Dashnor Kaloçi
The third part
Memorie.al/ publishes the unknown testimonies of Colonel Idriz Seit Sadikaj, former senior military officer of the State Security at the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Mehmet Shehu’s closest collaborator since childhood when they were close friends in the village of Çorush of Mallakastra, who in 1982 was sentenced to 10 years in political prison, as well as the testimonies of former senior officers of the State Security TN of M.Gj. who have served for many years at the former secretary of the Central Committee of the ALP and member of the Politburo, Hysni Kapo, who covered the organs of the ‘Dictatorship of the Proletariat’, such as: the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Security, the Ministry of Defense People’s Courts, Courts, Investigations, Prosecution, etc. Their rare testimonies on the mysteries of Hysni Kapos’s death in Paris, Vito’s accusation against the Minister of Internal Affairs, Kadri Hazbiu, as well as the possible scenario of Enver Hoxha for the elimination of Kapos and Shehu since 1973, when Hoxha passed a severe heart attack and his life was questioned, and for that, he initially blamed his doctors who had suggested and approached Hysni Kapo!
“In September 1979, after learning of the death of Hysni Kapos in one of the medical clinics in Paris, where he had been hospitalized for a few days and was being treated for a serious illness, his wife Vito Kapo immediately met the minister of Internal Affairs, Kadri Hazbiu and in the midst of tears and sobs, addressed him shouting: ‘Why did you poison Hysni ?!’ After this very strong and very shocking accusation that she made against him, Minister Hazbiu, completely restrained and he calmly replied: ‘What do you have to say to me, why do not you tell him?! ‘By the word ‘him’, Hazbi was referring to Enver Hoxha. The subtext of the response of Kadri Hazbiu, a very refined and intelligent man, who had headed the organs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and State Security since 1949, was more than clear to Hysni Kapos’s wife, who until then was the ‘two’ of communist Albania and was considered one of the main and most likely people to replace Enver Hoxha after his death.
That very short answer that Kadri Hazbiu gave to Vito Kapos against her accusation, spoke a lot! Hazbi did not claim that her husband, Hysni Kapo, had been poisoned, but she did not deny it either! But he, excusing himself that he had no finger or that he was not implicated in what Vitua was accusing him of, inadvertently letting her know that: he had no objections to her accusation, but the address was wrong and that accusation should have been directed not at him, but at Enver Hoxha. ”
This is what the retired colonel and former political prisoner, Idriz Seit Sadikaj, said, in his testimonies with the sensational story about the mystery of the death of Hysni Kapos, the most powerful man of the Albanian communist state who held the post of Secretary for years. of the Central Committee of the ALP and the most trusted man of Enver Hoxha (as secretary of the Central Committee, he had the functional task of controlling the organs of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, the Ministry of Interior, Defense, Prosecution, Investigation, etc.), which for the first time is made public by Memorie.al.
Also, in his testimony, Idriz Seit Sadikaj, recounts his conversations with one of the former senior officers of the State Security (TN), who for many years, has accompanied for medical visits to Paris, the most senior senior leadership of the Politburo and the Albanian communist state.
But what is the truth about the death of Hysni Kapos and is there any other evidence that sheds light on it? Why Kapos’s closest man (M.GJ.) who had stood by him for 35 years, after the death of the chief, with tears in his eyes, told his most trusted people, who at that time were in positions of high in the Ministry of Interior: “They disappeared Hysni ?!
How did the response to Hysni Kapos’ medical tests performed at the Central Laboratory of the University Clinic of Tirana come about, what did the Security officers say to the laboratory doctor who performed those tests and why did she keep it secret for 20 years?
Why did Ramiz Alia, the man who was sent by Enver Hoxha to stay with Hysni in Paris, shortly before his death, remove from the room the Albanian escorts and doctors who served him?
Why did Enver Hoxha care about the elimination of Hysni Kapos and what did Enver say on the anniversary of Ramiz Alia’s birthday, in 1969, and why did Hysni Kapo and Mehmet Shehu “blacken” after those words that meant a certain testament he was leaving for the successor of his?!
Why at the end of 1973, under the care of Nexhmije Hoxha, one of the instructors of the Central Committee of the ALP published two articles in “Zeri i Popullit”, regarding the faction of Sadik Premte, treating and describing as’ hostile activity the failure of the defeat of that faction ‘, for which at that time Enver Hoxha had directly charged Hysni in Vlora and Mehmet in Mallakastër?
What tasks did Enver assign to Hysni and Mehmet at that time and who were the people they had to execute without trial in Vlora and Mallakastër? Why was Enver Hoxha’s order for the execution of the leaders of the Vlora District, which had been given since the spring of 1942, dragged on for a year by them, so much so that they forced Enver to go to Vlora himself?
This is what the retired colonel and former political prisoner, Idriz Seit Sadikaj, said, in his testimonies with the sensational story about the mystery of the death of Hysni Kapos, the most powerful man of the Albanian communist state who held the post of Secretary for years. of the Central Committee of the ALP and the most trusted man of Enver Hoxha (as secretary of the Central Committee, he had the functional task of controlling the organs of the Dictatorship of the Proletariat, the Ministry of Interior, Defense, Prosecution, Investigation, etc.), which for the first time is made public by Memorie.al.
Also, in his testimony, Idriz Seit Sadikaj, recounts his conversations with one of the former senior officers of the State Security (TN), who for many years, has accompanied for medical visits to Paris, the most senior senior leadership of the Politburo and the Albanian communist state.
But what is the truth about the death of Hysni Kapos and is there any other evidence that sheds light on it? Why Kapos’s closest man (M.GJ.) who had stood by him for 35 years, after the death of the chief, with tears in his eyes, told his most trusted people, who at that time were in positions of high in the Ministry of Interior: “They disappeared Hysni ?!
How did the response to Hysni Kapos’ medical tests performed at the Central Laboratory of the University Clinic of Tirana come about, what did the Security officers say to the laboratory doctor who performed those tests and why did she keep it secret for 20 years?
Why did Ramiz Alia, the man who was sent by Enver Hoxha to stay with Hysni in Paris, shortly before his death, remove from the room the Albanian escorts and doctors who served him?
Why did Enver Hoxha care about the elimination of Hysni Kapos and what did Enver say on the anniversary of Ramiz Alia’s birthday, in 1969, and why did Hysni Kapo and Mehmet Shehu “blacken” after those words that meant a certain testament he was leaving for the successor of his?!
Why at the end of 1973, under the care of Nexhmije Hoxha, one of the instructors of the Central Committee of the ALP published two articles in “Zeri i Popullit”, regarding the faction of Sadik Premte, treating and describing as’ hostile activity the failure of the defeat of that faction ‘, for which at that time Enver Hoxha had directly charged Hysni in Vlora and Mehmet in Mallakastër?
What tasks did Enver assign to Hysni and Mehmet at that time and who were the people they had to execute without trial in Vlora and Mallakastër? Why was Enver Hoxha’s order for the execution of the leaders of the Vlora District, which had been given since the spring of 1942, dragged on for a year by them, so much so that they forced Enver to go to Vlora himself?
Why did the villagers of Gjormi arrest Hysni Kapo when he went to carry out the kidnapping and execution of “Xhepi” (Sadik Premtes) and Pali Terova? Why in 1943, Enver Hoxha told “Sazan”: “You did very well to kill” Dyshek “and” Milon “because that would have been done by any obedient communist of the party”, and in the early 1970s- In the two articles published in “Zeri i Popullit” under the auspices of Nexhmije Hoxha, they were declared “Martyrs of the Fatherland”, and in their motivation, it was said that they were “killed by the enemies of the people and the party”? !
Why did Mehmet Shehu “burn” those two articles, thinking that Enver was preparing the ground for a possible blow against him and Hysni Kapos (a scheme which had worked and in the elimination he had done in the past to his closest collaborators and to his deputies, such as: Nako Spiru, Koçi Xoxe, Bedri Spahiu, Tuk Jakova, etc.) and he handed Enver Hoxha the two letters, where his closest man, “Sazani” denounced those two articles ?!
Why did Mehmeti calm down when the Secretariat of the Central Committee, which met after the two letters of “Sazan”, declared him “Martyrs of the Fatherland”, “Mattress” and “Milon” who were killed at the Mill of Kuta and told Seit to did not bother that issue anymore?!
Why in 1982, Enver Hoxha accused Mehmet Shehu as if he had deliberately sabotaged the defeat of Sadik Friday’s faction, cunningly plotting the “incident” of the Kuta Mill, for which he himself in 1943, at Mehmet’s house in Çorush, had thanked “Sazani”?!
On these and other mysteries of the main trio of the leadership of the Albanian communist regime: Enver Hoxha, Hysni Kapo and Mehmet Shehu, we will be known through the testimonies given to us some time ago by Idriz Seit Sadika (with the nickname of the war “Sazani”) former colonel in the Ministry of Interior and one of Mehmet Shehu’s closest collaborators since the time of the War, as well as the testimonies of some former senior State Security officers like M.GJ. etc., who have served for many years near Hysni Kapos.
How did Enver Hoxha act to hit Hysni Kapo and what was the event he was caught for which at the end of 1973 when his life was put in great question due to the serious illness he went through, he began to prepare the terrain and the scenario of elimination of his two closest collaborators implicating them in hostile activities ?!
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Seiti: “How did they get to know each other, Hysni and Mehmet”?
How and when did Hysni Kapo meet and connect with Mehmet Shehu and who was the man who mediated their meeting? Regarding this and the non-implementation of the plan for the defeat of Sadik Premte’s “Factional Group” by Mehmet and Hysni, Idriz Seiti, one of the people who was Mehmet Shehu’s right-hand man and most trusted, testified: “At the end of In 1942, according to an order from Enver Hoxha, Hysni Kapo was to meet with Mehmet Shehu. In Enver’s order, which he sent to Hysni, it was stated: ‘I am informed that Mehmet huhu, who came from abroad to Çorush, Mallakastra, “He was in the Spanish War and in exile in France. He has experience in partisan warfare, so get in touch.” (A.Q.SH) After this order, Hysniu and Mehmeti, through their couriers, set the date and place of the meeting. I remember as now, when Hysniu accompanied by some of his people came at night to Rrapi i Shehu in the field of Çorushi. In the group that accompanied Mehmeti, it was me, Axhem Abazi, Ali Hysen Mahilaj and Kamber Shahini. After we all met each other, we left a little further, leaving Hysni and Mehmet alone to talk. Hysniu told Mehmet the order and told him about Enver. After talking for a long time, Mehmet took Hysni and went to his house, where they met Mehmet’s parents. Hysniu told those who had come to get his opinion to take Mehmet to fight with his comrades from Vlora. Sheikh Ismail said to him: ‘Blessed be Ali and may your war be as in Karbala. Let all the children of the cradle of the Shehaj be sacrificed to me ‘. And so it really happened, in the mountains of Përmet during the Winter Operation, Arshiu (Mehmet’s brother) with his wife, threw the several-month-old girl into the abyss, because from her cries, the Germans would discover about 3000 inhabitants of those parts, who were hiding there “, Seiti remembers Hysni’s acquaintance with Mehmet and the” sacrifice “that Mehmet’s brother made to save the lives of his villagers.
At the beginning of May 1943, Enver Hoxha sent a letter to the Vlora district, to defeat the “Factional Group” of Sadik Premte and his supporters. According to this order, Hysniu was to kill “Xhepi” and Pali Terova, who were sheltered in the village of Gjorëm e Tragjas, while Mehmeti was also to arrest Neki Ymeri and Xhemil Çakëri, who were in Mallakastër.
In this regard, Idriz Seiti recalled: “The order for the liquidation of Sadik Premte, was taken in June 1942 at the meeting of the Central Committee of the SNP by Enver Hoxha and Miladin Popoivici and Dushan Mugosha. This decision for the elimination of Pali Terova on Friday, according to the party rules, had to be worked on in all communist cells, but in fact it was never worked on. This was also admitted by Mehmet Shehu at the First SNP Conference in Labinot, where he, among other things, said: ‘regarding the “Pocket” faction in Vlora, we Mallakastra partisans at that time had no knowledge, because he did not work with us communists. I learned that from my close friend, Vlas Arapi, who was one of the main communist leaders of Vlora ‘.
When we were in Greshica, the partisans of Mallakstra and those of Vlora, to cooperate regarding the ‘June Operation’ that the Italians would undertake, Mehmet Shehu called me, Vlas Arap, Neki Ymeri, Xhemil Çakërri and SG, telling us that we would go to a party meeting in Klos. On the way, Mehmeti stopped me and Vlasi told us: If the party tells you to arrest me, because I betrayed, would you do this? We hesitated a bit, then said yes. He goes on: The party has ordered the arrest of Neki Ymeri and Xhemil Çakërri, for betraying the war and the Party. They will be arrested and put on trial. This task will be performed by both you and S.G. and Q.K’. After these words, Vllasi insisted saying how was that possible?! “Then Mehmeti was forced to take out of his pocket the order, which had been signed by Enver Hoxha with the nickname” Shpati “, which was printed with a typewriter, with pigeon-colored ink”, Idriz Seiti recalled, the order that Enver had given to Mehmeti, for the arrest of Sadik Friday supporters.
“Accidental” murder of ‘Milos’ and ‘Mattress’!
How the events unfolded and whether Enver’s order was carried out. In this regard, Colonel Idriz Seiti testified: “As soon as we went to Klos to Bilbil Klosi’s house, the four of us, according to the order, arrested Neki and Xhemil and locked them in a room, where Mehmeti then met with them. Then Mehmeti He assigned us a secret base to keep them in Çorush, and I was in charge of the group. , we entered the Bektashi Mill, telling the miller that ‘we had some party materials and we would spend the day there, as we were tired.’ The miller, who did not know us by face but only by name, suspected us and went to the village informed the Chairman of the Council, Brahim Rexhepi, and some partisans of the “Plaka Çeta” of Vlora, who had taken refuge in the village. and they demanded that we surrender, after the word had been spread in the mill spies had been introduced to him. I was introduced from the window to who I was and after me Neki Ymeri (“Vangjo”) spoke, who was told: “We are guilty, because we betrayed the party”. I do not know if they heard these words, but after this crisis the rifle in our direction. We shot enough to scare them, so that they would not enter, because we had the order from Mehmeti that we should not hand over the two detainees alive, except for Hysni Kapos and Mehmeti himself. As they shot at us swearing: Get out of the shit spies, Hydajet Micoli tried to get inside the mill, attacking with grenades and M. Islami shot and killed him. After that, the situation was aggravated and from the sound of gunfire, an alarm was sounded and the people of the surrounding villages gathered there, as well as the Martalloz squad commanded by Namik Xhafa and Arif Hasko. After that they decided to burn the mill and climbed on the roof, removing the tiles and calling on us to surrender. Having no other way of escape, I decided that together with the detainees, we should get out of the water canal that the mill had. As we were leaving, Nekiu and Xhemili came out of the mill gate that was open and from the bullets coming towards us, Xhemili was killed on the spot, while Nekiu was wounded in the hand. My friends and I formally fired in their direction. As we were leaving, I met Brahim Rexhepi, who recognized me and told those on the roof to stop the fire. After that I asked and we had a meeting with the commanders of the territorial detachments that were there and we agreed that it was all a dispute and the murder of “Milos” by Micol, was accidental. We asked Neki Ymeri who had been trusted by the villagers of Kuta, but they only gave it to us when Mehmeti came in the morning. We kept Neki in custody for several days, until he was tried, who spared his life, after he made self-criticism. “Then Nekiu went to Vlora and joined Sadik Premten, who had a sister’s husband”, recalled Idriz Seiti, the incident of the Bektashi Mill, where Xhemil Çakërri and Hydajet Micoli were killed.
Seit’s testimony “Hysni Kapo kidnapped Pali Terova”!
The incident of the Bektashi Mill greatly aggravated the situation in Vlora to Sadik Premtja and his supporters. In this regard, Idriz Seiti recalled: “According to Enver’s order, Hysniu undertook the extrajudicial shooting of Sadik Premte and Pali Terova. Hysniu went to Tragjas where Terova was staying and told him that he should go with him to a When they arrived at Mount Tragjas, Hysni told Paul to write a letter to Sadik on Friday, that he should come there, and the letter was sent by courier. took Pali Terova, Abaz Fejzo (Colonel-General, “People’s Hero”, died in Burrel prison, convicted as “enemy of the people”), suspected and immediately went to inform Sadik Friday at his home in Gjorëm. met Sadik on the way, after he had received Pali Terova’s letter and was going to the place where he was looking for it.After the meeting, they immediately understood Hysni’s trick and immediately gave the alarm in Gjorëm, Lepenica and Brataj, that their man , Pali Terova, was kidnapped by Hysni Kapo! After that, the inhabitants of this yre armed villages, went and surrounded Hysni Kapo telling him to release Pali Terova, as he was in their besa and they could not bear that shame! Hysniu, under their pressure, was forced and released by Pali Terova. After that, Hysniu went to Tërbaç to arrest Vehbi Hoxha (major general, “People’s Hero”) where he used the same method against him as with Terova. Vehbiu doubted and refused to go with Hysni, telling him that: the meeting should be held there, as they took over the announcement of all the comrades. They threatened and forced Hysni not to move from there and kept him in custody. Hysniu could hardly escape from there, as Sadik Premte’s people were very upset by his actions for the abduction of Terova and the attempt to repeat that with Vehbi Hoxha! After this, the attempt to defeat Sadik Premte ‘Factional Group’ of his followers failed, and Enver Hoxha came himself from Tirana to Vlora, where he gave a firm order for their execution. At that time Sadik Premtja, Pali Terova and his men, formed a separate unit and fought, both against the Italians and against the communists of the Communist Circle of Vlora, who pursued them everywhere. Based on this, Enver Hoxha ordered the creation of a special partisan unit, which would track down and execute Sadiku, Terova, and Neki Ymeri. After that, during an ambush of this unit, Neki Ymeri (“Vangjo”) was killed, while on the other hand, the commander of the unit, Shyqëri Alimerko, was killed “, recalled Idriz Seiti, the failure of the actions to defeat the factional group which they had been taken over by Mehmeti and Hysni.
“Hysniu sabotaged Enver’s order”!
But how were these events received by the partisans of Vlora and Mallakastra? In this regard, Idriz Seiti said: “The failure to defeat the faction of Sadik Friday, which included Neki Ymeri, Xhemil and Qazim Çakërri, Pali Terova, Vehbi Hoxha, Arif Hasko, etc., was communicated to us communists and the people of those From the conversations I had with Vlas Arap and other comrades, it was concluded that: Hysni Kapo and Mehmet Shehu, had deliberately sabotaged Enver Hoxha’s order for the physical liquidation of the factionists, because both Hysni and Mehmeti had “very easy to execute the factionists, but they did not do it, because in addition to the acquaintances and family friendships they had in those areas, they were also against the terrorist line that Enver was following at the time to eliminate his opponents,” he testified. Idriz Seiti, on those events and the impressions of ordinary communists on Hysni Kapo and Mehmet Shehu. But, Enver Hoxha put an “earring in his ear:” and he would not easily forget that non-implementation of the order, both to Hysni and Mehmet … “! /Memorie.al
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