By Gjet Kadeli
Part fourteen
Memorie.al publishes some archival documents issued by the Authority for the Information of the Files of the former State Security, where there is a voluminous file (the processing form file with 433 pages and the investigative and judicial file with 632 pages) in charge of Gjet Kadel, originating from the village of Bulshar in Oroshi of Mirdita and living in Bushnesh and Mamurras of Kurbin, former political prisoner in the communist regime of Enver Hoxha and his successor, Ramiz Alia, who spent 16 years in communist camps and prisons, as in Spaç, Burrel, etc. As we will see from the documents that are in the file in charge of Gjet Kadel, which is published for the first time by Memorie.al, the surveillance and pursuit of him began in 1957, when he was 17 years old, with the information report of the State Security officer, Fahri Kraja, (based on the data of the Security associate with the nickname “Dylli i Bardhë”, with the approval of the Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Kruja district, lieutenant colonel Muhedin Këxhalliu) , continued even during the period he was in camps and prisons, such as in Spaç, where after the revolt of May 1973, Gjeta was sentenced again, as he was the main ideator for raising the flag without the communist star, continuing then in the prison of Burrel, with the reports-information of the Operative Worker, Piro Nuredini, etc., about Gjeta’s conversations with other convicts of that prison, such as: Pjetër Arbnori, Daut Gumeni, Abdulla Sallaku, Spartak Ngjela, Avni Aliko, Luan Burimi , Çaush Çoku, Kapllan Resuli, B come Gjonzeneli, Bashkim Shehu, etc. The surveillance and follow-up of Gjet Kadel continued even after his release from prison in 1987, continuing until January 1991, with the collapse of the communist regime, when his file was finally closed and archived in the secret archive of the former State Security. In the same way, an important place in the said files is also occupied by letter correspondence of Gjeta and his family, with their father, Pjetër Kadeli, former soldier of the Monarchy of Zogu, who had blown up the prison cells of Internal Branch of Rrëshen on July 28, 1950, stayed for some time in the mountains on the run, and then in 1951, secretly returned to Mirdita, took his son, Gjoni, and escaped to Yugoslavia and then to the USA- es, where he stayed as a political emigrant, until the beginning of the 90s, when he returned permanently to Albania. During this period of almost 35 years since Gjet Kadeli has been followed and monitored by the State Security, a total of 33 associates of the State Security have been engaged and activated against him, who have given their reports, starting from “White Wax” in 1957, until the “Mountain Swallow” in 1990, which will be reflected in full, as they are in the relevant files.
Continues from last issue
The secret report drawn up by the Operative Worker, Thanas Toto, with the data of the collaborator with the nickname “Mbrehija”, regarding the follow-up and surveillance of Gjet Kadel
Received P.Op. Thanos Toto
Given: B.p. “Mbrehija”
Report dated 5.8.1972
He reports that on 5.10.1972 he was at Gjet Kadel’s house and there he met his aunt, Zef Kadel, and in the conversation, the topic of Gjeta Kadel’s arrest was brought up, in the conversation, among other things, Zefi said: Se Kin They came to Basha from a Yugoslavian tourist, some watches and four pieces of these he gave to Gethe Kadel. When they went to Lushnje some time ago, said Zefi, Kin Basha and Gjete Kadeli, they took a revolver and gave it to Myftar Xjidis, to fulfill his needs, I said this to Zefi, I doubt it, as far as I got ear, he was arrested for a revolver.
He says that in a conversation with Idriz Myslina from Mamurrasi, a baker in NTSh.A.P., regarding the arrest of Gjet Kadel, he told him that: When Kamber Poga called him, I went to the house and notified him, and when they went to the post office, Idrizi said with Gjeta, Gjeta gave me a knife, to hold it until the questions were finished, I said Idrizi, I told Gjeta that I came to get you because they will ask you at the post office, if you have done something, run away and don’t come at all , whereas Gjeta told me that; they have nothing to do with me at all, said Gjeta after he came out of the post office, he met me and I gave him the knife.
“Mbrehija”
Task:
Meet with Zef Kadel again and talk about the revolver, telling him that; if you have this, or know where it is, keep it safe because here you will find Gjeta, Kin Basha and Myftar Xhidina, who has been arrested for this work, talk to them about what this Gjeta might have done, who arrested him, this is what Zefi means.
If you have a conversation with Kin, talk to him about the problem of Gjet Kadel’s arrest, because he is a good friend, for you Kin, talk to me, because you are really a friend.
Rating of the giver:
The data must be believed for the fact itself because Gjeta and Kin Basha had good relations with each other, it is true that Gjeta and Kinin went to Lushnje together a few days ago and at this time, they may have the revolver, it may also be true that this revolver was given to…. who was arrested a few days ago, for having the intention of killing….! As for the watches, they may have come to Kin Basha and he gave them to Gjeta, to sell them and divide the money between them.
Operational measures:
Data of B.p. to be printed in two copies and to inform the leadership of the Branch, since Myftari has been arrested and his problem is being followed by the Prosecutor’s Office, to inform the latter that during the investigation, I will ask him about this problem, so that, if Myftari pulls out this revolver, to follow this problem, shared with Gjeta, we must also think about Kin Basha, to take it into processing, to document his hostile activity, because Kini has his father on the run and has acted until 1958, as a saboteur against our country.
Operative Workshop
Thanos Toto
The secret report drawn up by the Operative Worker, Thanas Toto, with the data of the collaborator with the nickname “Mbrehija”, regarding the follow-up and surveillance of Gjet Kadel
Received P.Op. Thanos Toto
Given: B.p. “Mbrehija”
Report dated 6.8.1972
He reports that on 5.8.1972, he was at Gjet Kadel’s house, he was arrested, when he went there, he saw that in Gjeta’s house, Simon Buna from Mamurrasi, Ndoc Vata from Gurzi, who was sentenced to 25 years in prison, with the group of priests in Shkodër. There were also two other people, but he did not know who they were, but they were from Mirdita, as he did not talk to them.
He says that; Simon Buna was close to Gjeta, they even developed joint activities, Simon’s father was shot, and Simon went to Gjeta’s house regularly.
He says that; Gjet Kadeli has a close relationship with Beqir Kurti, from Lushnja, a resident of Mamurras, who works as a carpenter in the Municipality, for the arrest of Gjeta, he says that they took him by the neck.
He reports that, on 5.8.1972, he met with Sute Basha from Mamurrasi and originally from Puka, she is the mother of China Basha and the wife of the fugitive Fratel Pashku, in the conversation about the arrest of Gjet Kadel, Suta said that, Gjeta He was a good boy, but he left the family badly, Gjetna and I got along very well and he came back to our house constantly.
“Mbrehija”
Task:
Continue to meet with Gjeta’s connections and in conversations with them talk about his arrest, what he will have done if he was arrested, if there was any illegal material and whatnot.
Operational measures:
The data of B.p., to be printed in a copy and placed in the Gjeta file. These links should be followed as his main link, in order to discover the hostile activity shared with Gjeta.
Operative Workshop
Thanos Toto
The document with the minutes of the questioning of Gjet Kadel, by the vice-president of the Internal Branch of Kruja, Ramiz Lalzi
RECORDS
(EXAMINATION OF THE DEFENDANT GJET KADELI)
In the city of Kruja, today on 7.VIII.1972, I, Ramiz Lalzi, deputy head of the Kruja Internal Affairs Branch, in charge of investigations, in accordance with the procedural rules, interrogate the defendant Gjet Kadeli.
Questioning starts at 10.00
And it ends at 14.00
QUESTION: Tell us about the biography of your family.
ANSWER: My family is from Oroshi i Mirdita, it is a family of poor origin. In the years before the liberation, as far as I know, my father, Pjetër Kadeli, was a partisan and in the years 1944-1945, he was secretary of defense in Shpal i Mirdita. At that time, after the liberation, our family consisted of 28 people, representing four families; the head of the family of all these people was Marka Ndrec Kadeli. During Zog’s time, Marka Ndrec Kadeli was his officer and during the liberation of Albania, Marka Ndreca was with the rank of lieutenant, not in the ranks of the National Liberation Army, but in the ranks of the enemy, it seems to me that in the ranks of the Italian army.
He was a Gendarmerie officer. After the liberation, Marka Ndreca became the secretary of the Front Council in the village of Bulshar in the district of Mirdita. In 1949, after the murder of Bardhok Biba, he was arrested by the forces of the Internal Affairs bodies of the Mirdita district. I want to add that, in 1948, my family, headed by Zef Ndue Kadeli, was separated from that of Marka Ndrec Kadeli. In 1949, together with Marka Kadeli, my father, Pjetër Kadeli, was also arrested, as he was suspected of murdering Bardhok Biba. After the investigations that were carried out for Marka Ndrec Kadel, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison and was released in 1954. My father, during 11 months in the investigator’s office in the years 1949-1950, and in July 1950, broke the prison in Rrëshen and escaped from the investigation.
After the fourth broke out of prison, he fled abroad, crossing into Yugoslavia. In 1949, when my father and grandfather, Mark Kadeli, were arrested, by order of the Mirdita Internal Affairs authorities, the two families, that of Mark Kadeli and my father, were exiled, settling in Tepelena. After 7 months, both families were released, being resettled in Orosh of Mirdita. In April 1950, my uncle, Zef Ndue Kadeli, was arrested by the Internal Affairs bodies of the Mirdita district, and I know that he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for politics. He was released from prison on January 20, 1971, and served his sentence in Shkodër, Burrel, Berat Laç and was released in Vlora. In July 1950, after my father escaped from prison and went to Yugoslavia, they exiled the entire family of Zef Ndue Kadel.
My father has Zefi and Gjoka as brothers, and Gjoka died in Tepelena. All three of our families were interned at this time, when the father escaped, in the same place, in Tepelena. In January 1951, by decision of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly, an amnesty was issued for all those who were interned and had not reached the age of 16, to be released from internment. At this time, we have benefited and my brother, Gjon Kadeli and I have been freed and I have settled with my uncles, Bib Kaçorri, in Lufaj village, which at that time was occupied by Burreli, while now it is occupied by Rrësheni. My brother settled with my aunt, who was married to Cub Gjin Buna, who lived in Rrëshen village of Mirdita.
At this time, the brother continued the 7-year school and in the month of July of the following year, i.e. in 1951, my brother disappeared. In 1953, a letter arrived for the first time from my brother, Gjon Kadeli, who wrote to me that he had been to Yugoslavia and had met my father, Pjetri. In a word, this is how I learned that my brother also fled abroad and when he fled, he was 16 years old. In 1951-1952, I continued school in the fifth grade in Selitë locality, Burrel district, staying with my uncle, Bib Kaçorri. In 1956, my mother, whose name is Mrike Kadeli, was released from exile and settled in Bushnesh village of Kruja district. In 1955, my uncle, Bib Kacorri, separated from his brothers, Gjergj and Preng Kacorri, and settled in Bushnesh, Kruja district.
When my uncle came to Bushnesh, he said to me, are you going to stay with my grandmother or are you coming with me, I told my uncle that I will come with you and since then, I have settled in Bushnesh and have been staying a year with my uncle. On May 13, 1956, mother was released from internment and her uncle proposed that she settle in Bushnesh, and so she did. At that time, we were not undocumented in the Kruja district, we stayed until 1960, without being undocumented. In 1957, Shaban Vathi was chairman of the cooperative, with party secretary, Shaban Dervish, for the village of Bushneshi, and although I was an undocumented person, they proposed that I join the agricultural cooperative.
I accepted, joining the cooperative together with my mother. In 1958, I got engaged to the daughter of Mark Bardhi, from Alk village of Milot locality, which is of Mirdita origin. On November 28, 1960, I married him. On January 28, 1960, my first son was born, whose name is Andon Kadeli. On April 19, 1962, I was arrested by the bodies of the Internal Affairs Branch of the Kruja district, and on June 19 of that year, I was sentenced for carrying weapons without a permit, with 16 months of deprivation of liberty. I served my sentence in Ward 307 in Tirana. By decree of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly, dated November 23, 1962, with the amnesty on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, I was released from prison, being resettled again in the village of Bushnesh.
On April 6, 1963, the Military Branch of the Krujë district sent me as a soldier in military department No. 2200 in Bestrovë, Vlora. We had the command in Dushk of Lushnje, while in Bestrovë, we were like a sub-department. In the army I worked as a tailor and as a carpenter. On October 5, 1964, by order of the battalion command, I was withdrawn and settled in Dushk of Lushnje, where for five consecutive months, I practiced the profession of carpenter. On March 9, 1965, I was discharged from the army, settling back in my home in the village of Bushnesh. In March 1965, he came to the village of Bushnesh and had a conversation with the people, on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the State Security, the head of the Branch. I came before him and gave him a letter, which my father, Pjetri, had sent me from the USA.
In this letter, my father wrote to me that I should build a house in the center of Mamurras, with 14 rooms, as he also said that he would return to Albania together with my brother, Gjoni, and he would send the money to side of the bank. He ordered me to build the house, talking with the local authorities, with the help of some state enterprise. I told the head of the Branch about this and he told me; you find a house, we know that your father is in America. I talked with the authorities in Mamurras and after their approval; I bought a house in Mamurras, paying 14,000 ALL, buying it from Met Kuqit.
I bought the house on October 27, 1966. On November 1, 1966, I went out with my family to Mamurras, to the house I bought. When I left Bushnesh, I got all the necessary documents to go live where I bought a house, since I wanted to settle down with a government job and leave the agricultural cooperative, I talked with the cooperative’s leadership and the authorities in Mamurras, but since the opinion said that, why was I being helped, I was forced and I was unemployed for a period, November 1, 1965, until January 11, 1966. /Memorie.al
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