Naxhije Dume

"My discussion was misconstrued and I ate a good meal that would later cost me quite a bit and haunt me for the rest of my life. Already, someone had started to mention and record our mistakes, to record them and remind us later, which seems strange, but I think that this was the experience of those who were removed as our friends and comrades."

"When you were in Korça District, Fiqret Shehu also came there, after being released from Tirana prison, which had been expelled from the party. What were your relationships with her as school friends you had been?"

"No, not at all, I was frank and spoke my mind, without second thoughts. At that time, Enver Hoxha had not yet turned into a man who dictated over others, into an intolerant leader. Here’s what happened specifically. At the Conference, after Mehmet Shehu spoke about the army and its successes, I, excited, discussed contrary to the spirit of the Conference and proposed that the partisan detachments should not be expanded, but rather remain what they were or, should be narrowed and in the meantime, to specialize more, being constantly qualified in terms of combat preparation, so that we had as little loss in people as possible."

"70 delegates and guests from all over the country participated in Labinot, and the Permanent Central Committee of the SNP was elected, consisting of 15 members and 5 candidates. Among them were: Enver Hoxha, Koçi Xoxe, Ymer Dishnica, Tuk Jakova, Pandi Kristo, Nako Spiru, Vasil Shanto, Hysni Kapo, Gogo Nushi, Kristo Themelko, Nesti Krenxhi, Ramadan Çitaku, Petro Papi, Bedri Spahiu, Gjin Marku, myself , Liri Gega and others that I don’t remember. Enver Hoxha was elected General Secretary of the SNP, with the proposal of Miladin Popovic."

"Meanwhile, Fiqrete Shehu in Korça District worked well and in the first case, when the establishment of the First Assault Brigade was inaugurated in Vithkuq, Korça, she was attached to the headquarters of this Brigade and as is known, later she fought well and married Mehmet Shehu. However, she was re-admitted to the National People’s Congress and was assigned to the political section of the Brigade, then deputy commissar of the First Assault Brigade. Fiqret Shehu, in those years, was a prudent, wise and listenable woman."

"During the work and management of the party bodies in Korça, I have received and escorted to the General Headquarters, many friends from Tirana or other districts of the country such as: Sejfulla Maleshova, Vasil Shanto, Nako Spiru, Nexhmije Hoxha, Liri Belishova and many, many others. What I want to explain is that several times I also waited on Vukmanovic Tempo and his wife."

"During my work in the Korça District, I had contacts and socially helped Fiqrete Sanxhaktari (Shehu) and I think I acted rightly because I could not act otherwise, because I had her as a school friend and ideal. She had been sent to Korçë, with severe party measures, as if she had been expelled from its ranks, in order to temporarily leave the premises of Tirana. My relations with him were like with all other war comrades."