Dashnor Kaloçi
Part six
Memorie.al publishes some archival documents with the logo “Top secret” recently released from the Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tirana and the Central State Archive, which belong to a period of time from (1969-1991), where there is a correspondence between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the Central Committee of the ALP and some Albanian diplomatic missions accredited in the West, such as Rome, Paris, etc., with telegrams, reports, information, orders, diplomatic notes, invitations, articles, newspapers, press leaflets, photographs, etc., where it is about Mother Teresa of Calcutta, the famous saint of Albanian origin, Gonxhe Bojaxhi, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979, which since 1969, through French channels and Italian Diplomats , I asked official Tirana to come to Albania, to her homeland, to visit her mother, Roza Bojaxhi, who at that time was 86 years old and ill, as well as her sister, Age, who lived in Tirana. All the complete documentation is made public for the first time by Memorie.al, where light is shed on all the charitable activity of the famous saint, to help the poor around the world and her extraordinary desire to help her compatriots in Albania. communist rule, as well as the total silence of official Tirana and the high communist leadership of that time, led by Ramiz Alia and Nexhmije Hoxha, who under various pretexts prevented her arrival in Albania and allowed it only in 1989, thanks to pressure great international!
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Information report of the State Security Directorate for the Central Committee of the ALP, regarding the visit that Mother Teresa paid to Albania from 14 to 17 August 1989
Information
ON THE VISIT OF MOTHER TERESA (AGES GONXHE BOJAXHIU) IN OUR COUNTRY
From 14 to 17 August 1989, Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) paid a visit to our country accompanied by Marie Goreti (Jona Kerhanaj), a nun by order of Mother Teresa and Janette Petrie, film director.
Mother Teresa has opened her charitable homes in 80 countries of the world and has 3000 sisters (nuns) of 35 different nationalities as well as thousands of volunteers. She cares for the elderly, the disabled, lepers, tuberculosis patients, those suffering from hunger, the mentally ill, orphans, etc. He has recently opened such institutions with the B.S., Hungary, and Cuba and is trying to open them in Eastern European countries and China. Mother Teresa is not funded by anyone; she does not accept help from governments, but from special individuals all over the world. As she put it: “My job is neither political nor profitable.”
In this visit Mother Teresa was accompanied by nuns of Albanian origin Marie Goreti from Prizren who conducted her charitable activity in Peja together with 4 other sisters of Albanian origin. One of her sisters is a nun in Washington.
The second companion, Janet Petri of Canadian descent is a director and lives in the US. She has been associated with Mother Teresa for eight years, through her brother, a priest in Calcutta. She made the film “Mother Teresa”. At first she was reserved but persistent in her demands for Mother Teresa’s program. He kept the camera and the recording camera hidden for the first few days, only on the last day he took them out publicly and used them. As far as we have noticed, it has influenced the demands of Mother Teresa.
She was like her chief of protocol. Her job was to show the film here and she had no interest in Albania. Even when offered a walk outside the villa, she refused. However, her impressions of Albania at the end of the visit were quite positive. She said: “Clean, quiet, green place, very good food, hospitality as well. I saw energetic and smiling people. “All our wishes were fulfilled.”
All three, both Mother Teresa and her companions, had little knowledge of Albania. They knew neither the past nor the present. They had not read anything and what they knew we think was served by others, especially the issue of religion, as on some occasions Mother Teresa asked our companions, “You have banned religion, why?” closed the churches, immediately and by force or gradually “,” Is there any church in Tirana that we can visit? “Is it permissible to trust those who love?” We can say that this was the topic that interested her the most and that Mother Teresa got up with her friends and in a meeting with Nexhmije Hoxha. According to the case. He was given explanations, but his wife Nexhmije spoke in more detail.
Mother Teresa all the time considered the visit private and said that her purpose was to “visit the graves of her mother and sister and get acquainted with the house where they lived”, but as it turned out the real purpose of this visit was to ask the authorities create the opportunity to set up a charity institution in Albania and bring there at least 4 sisters. She made this request in every meeting. Although our position was explained to her, she insisted on her opinion, saying: “I want to have one in Albania, which is my country.” I, “she said,” have taught a prayer to all the sisters everywhere in Albanian world”.
The first day, when her friends introduced her to the program of the visit to the cemetery of her mother and sister and the house where they lived and told her that they could not wait for her arrival, Mother Teresa said: “It does not matter when the time comes “It matters that I came to Albania”. Then he added: “Since the house where my mother and sister lived is not mine, the Albanian state should give me the house to set up a charity institution.”
To the question of our television: “What is your impression of Albania?”, She answered: “I did not know before what Albania was like so I could make comparisons”. Conversations with companions and in meetings have affirmed: “As far as I can see you have good achievements”. A special impression was left by the Cemetery of the Martyrs of the Nation, the homage to the fallen for freedom, the marble of the graves for which he was interested in where it was produced, the tranquility, the flowers, and the beauty of the place. He gave such assessments for the cemetery where his mother and sister were. “I did not expect to find them so well maintained and see people being buried,” she said.
While in the hospital visits it was said: “To have ample staff and modern equipment”. He asked how the fight against tuberculosis was organized in our country and after giving the explanations he said: “A great success”, and asked that the scheme of organizing the fight against this disease and the types of drugs used in our country be given sisters to benefit from our experience too. In the Pioneer camp in Durrës, she said: “I see healthy, happy and smart children. “Here he takes care of the children.”
Everywhere he appreciated the cleanliness of the premises he saw. On the way to Durrës, he said to his companion: “Are there other cities like Tirana? The land is well worked. Is that so everywhere? For how many years have you achieved these? All the while appreciating the food, the hospitality. At the airport she said to his friends: “Thank you to your government for giving me the opportunity to come to Albania and for all the conditions that were created during my visit. I will always thank God for you.”
Mother Teresa and her friends at first were very reserved, even with a sense of dread. The first day they sought to eat themselves in a separate hall. They refused to take anything from what had been served to them at the reception. They demanded that the rooms be closed and the keys kept to themselves. While at lunch on the second day they said to our friends: “We can eat together, now we are a family”. Little by little they started getting food and drink during the visits. I left the doors open etc. After these changes, Marie Goreti said: “In Albania Nana is making concessions that she has not made in any other country, not even in the Vatican and she does this for the respect she has for you”. . These words were also accepted by Mother Teresa.
In a special conversation with the escorts and especially during the visits to the house of Marie Kraja, Mother Teresa was interested to know if she has relatives in Albania and especially in Shkodra. As he was leaving the airport, he said: “I have to have relatives in Shkodra”. Marie Kraja told him: “I want to go to Calcutta with my daughter.” And later he repeated: “If there is no opportunity there, I will take you to Rome.” “Let me make my daughter a nun.” She asked Mary for clarification on how her mother and sister died, what was the cause. The explanations he gave, Maria calmed him down. Something seemed to be bothering him here.
The first day Marie Goreti gave the addresses of the five women saying she wanted to meet Mother Teresa, although the latter never repeated such a request. So, the request was from Marie Goreti from Peja, who had an order to meet her. Of these five, two were judged to come, one from Shkodra and one from Elbasan. Mother Teresa asked them about their families, etc. Age Kadhimi from Elbasan showed Mother Teresa a photograph where she had appeared and a nun, whom Mother Teresa recognized immediately.
Agia said, “Why didn’t you bring Marie here? To hug me and tell them I have a heart for them. “I searched for myself in Yugoslavia and I am waiting for the documents to come out.” As it turned out, this has her aunt in Yugoslavia and granddaughter (nun Marie, pictured) in one of the seminars run by Mother Teresa in Italy. The moment Age Kadhimi left she gave a letter to Mother Teresa. Shkodrana spoke very little: “We are very good, we have it all”. She donated the book “Albanian folk costumes” to Mother Teresa. His mother asked him how far Shkodra was.
Before the screening of the movie “Mother Teresa” our friends found out that there was an untrue statement about Albania in the movie. During the screening of the film this was avoided by reducing the volume. She then spoke with the film’s director, who was suggested to change the text. She was ready to make the change and send it later, which she also noted in the film license she gave to the television. She voluntarily donated the film to Television.
Visitors appreciated the gifts made for them. Mother Teresa held the eagle in her hand and said she would place it next to the Nobel Prize. One of the carpets, the little one said he would give as a gift to the Pope.
On several occasions and at the moment of her departure, Mother Teresa repeated that she wanted to return to Albania and said that “When I come I want to meet the president”.
Mother Teresa was interested and proposed to intervene and send an invitation to attend an international conference on AIDS to be held in Rome in November.
Tirana, on 19.8.1989
Information-report of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent to the Central Committee of the ALP, regarding the conversations and requests of Mother Teresa, during her visit to Albania.
I n f o r m a t i o n
ON THE VISIT OF MOTHER TERESA (AGNES GOXHE BOJAXHIU) IN OUR COUNTRY
From 14 to 17 August 1989, Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) paid a private visit to our country accompanied by Sister Maria Goreti (Jona Kerhanaj) and Janette Petrie, the film director.
Mother Teresa leads the Missionaries of Charity, founded by her in 1950 in Calcutta, India. To date Mother Teresa has opened her charitable homes in 80 countries around the world and has 3000 sisters (nuns) of 35 different nationalities as well as thousands of volunteers. She cares not only for the elderly and the “poor and needy,” but also for the crippled, the lepers, the tuberculosis, the hungry, the mentally handicapped, the orphans, and all who are on the streets.
It has set up its missions in countries such as the USA, England, Japan, France and as far as Tanzania, Botswana, Guatemala, etc. He has recently opened such institutions in the USA, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Cuba and. is trying to open up in other Eastern European countries and China.
Mother Teresa is not funded by anyone; she does not accept help from governments, only from individuals around the world. However, in countries where there are lepers, she has asked governments to give them land to establish colonies for lepers where they can work and live. Every place she went was greeted either by heads of government or by very high personalities. Thus, he met Gandhi, Reagan, Fidel Castro, to whom he made various requests and they met. Also, as he has told his friends several times, wherever he has gone he has been honored with the highest award of that country.
In her conversations with her companions, Mother Teresa said that she had very little knowledge about Albania, she knew neither the past nor the present, which she repeated even when asked for an interview on Albanian Television. She did not know who the former head of government was and who he is today. One of her demands was to meet with the Prime Minister and with many reservations she initially agreed to meet with Nexhmija, but asked him several times about the importance of her functions. Only after visiting the ‘Martyrs of the Nation’ cemetery and placing flowers near Comrade Enver’s grave did she realize its importance and look forward to meeting him. She has expressed her satisfaction with this meeting several times.
At first it seemed that Mother Teresa was not interested in life in Albania, but gradually she started asking questions that showed that she was not indifferent. She and her friends asked questions such as: “You have given up religion, why? When? How were the churches closed immediately and violently or gradually? Is there a church or any other cult object in Tirana and can we visit it? We can say that this was the topic that interested him the most and that he raised with his companions and the meeting with his wife Nexhmije Hoxha. According to the case, she was given explanations, but was spoken extensively and completely by his wife Nexhmije Hoxha.
Although in the question of television: “What is your impression of Albania?”, She said: “I did not know before what Albania was like, so I am not able to make comparisons and leave an impression.” escort and in meetings affirmed: “As far as I see, you have good achievements.” A special impression was left by the Cemetery of the “Martyrs of the Nation”, the homage paid to the fallen for freedom, the marble of the tombs for which he was interested in where it was produced, the tranquility, the flowers, the beauty of the place, etc. He gave the same assessments for the cemetery where his mother and sister were.
She said: “I did not expect to find such good and well-maintained graves and see people going to the cemetery. At the hospital she said: ‘You have ample staff and modern equipment.’ She asked how the fight against tuberculosis was organized in our country and after giving the explanations said: “Great success”, and demanded that the scheme of organizing the fight against this disease and the medicines used in our country, be given to the sisters to benefit and them. From our experience. In the camp of pioneers in Durrës she said: “I see healthy, happy and smart children.” Here he takes care of the children.
She appreciates the cleanliness of the city as well as the facilities and facilities she saw. On the way to Durrës, the escort said: “So are the other cities in Tirana. The land is well worked and beautiful. Is that so everywhere? “For how many years have you achieved these, etc. All the while appreciating the food, the hospitality. At the airport he told his friends: “Thank you to your government for giving me the opportunity to come to Albania and for all the good conditions that were created for me during my visit. I will always thank God for you.”
Mother Teresa always considered the visit private and said that her purpose was to “visit the graves of her mother and sister and get acquainted with the house where they lived, but as it turned out, the real purpose of this visit was to ask the authorities create the opportunity to set up a charity institution in Albania and to bring there at least 4 sisters “to come to the aid of the elderly and the homeless”.
She made this request in every meeting. Although our position was explained to her, she insisted in her opinion with the argument that: “I have opened 407 such houses in 80 countries of the world and I have sisters of 35 nationalities also in B.S., Cuba and Yugoslavia. “I want,” she said, “I have taught a prayer to all sisters everywhere in the world in Albanian.”
Right at the airport, in conversation with our friends, who welcomed her and told her that we were looking forward to her arrival, as well as announced the program of the visit to the cemetery of mother and sister and the house where they live, in. In addition to thanking Mother Teresa, she said: “It does not matter when the time comes, it matters that I came to Albania.” Then he added: “Since the house where my mother and sister lived is not mine, the Albanian state should give me the house to set up a charity institution.”
After getting acquainted with the initial program, which included visits to Pogradec and Korça and a museum or factory, Mother Teresa said: “I do not have in my practice to visit museums or factories where people work, but I want to see.” “People who suffer, who are without people.” “My work is neither political nor profitable.” And when it was explained to her that persons of such categories are in hospitals, asylums, orphanages, and if she wished to visit them at any time, she welcomed him.
Both Mother Teresa and her companions at first were very reserved, even with a sense of dread. The first day they sought to eat themselves; in a separate hall. They refused to take anything from what had been served to them at the reception. They demanded that the rooms be closed and the keys kept to themselves.
While at the dinner of the second day they said to our friends: “We can eat together, we are a family”. Little by little they started getting food and drinks during the visits, leaving the doors open and so on. After these changes, Marie Goreti who accompanied him said: “In Albania, the mother is making concessions that she has not made in any other country, not even in the Vatican, and she does this for the respect she has for you”. These words were also accepted by Mother Teresa.
In a special conversation with the escorts and especially during the visit to the house of Marie Kraja, Mother Teresa was interested to know if she has relatives in Albania and especially in Shkodra. As he was leaving the airport, he said: “I have to have relatives in Shkodra”. Mari Kraja said: “I want to take you with me to Calcutta, together with my daughter”.
Then he repeated to them that if there was no opportunity there, he would take them to Rome. He told this to Maria at the airport. “I want you to give me the girl to make me a nun,” she said. She asked Mary for clarification on how her sister died, what was the cause. The explanations given by Maria have calmed him down. At this it seemed that something was bothering him.
She was interested and proposed to intervene to send an invitation to our country to participate in an international conference on AIDS, which will be held in Rome in November this year. She said at the airport: “I want to come again and when I come I want to meet the president.” /Memorie.al
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