memorie.al publishes a file that was obtained some time ago by the institution of the Authority for the Information of Files of the former State Security, where the investigative, judicial and processing file of the citizen Kasëm Hoxha, originally from the village of Markat in Saranda and residing in the USA since 1985, when he was able to escape from Albania to Greece, after having suffered ten years in the Spaçi camp, convicted of “agitation and propaganda against popular power”. At the time of his arrest, on June 21, 1973, by the State Security bodies, of the Internal Affairs Branch of the Saranda district, some “compromising materials”, such as poems and tracts, were found in his house , where he called “for the overthrow of popular power”, etc. The file in charge of the citizen Kaso Hoxha, (now de-classified) begins with the processing, where the State Security bodies and the Department of Internal Affairs of the district of Saranda make every effort to find the author of the letter. with deep hostile content”, which was thrown in the center of Markat village (with residents of the Cham community), where after a long time, with the help of the Central Criminal Laboratory, near the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Tirana, it became possible, in order to clarify and identify that the writing on that letter was Kaso Hoxha’s, this also led to his arrest. The file in question continues with the investigative and judicial process against him, where he, after suffering ten years in Spaçi prison, in November 1982 returns to his native village, Markat, where from the first days, he was followed and monitored. by the bodies of the State Security, who had engaged not only some associates of the Security, but also his close family members, this forced Kaso, to escape arrest, to escape from Albania, crossing the state border, to the state neighbors, Greece. After some time staying in the Llavros Camp, he gained the status of a political asylum seeker, to go to the United States of America, where even there, he continued to be followed and monitored by the State Security bodies (Albanian Political Intelligence, which was camouflaged with his residency, near the Diplomatic Mission in the United Nations Organization) and some of its secret agents, until 1991, when the communist regime in Albania collapsed. The story of Kaso Hoxha, became known after the publication of his book “Beautiful land, ugly people”, which he entrusted to Memorie.al in manuscript, now comes through the documents of the State Security, (where they are, reports of collaborators of the State Security, with their pseudonyms, letters, notes, information, relations, report-information, interceptions with operational techniques, etc., of the officers of the State Security, investigators, holders of the Department of Internal Affairs, of the district of Saranda, etc., to the residency of Political Intelligence in the USA, and its agents there), which begin in 1973 and end in 1991, when his file was archived once and for all.
Continues from last issue
The secret document with the report-information compiled by the Operative Worker of the State Security, Aleksandër Thana, regarding the data collected on the fugitive, Kaso Hoxha
Secret
Specimen No. 1
Tirana, on 23.6.1986
I N F O R M A T I O N
The fugitive Kaso Hoxha said: “I can only return to Albania dead, not alive.” Kasua has settled in Chicago with his first cousins, Selfo and Rexhep Hoxha. He speaks very negatively about Albania, especially among Kosovars.
It was issued for K. Hoxha, Sh. Hoxha of R. Hoxha, from Rap. Info. of “6854”, dated 8.12.1986.
Operative Workshop
Alexander Thana
The secret document with the report-information compiled by the Operative Worker of the State Security, Aleksandër Thana, with the data collected by the agent of the Albanian Political Intelligence in the USA with the pseudonym “6856”, related to the activity of the fugitive Kaso Hoxha and some other Albanian immigrants, who have been received in meetings by high personalities of American politics
Secret
Specimen No. 2
Tirana, on 11.6.1987
- Çomo, by phone 871, dt. 28.5.1987, announces from New York:
Given by “6854”
- Ramadan Disha, Dibra, working for “Voice of America”, had written for several days while working in Chicago and interviewed some fugitives there, such as Kaso Hoxha, etc. He also interviewed Isuf Azemin and Tefik Ashiku, an active agent in the service of the UDB.
Isuf Azemi has asked Senator Paul Simon to intervene with the American government so that the “Voice of America” speaks harshly against the communist regime of Albania.
According to Ramadan, the “Voice of America” program for Albania is approved and prepared by the Department of State, from the relevant sector for Albania, and cannot be changed by the people who work there.
- Ramadan Disha also interviewed the priest of the Albanian Orthodox Church, about the tears that Saint Mary sheds in his church, but, since such a thing was unbelievable, she told the priest that she could not broadcast such an interview in “The Voice” of America”.
- Luan Gashi, Isuf Azemi, Tefik Ashiku, etc., were in Washington on January 22 and met there with a number of high-ranking American personalities, such as Senator Paul Simon, K. Pell (Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Senate) , Senator Filip Kren, Congressmen W. Bromfield and Dioguardi, as well as Eduard Buzinski, Vice/President for Foreign Affairs of NATO.
Issues of Kosovo and the violation of human rights in Albania were discussed with everyone. Senator F. Simon has ordered his secretary in Chicago to wait on the Albanians and take notes on their complaints.
In the meeting that was organized in Aurora on February 7 by (Lidhja Kosova), of the Agrarian Front, he said that: “On the other side of the border of Yugoslavia, in Albania, the situation is very serious. According to the assertions of many Albanians, human rights are violated their brutally by the heartless Albanian regime”.
The cable was seen by the minister friend, without notes.
Sh. Sefer, marked: D.VI-V.
It was extracted for the source according to the implications.
Operative Workshop
Alexander Thana
The secret document with the report-information compiled by the Operative Worker of the State Security, Aleksandër Thana, with the data collected by the agent of the Albanian Political Intelligence in the USA with the pseudonym “6856”, related to the activity of the fugitive Kaso Hoxha and immigrants others in the US
Secret
Specimen No. 2
Tirana, on 15.5.1987
I. Zuhlati, by phone 781, dated 11.5.1987, announces from New York:
Given by “6856”
- Ramadan Disha, Dibra, working for “Voice of America”, had written for several days while working in Chicago and interviewed some fugitives there, such as Kaso Hoxha, etc. He also interviewed Isuf Azemin and Tefik Ashiku, an active agent in the service of the UDB.
Isuf Azemi has asked Senator Paul Simon to intervene with the American government so that the “Voice of America” speaks harshly against the communist regime of Albania.
According to Ramadan, the “Voice of America” program for Albania is approved and prepared by the Department of State, from the relevant sector for Albania, and cannot be changed by the people who work there.
Ramadan Disha also interviewed the priest of the Albanian Orthodox Church, about the tears that Saint Mary sheds in his church, but, since such a thing was unbelievable, she told the priest that she could not broadcast such an interview in “The Voice” of America”.
Luan Gashi, Isuf Azemi, Tefik Ashiku, etc., were in Washington on January 22 and met there with a number of high-ranking American personalities, such as Senator Paul Simon, K. Pell (Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Senate) , Senator Filip Kren, Congressmen W. Bromfield and Dioguardi, as well as Eduard Buzinski, Vice/President for Foreign Affairs of NATO.
Issues of Kosovo and the violation of human rights in Albania were discussed with everyone. Senator F. Simon has ordered his secretary in Chicago to wait on the Albanians and take notes on their complaints.
- In the meeting that was organized in Aurora on February 7 by (Lidhja Kosova), of the Agrarian Front, he said that: “On the other side of the border of Yugoslavia, in Albania, the situation is very serious. According to the assertions of many Albanians, human rights are violated their brutally by the heartless Albanian regime”.
The cable was seen by the minister friend, without notes.
Sh. Sefer, marked: D.VI-V.
It was extracted for the source according to the implications.
Operative Workshop
Alexander Thana
The secret document with the report-information compiled by the Operative Worker of the State Security, Aleksandër Thana, with the data collected by the agent of the Albanian Political Intelligence in the USA with the pseudonym “6856”, related to the activity of the fugitive Kaso Hoxha and immigrants others in the US
Secret
Specimen No. 2
Tirana, on 15.5.1987
I. Zuhlati, by phone 781, dated 11.5.1987, announces from New York:
Given by “6856”
In a conversation in a close circle, the Yugoslav Consul in Chicago and Detroit, Preng Lulgjuraj, stated that: “Mehmet Shehu, and the others, who were executed together with him, are not traitors. Today, Albania has problems, especially with the youth, who want more freedom. Kosovo enjoys more rights than other peoples of Yugoslavia.
Tirana is harming us a lot with its politics and it will harm us even more, in case Kosovo is given the right to the statute of the Republic, which it will never give you. The problems that were created for us in Slovenia, Croatia, etc., are small compared to those we have in Kosovo.
We and Albania develop a very controlled policy with each other. With some of its diplomatic actions, Tirana is hitting us, especially with regard to our policy with Greece.
Just to counter the Kosovo issue, Tirana opened a Pedagogical Institute for the Greek language for a small minority living there.
She has elevated many minorities to high positions, a mistake that we made with the Kosovars, and that we will not repeat again. We know that the Russians have and are increasing their influence in Kosovo, but we are working hard to discover the threads of Russian cooperation in Kosovo.
We have relations both with the Russians and with the Americans, but we have closer ones with the Americans, from whom we received the security to oppose the Russians’ attempts to invade Yugoslavia.
The fugitive Kaso Hoxha has sent a letter to Amnesty International, to give them explanations for 20 people imprisoned in Albania, returned from emigration, but Kasua has not accepted.
The fugitive from Velça e Vlora, Kujtim Delimani, has been living in Guatemala for a long time, married a Guatemalan, and worked for several years in the American Service in Guatemala.
The cable was seen by the minister friend, without notes.
Comrade Razip, notes: Information should be provided for the minister.
It was issued in four copies for the source, First Branch, K. Hoxha and Kujtim Delimani.
Operative Workshop
Alexander Thana
The secret document with the report-information compiled by the Operative Worker of the State Security, Aleksandër Thana, with the data collected by the agent of the Albanian Political Intelligence in the USA with the pseudonym “6856”, related to the activity of the fugitive, Kaso Hoxha and other immigrants to the US
Given by “6856” Secret
Taken from I. Zuhlati. Specimen No. 3
New York, 22.3.1987 Tirana, on 12.5.1987
I N F O R M A T E
The opinion of some members of the “Vorio-Epirote” organization and the Ajazi brothers is that: the visits of different people from Greece to Albania serve the American Discovery well enough to send its own people.
However, the Vorio-Epirotes have welcomed the current relations between the two countries. According to Dr. Fotos, some additions to the Constitution of Albania are expected, related to any concessions to the West.
Dr. Foto, does not agree with the opinion that “Vorio-Epirus” should be separate, because according to him, this was not realized at the time when the Vorio-Epirotes were strong and not now that we have finished.
According to him, Albanian-Greek relations will advance because there is no other way, while Skënder Shuaipi and Fuat Myftija say that the Greek government has forced the Albanian government not to mention the issue of Chameria.
A cousin of Stefan Ajaz was in Greece last year, a visitor, and they went and met Stefan with Sotir. The latter had also spoken to the boy on the phone. The visitor had told Sotiri that, if he wanted to meet the boy, he could take him out to Kakavija.
Sotiri gave money to the visitor, which he took. According to Sotir and Stefani, their cousin was in Greece, together with his best friend, and according to them, he must be a member of the Albanian Security, because during the conversation, he was guarded by his wife, and when they both proposed to the visitor to escape, he told him: “With this head you have, you will never see Albania”.
The visitor’s father was killed by the Greeks in Mursi, because he was in their service and later betrayed them. It could be Dhimo Koçi’s son, the source said. The most positive of the Ajazi brothers is Sotiri.
He does not speak badly about Albania; he hates Isuf Azemi a lot. Sotiri is friends with Kaso Hoxha, who works in his bar. One day Kasua told Sotiri to get married, but Sotiri replied: “I don’t know what to do, but I’m in trouble because I have family in Albania”.
According to Sotiri, the cousin who was visiting Greece told him that if he wanted, he could meet with the Albanian ambassador in Athens.
Jani Hito is married to the sister of the Ajazi brothers. He entered Albania as a saboteur some time ago and dragged someone else to escape.
During the time he was in Greece, Stefan Ajazi, through the agent of the Ioannina airline, managed to sit next to the Albanian deputy foreign minister. This was the game of Greek Discovery.
The line agent told Stefani not to leave for Athens that day, but the next day, because she could arrange it, to sit near the Albanian deputy minister. For this, Stefani paid a large amount of money.
According to Stefani, he sat on the plane next to the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and he did not speak to him, but when Stefani laughed and reacted to the conversations in Albanian that were taking place, then the Deputy Minister asked him who he was.
Stefani told him that he wanted to visit Albania and the deputy minister told him that for this, he should contact our friends in New York.
It was extracted from the operational report of “6856” dated 22.3.1987.
Five copies in the file of Vorio-Epir, for Sotir and Stefan Ajazi, Kaso Hoxha and Foto Vasil. Memorie.al
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Alexander Thana
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