Dashnor Kaloçi
Part thirty
Memorie.al publishes a voluminous archival file issued by the institution of the Authority for Information of Former State Security Files, where there are hundreds of documents with the logo “Top secret” belonging to the former political prisoner, Xhavit Qesja, originally from the city of Kruja, whose family during the period of occupation of the country, 1939-1944, was closely associated with the Anti-Fascist Movement, being one of its main bases and made available all the wealth it had, as Xhavit was one of the first members of the Albanian Communist Party for the Kruja district, leading the Kruja-Ishëm partisan battalion and the 22nd Assault Brigade. Xhavit Qese’s political career after the end of the War, where he was appointed and served in senior positions in the Albanian Army, the apparatus of the Central Committee of the ALP, and several districts of the country, from where he was sent to study in the Soviet Union, where stayed until 1957, when he was announced to return to Albania urgently, after openly expressing his views in favor of the political line being pursued by the main Kremlin leader, Nikita Khrushchev, condemning the Stalin cult. Enver Hoxha’s conversation with Xhavit Qesen in his office in the Central Committee, where he sharply criticized him for the wrong views he had expressed during his studies in Moscow, urging him to reflect and make self-criticism, but Xhavit rejected the suggestion of the first secretary of the Albanian Labor Party, which caused him to no longer be allowed to go to the Soviet Union to complete his studies, but to be sent to work as deputy chairman of the Elbasan Executive Committee, from where a year later, he was expelled from the Party and exiled to Zvërnec Island, where the communist regime kept isolated some of the former senior party and state cadres whom he had condemned for their anti-party views. Xhavit Qesva’s long ordeal and persecution from 1957 to 1990, where he spent a full 32 years in prison and internment, being one of the few convicts in Burrell Prison who went on long hunger strikes in protest of the treatment and savage attitude of the communist regime of Enver Hoxha towards him. The complete form, investigative and judicial file in charge of Xhavit Qeses, which is published for the first time by Memorie.al, which contains the documents of the former State Security that reflect the prosecution and wiretapping against him, the reports of Security collaborators with pseudonyms their correspondence with the letters he sent to the highest party and state instances, as well as the highest leaders of the ALP, until 1991 when he was released from prison!
Continued from the previous issue
State Security Document with the plan of agency-operational measures against the convict Xhavit Qesja, approved by the Deputy Chairman of the Burrel Branch of Internal Affairs, Ismail Musta
SECRET APPROVED
Single specimens DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS
ISMAIL MUSTA
Burrel on 3/10/1973
MASH PLAN
“AGENTURALO – OPERATIVE, IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ANTI-PARTY ELEMENT XHAVIT QESJA!”
Since the anti-party convict, Xhavit Qesja was taken from operational control 2 / B, in active processing 2 / A, because he carries out hostile activity against the Party and the popular power and in order to detect, document and crack down on hostile activity as an element anti-party, the following agency-operational measures will be taken:
- Since the agent “Beni” has gained the trust of this object, to address the object in question with a studied line of conduct, when these will work together as translators.
Perform P.Op. E. Lata, when they start work.
- Listen to T.O. in compliance with the line of conduct to be given.
Perform P.Op. E. Lata, when he will be given the line of conduct.
- To go to the Directorate of Tirana to talk to them about the connections that Xhaviti has established during the time he was hospitalized, in order to ensure any reporting process.
Kryen P. Op. Esat Lata, together with the investigator M. Ostreni, October 1973, this after the answer that will be returned to us by the Tirana Directorate with which he corresponded.
Keep all his correspondence under control.
Kryen P. Op. E. Lata, every month.
If one of his connections is to come for a meeting, listen to T.O.
Ongoing task performs P. Op. E. Lata.
- Aim to attract a suitable candidate to run in his direction.
Kryen P. Op. E. Lata in cooperation with the President of the Branch, within November 1973.
- According to the problems that will arise, additional tasks will be drafted to further process this processing.
Ongoing task performs P. Op. Esat Lata.
- To provide his manuscript, because this convict writes letters to the Party leadership many times and it is not excluded that I also write anonymous letters with hostile content.
- Perform P. Op. E. Lata, until December 1973.
OPERATIVE WORKSHOP CHIEF OF SECTION
ESAT LATA RAMIZ HOXHA
The document drafted by the Operational Worker of Burrel Prison, Esat Lata, with the extract of the wiretaps, made with Operational Techniques against the convict Xhavit Qesja
EXCERPT
FOR XHAVIT TAKE THE BAG FROM THE INFORMATION OF T.O. dt.6 / 10/1973
Xhavit Qesja – Speaking with Zija Dibra about the problem of the two Germans, he said: “Yes, the two Germans were admitted to the O.K.B. as well as the dollar crisis, they say, is very bad, and for those Soviet revisionists, they say they went and strangled an agency in West Berlin.
Xhavit Qesja – No no, now those revisionists started making a fuss against the monopolies of the dictatorship inside the country, but it was not determined that American imperialism organized this. They started making a bit of a deceptive noise as a republic, but they do not have it in mind.
Xhavit Qesja – If it, the democratic government became democracy once, capitalist after all.
Xhavit Qesja – Yes, we have the original; now wait for Federal Germany, when it has relations with everyone. But the reality of life is over, they are hurting each other, and thus we facilitate another.
Xhavit Qesja – They are sending more observers, let alone what appears in the newspaper. Two Germanys, three Vietnams, two Cambodia, it would be nice, if there were also two Albanias, one from the South and one from the North, that we would break off relations with this and get to know it.
OPERATIVE WORKSHOP
ESAT LATA
Report-information of the Operational Worker of Burrel prison, Esat Lata, with the data of the Security collaborator with the nickname “Beni”, regarding the conversations made by Xhavit Qesja in that prison
GIVEN TO THE AGENT “DO”
Received P.Op. Esat Lata
Burrel, on 19 / XII / 1973
No. 186
R E P O R T
He reports that commenting on Sotir Manushi’s articles in the magazine “Rruga e Partisë”, No. 12 and the long article of “Zeri i Popullit” on savings, in a conversation with him, Xhavit Qesja said that: “The article gives the alarm for the apathy of the masses of the people. “These have killed the people spiritually, the standard of living is quite low, and so the people do not have to trust you.”
Xhaviti expresses regret that the head of the government was able to influence the leader of the Party, for the latter to agree to make the turn of the IV Plenum and to accept the artificial incitement of the class war and the return to the past. “Apathy in the people,” says Xhaviti, “will grow.”People and especially the youth will always turn their backs on the propaganda against liberalism.”
“BENI”
Data rating:
This data is valuable because Xhavit Qesja denies increasing the welfare of the people, that the Party has killed other people.
Assignment:
Talk to Xhavit and tell him that we really say that the people are apathetic about these, but if you listen on the radio and in the press, it turns out that there is enthusiasm, readiness, mobilization, how are they achieving this, that the people are calling for these, talking for the great increase of the standard of living, saying: no we have done this, no we have not done it, though we know nothing, that there are so many years in prison.
OPERATIVE MEASURES
The part about Xhavit Qesen was printed in a copy and placed in his form file.
OPERATIVE WORKSHOP
ESAT LATA
Notes of the Branch President: For the issue he raises against Kadri Hoxha, to use the complaint of Xhavit Qeses, and to act according to the note that was put in his letter, B. p. not to come out in the scheme.
Branch President
Dt.25 / XII / 1973 F. Sinoimeri
Report-information of the Operational Worker of Burrel prison, Esat Lata, with the data of the Security collaborator with the nickname “Beni”, regarding the conversations made by Xhavit Qesja in that prison
GIVEN Agent “BENI”
Received P.Op. ESAT LATA
Burrel on 4 / I / 1974
No.187
R E P O R T
He reports that the convict Xhavit Qesja, listening to the songs of the XII Festival said that: “It is very good that it was done like this. With this festival, the composers say to the leadership, this is how you love the festival, but no one will listen to you, let me sing the songs. This will only accelerate the departure of the youth from today’s leadership. These are the fruits of the victory of the line of the leader of the Government. The leader of the Party will look at the damage caused by the leader of the Government, but apparently, a little later.
The world and with it the youth, move forward and not backward, let it have in its hands today such tools, which are not subject to control and over all Radio and Television. Youth has it very easy. A switched TV channel or radio wave and connected to the world.
He used to listen to a song or attend a festival, but now he does not want to listen to it at all. Raising folklore to the pedestal is the greatest absurdity of the time. This can only be done by the head of government and that of the Ministry of Interior P. No one embraces such a policy.
“BENI”
Evaluation of the data: The data is valuable for the fact that the convict Xhavit Qesja, as a sworn enemy of the Party, says that there are divergences between the leadership of these and that these cause the youth to leave them, that everyone goes forward, while these go backwards.
Task: Talk to Xhavit since you are constantly together and commenting on various articles that our press may have and do not deal with current things, problems related to the economic, political and military development of our country.
Do not deal only with translation work, to increase your income and leave aside the main task that has been assigned to you, in terms of what the singers on the issue of the XII Festival, we cannot talk, that otherwise the fate of Todi and Fadil awaits them.
The data is printed in a copy for Xhavit’s file.
Operational Workshop
Esat Lata
Note: Seen, Chairman of the Branch of P. Interior
Dt.8.1.1974 F. Sinojmeri
Report-information of the Operational Worker of Burrel prison, Esat Lata, with the data of the Security collaborator with the nickname “Beni”, regarding the conversations made by Xhavit Qesja in that prison
Granted Agent “Beni”
Received P.Op. Esat Lata
Burrel. On 20.1.1974
No. 188
R E P O R T
He reports that on January 19, 1974, when the newspaper came, he read the news of the agreement between Israel and Egypt to Xhavit Qeses. Xhavit was overjoyed and said: “Only through talks will the Middle East be resolved, let it continue even for a year, it is enough not to kill people in the war” and for this he told him that he would rent it a coffee.
On January 20, 1974, in the morning air, turning to this problem, Xhavit told him: “These (leadership) talked in vain about war and armed war, that they only need peace, otherwise they end.”
Evaluation of data: The data is valuable, as the convict Xhavit speaks with hatred for the leadership of the Party and that the problem of the Middle East, should be solved through negotiations.
Task: To instruct the agent to catch a problem and discuss it to the end and give concretized things and not unexplained things.
Operational measures: The data should be printed in a copy, where it is about Xhavit Qesen and placed in his file.
To instruct the agent to show more care for the work assigned to him and not to neglect it, starting more from personal interest.
Operational Workshop
Esat Lata
Report-information of the Operational Worker of Burrel prison, Esat Lata, with the data of the Security collaborator with the nickname “Beni”, regarding the conversations made by Xhavit Qesja in that prison
Granted Agent “Beni”
Received P. Op. Esat Lata
Burrel, 9.2.1974
No. 189
R E P O R T
He reports that regarding the work of Liri Belishova, Xhavit Qesja was extremely indignant. “They are dealing with a piece of woman, at least they would have sent her back into deportation”, Xhaviti said, “After that, there is no guarantee that Bedri can be punished forever”.
To their opponents, they have two attitudes: either they break them and make them spies, or those who do not obey, they physically destroy them, of course, if the main leader of the Party needs them “. On January 25, after reading the magazine “November” no. 12, where the article was published rejecting the last drama of Petro Marko, which a number before in “Nëntori” and in the newspaper “Rinia”, was praised and even, it was said that it would be staged by the People’s Theater, Xhaviti went all the gas in the translation office and told him: “They rejected the Petro Marcos drama, they called it a complete, anachronistic failure, and that the writer did not understand the teachings of the Party leader.
He (the leader) refuses to speculate with his speeches, a vagabond such as Petro Marko, who only has nothing to do with the fact that he is not satisfied even with America and no longer with revolutionaryism. He is a lightning rod; the article was made by order of the leader himself, as the editorial office that published it on February 6 is also criticized “.
However, in a conversation that Maqo had with Greece, Xhavit sided with Maqo, saying that they do not like the establishment of a democracy in Greece, that they only want to incite others. Then when the Greeks talk about their neighbors, they do not mean Albania, but the other Balkans.
He told Xhavit that the Greeks were interested in not having the Soviets here, and therefore linked Papadopoulos’ relations with us. This policy will be followed even more by the current Greek government.
“Beni”
Evaluation of data: The data is valuable because Xhavit Qesja speaks with great hatred about the exile of Freedom, about our laws, about the Greek spiritual relations, calling them as relations of interest in favor of the Greeks.
Task: Discuss important political issues of domestic and foreign policy with Xhavit and discuss them at length. His views on our Party, its strength, this also in relations with other states.
Operational Measures: The data when talking about Xhavit, to be printed in a copy and placed in his form file.
Operational Workshop
Esat Lata
The Deputy Chairman saw the data, but did not make any notes about Xhavit. /Memorie.al
9.2.1974
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