POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC: (SANITIZED)

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 14, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 22, 1956
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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1. Administrative division of the prefecture of Korce
2s Education
a0.Elementary school in Shtike
bC Unike in Erseke
3. Religion in the village of Shtike
4e Social welfare
?a0 State hospital - Erseke
5e Party activities in the village of Shtike
ao OrZa zeta Baze
bo Democratic Front
co People?s Council
do Youth Organization
eo Party propaganda favoring Tito
6. People?s morale
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7. Economic activities
ao Taxation of farm produce
bG Shortage of food supply
co Consumer prices o selected items
d. Abolition of ration card for clothing
8. Communication
ao Construction of new roads
bo Bus transportation schedule between Erseke and Korce
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9, Hydro-electric station m Shtike 8
100 Village of Shtike
ao Population
bo Religious denominations
co Electric supply
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=NTM LITICAL SITUATION
STATE ORGANIZATION AND A4NI_ N
l.-Administrative Division of th Country
a)Administrative Division of the Prefecture of Korce
The prefecture of Korce is divided into the following et (sub-prefecture):
BILISBT, LESKOVIQ, POGRADEC, ERSEKE, The Executive Committee for the ARK of
Korce(prefectibre) is in he town of Korce. In the same town is the C.P. Committee
for the prefebure of Korce. In every one of the a/m towns there is an Executi-
ve and A C.P. committee which are subordinate to the Committee of Korce.
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2. - Education
a)Eh School in Shtika
In Shtike operates an elementary school(4 grades) for the pupils of the villa-,
ges SHTIKE and BUTKE (W-994357). There are about 40 pupils from both village
There is only one school-teacher vho comes from the village of Shtike. He
has graduated they,-grades Polytechnic of SHKODER. In the a/m Polytechnic
are accepted graduates-, of the UNIKE.
b)UNIKE of Erseke
In Erseke operates a-UNIKE..
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Church
a).Vi a,ze of SHTIKE
In the village of SHTIKE live 68 families. Out of them s 61 are Christians
(Orthodox) and 7 Moslem. Since 1954, peple are free to express their reli-
gious sentime*t, but in spite of that only the old-aged used to go to the
liked to go
church. The non Comunist youngs ubo?& to church were scolded by the Commu,-
nists.Fbr thle reason the youngs avoid to go to the church. There is a church
in the village and a priests who officiates regularly.
Social Welfare Pros'
a).Hosbit s
State Hospital in ERSEKE
In Erseke there is a State Hospital with 20 beds. The hospital has one doctor
5 nurses( 3 females and two males) and a manager in charge of the administra-
tive work. Medical examination is free. For each day of medical treatment
in this hospital are required 170 - 190 leks for a persono
Only resourceless persons furnished with a certificate of poverty signed
by the Chairman of the People's council, and approved by the Executive
Committee, are entitled to receive free mdical treatment in the hospital.
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5. - PARTY ACTIVITIES
ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY'
a).O aanizata Baze in the village of Shtike
-Secretary: Petraq Vangj al XHEKA
-.Asst-Secretary:. Jorgji Lili CINGO
-Members: Spiro Lili CINGO
Qiriako Vasil BROKk
Guri Ligor LOCI
Thomaidha Ligor SALAVACI
nhimi trula Qiriako BROKA
Ligor Vasil SALAVACI
Thodhora Dhosi ZHIUTI
Nanthi Spiro MARKO.
Democratic Front
-In charge of the Democrati Front organization in SHTIKE is Marko Koster
D NIRt.
-Secretary: Manthi Spiro MARKO.
Members: All the inhabitants of he village(males and females) above 16
years of age are obl..ed to join the Democratic Front.
-People'sCoU*cil of SHTIKE
-Chairaant Spiro Lili CINGO.
-Secretaryt Josif Papa ATIANI.
-Members: Liazo Stamml QIRICI.
Pando Janni CINGO.
Koli Sotir BROKA.
Qiriako Vasil BROKA.
YOUTH ORGANIZATION
-Secretary: Petraq Gaqo SOLO.
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Organization of the Albanian Women
-Head: Dhimitrula Qiriako BROKA
-Secretary:, Thomaidha Gligor SALAVACI.
-People's Commissar: Janni Dhami DEMIRI*
b)Deviation of the Communist Propaganda favoring TITO
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~nce late in L955 the Albanian propaganda favors TITOj,
while before the Albanian Communists were against TITO. Thus the secretary
of the Communist Organizata Baze spoke to his fellow-vil-
lagers and said that TITO returned to Soviet Policy and became again a friend
of the Albanian People.
MORALE
6.- Morale of the Albanian People
The morale of the Albanian People is vet low. The economic misery and the terro-
rise which the Communist rune has imposed to the People, as well as the
fact that theydon't see how they can get rid of its create fear and disappoint-
memtp and on the other hand theyhave accepted the regime with fatalism.
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on the contrary they Insider the war as the only way for them to get rid of
the present regime. It is prohibited to listen fbreign radio stations except
broadcasts of the sattelite cantries.
7. -Moral Status
The fb flowing employees of the government taxation office(in charge of the colle
ction of meat)fd+r the area of Erseke abused 1.800.000 leks in 1952.
4Ntsos (lnu)
-.Josif Papa ATIANI, from Shtike
-Qerim (m u), from VERTENIR.
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Tbze members of the court which took lotion against them was sent from Korce,
and their case was& tried in ERSEKE.
Qerim was sentenced to death and was executed(shot).Josif ATIANI was condemned'
to 2 years, and Mitsos was declared intent because he worked for the Si.
Resistance against the Regime
8. Foreign Resistance
On Dec. 29, 1955, at night, and unknown airplane dropped packages containing
razors, soap, thread and needles, etc, as well as leaflets of anti-Comm ni st
contents, throughout the area of Wseke. After an order of the Sigurimi all the
packages and leaflets fount- by the people were handed over to the Si mi?
FOURTH CHAPTER
ECONOMIC SITUATION
ECONOMY_
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a).Taxation imposed on farming Foods
Or,yi
A cooperative has not been created het in the village or antiike*
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Lands were confiscated for rich people and were distrubuted to the farmers wb
had no land at all. The taxation is as follows:
The followhg taxes are required for each strema(+ of an acre) of cultivated land:
Seven kgs of wheat, 2,5 kgs of meat, 2,5 eggs, 375 grams of wool, and 5000 leks
(profit tax) for each 25 stremas(this em is not always the same).
The profit tax is imposed according to the political attitude of each person.
Each farmer is obliged to hand over tothe government 60% of his total production
in a price fixed by the government. The taxation is the same for o4aW'& lands
cultivated for wheat and maize. Early in 1956 the farmers were ordered to.atop
cultivating mai ze. In case that some onewants to cultivate maize he will have
to pay the same taxes as if he bad cultivated wheat. The a/m taxation is imposed
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to the villages where the land is considered 4th category.
Food SuoAlies
a).Insufficiency of Sumlies
there is a great scarcity of the following items:
Cooking oil., soap, clothing, meat, and shoes*
b),Cost of first necessity items
The prices listed
goverment and the free market.
-Rice:
80' lek per kg
175
-Soaps 350 " " "
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-Eggs: 10 " ea.
Sugars 250 pet "
-.Butter: 700 n n "
-Neat: 300- n " n
-Shirt (Cotton) 500 " ea
-Suit of clothes: 13000 ec
-Paift of shoes (rubber) 1.200 lek
c).Abolition of the ration-cards for clothing
The ration cards for clothing were abolished early in Jan. 1956.Now the people
get their clothing from the government shops without ration cards. After
the abolition of the ration cards the cost ofthe cloting is double.
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F I F T H C H A P T E R
COMMUNICATIONS
ROAD C0241 ICATIONS
1.- Construction of a new road
In Sept. 1952 begun the constuction of a road connecting the village of VLOCISHTE
(QN-031625) with the village of POJAN(QN-120672).The road follows a direction
300 m. N. of the village CIFLIK(QN-068625), 500 m. W. of the village TEROVE(
and E. of the village PEND&VINJ(QN-112648). Theroad is 8 mo wide and it is paved
with gravel and sand
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road was completed .ate in 1953. Prisoners from the prison of Korce., persons who
were subject to forced-labor in order to pay-off their taxes and salaried
laborers, had been used in this construcion.
2.-Veh101ea
a)Communication between Erseke and Korce
The Communication between Erseke and Korce is serviced by a government bus.
This is a 45 seats Check bus type SKODA.
Bus schedule
Departure from Korce: At 09.00 brs
Arrival in Mrsekes " 17.00
Departure from Erseke: " 12.00
Arrival in Korce: " 14.00
Until late in 1955 theme cost of the ticket was 45 lek. Early in Jan. 1956
the price went up to 55 lek.
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3. - IMPORT.?IMT TECHNICAL CONSTRUCTIONS
Hydro-electric Stations
a).Hvdro-electric station in SHTIKE
Early in April 1954 begun the construction of a hydro-electric station
at a position located near the water mill(4$4-4833 68).The construction was
completed on Nov. 29, 1954. The slid station was built to supply the villa-
ge of Shtike with electricity. Etch family of the village was required to
give 3.000 leks and 40 days of work. The installation of the machinery was
carried out under the supervision of an engineer (name un-
known) from the area of Gjinokaster.
SL I X T H C H A P T E R
GEOGRAPHICAL SITUATION
1. - Info concerning towns andVillagej
a)Village of SHTIKE
Subject village has about 68 houses and a total of about 380 inhabitants.
Out of the 380 inhabitants, 38 are Moslems and the rest Christians.
A hydro-electric station constructed in 1954 supplYs the village with
electricity.The payment of the electricity is as follows:
A house with one electric bulb only pays 50 leks per month.
When the house has 2 bulbs(lamps) is required to pay 60 lek per month.
If a house has more than 3 lamps is required to pay 5 lek for every addi-
tional lamp.
It
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