Hoxha on Shehu 1/ 31 bjoerna.dk Kultursociolog Bjørn Andersen
[email protected] Enver Hoxha on Mehmet Shehu Version 1.5 - 05.09.2006. From: Enver Hoxha: »The Titoites, Historical notes«, Tirana 1982. Republished on the occasion of the publication of Ismail Kadarë's novel »The Successor« Cf.: Article in Danish on Ismail Kadaré [2006]. Appendices in English Wikipedia (Danish) on Enver Hoxha: http://bjoerna.net/Kadare/Hoxha-WIKI-060904.pdf [PDF] Wikipedia (Danish) on Mehmet Shehu: http://bjoerna.net/Kadare/Shehu-WIKI-060904.pdf [PDF] Bjoern Andersen, http://bjoerna.dk Enver Hoxha. Photo in the book The plots continue Already in May-June 1948 we were more than aware that Tito and the Titoites, as traitors to Marxism-Leninism, were and would remain inimical and dangerous to all the communist parties, to the revolutionary movements and national liberation struggles everywhere in the world, but for us, the Albanian communists and people, besides this, they were and would remain direct, savage, sworn anti-Albanian enemies. We were convinced that they would never give up their plans and aims to gobble up Albania, and to this end would not lay down their arms of subversion, interference and plots against our Party and country. We would be vigilant and with our fist clenched at every moment, because, although it had http://bjoerna.dk/dokumentation/Hoxha-on-Shehu.htm 05-09-2006 Hoxha on Shehu 2/ 31 suffered heavy blows, the Titoite agency in Albania would not cease working for the future and for long-term plans and variants. In this context, in a thousand and one ways, Tito and company would do everything in their power to regain their lost positions, to create conditions and the terrain in order to penetrate amongst us and destroy us.