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"Besides the speech of Enver Hoxha, at the Peace Conference in Paris, a file with the data of the 45 census was also presented." The unknown fact becomes known in the memoirs of Miftar Tares, a former member of the Albanian delegation, who explains the reasons why the communist dome was careful to bring to the table of world leaders the latest findings in the population census and especially the data on minorities in Albania. ...
Little is known about the 1945 census, which at that time was considered the census of the population according to the citizens' self-declaration, while few know that the data obtained from it were presented at the Paris Peace Conference, which was held in 1946. Myftar Tare, one of the former high officials of the regime, then acting deputy minister of the interior, recalls that within 24 hours of Sunday at the end of September '45, the first census of the population after the war was carried out. A year later, the statistics with his findings and from three previous registrations became part of the file of the Albanian delegation at the historic meeting of world leaders. Beyond this interesting fact, the former high-ranking Security official brings back the complete chronicle of this important action and reveals for the first time how his documents were processed at the Paris Peace Conference. The idea to present them there, elaborates the deputy of Koçi Xoxes, was related to the arguments of the Albanian representatives against the claims of the Greek side for South Albania. What was the procedure for the 1945 census and what product was obtained from it, what was the population of Albania in that period and what was the number of minorities and foreigners...
The Albanian file at the Peace Conference
The idea to complete a special file with the data of the general population census in years, according to Tares, appeared immediately after the official announcement of the participation in the Peace Conference in Paris. For several consecutive weeks, under the direction of Hysni Kapo, a considerable number of officials searched through the archives to collect relevant documentation. Until that period, in our country the population census had been carried out four times, in 1921, 1923, 1930 and finally in 1945. With the exception of the statistics of 1921, which had not been saved, all the others were part of the file destined for the Peace Conference. In addition to statistics with concrete data, the group headed by Hysni Kapo also presented the reasons for which the general population census was carried out. According to the document kept in the archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the registration of 1921 and the one of 1923 are related to the need to draw up the list of voters, while the one of 1930 was carried out in fulfillment of the requirements of the Albanian state as a member of the League of the United Nations. Tare remembers that the file prepared with these documents was taken by the part of the Albanian delegation that went to Paris earlier. The Peace Conference of 1946 is the only case where the Albanian authorities have made available to internationals the file with the population data according to the house-to-house census. At least according to Myftar Tares, the former Deputy Minister of the Interior, a member of the Albanian delegation at this Conference, it has never happened before that this type of documentation becomes public, even more so for foreigners, not even nowadays. As for the meeting in Paris, recalls the deputy of Koçi Xoxes, we should not have hesitated, as the interest of the case we defended there was much more important than the technical rules for the secrecy of the file. Returning to the situation ignited by the claims of official Athens regarding South Albania, Tare asserts that the 1945 census data was evaluated and used as the most effective counter-argument in front of them. The fact that our statistics confirmed a limited number of minorities only in the Gjirokastra area, he adds, while there were none in Himara or Korça prefectures, was challenging for the Hellenic officials who insisted on their alibi...
1945 census figures
Dokumenti i publikuar në Konferencën e Paqes në Paris, me referenca nga statistikat e censusit të vitit ‘45, saktësonte se Shqipëria në atë periudhë kishte 1 122 044 banorë, nga të cilët 1 075 467 shqiptarë autoktonë dhe 46 577 të kombësive të ndryshme. Veç minoritarëve, një pjesë e madhe e numrit të shtetasve joshqiptarë u përkiste të huajve që fundi i Luftës i zuri në Shqipëri. Ishte ky produkti i regjistrimit të popullsisë realizuar nga autoritetet zyrtare menjëherë pas çlirimit të vendit. Mbi bazën e tij u krijua për herë të parë Regjistri Themeltar i Gjendjes Civile me dokumentimin e numrit të përgjithshëm të banorëve, ndarë sipas gjinisë, moshës, besimit fetar, gjendjes civile, profesionit etj. Me të dhënat e tij u plotësuan listat e votuesve të zgjedhjeve të Asamblesë Kushtetuese, që u zhvilluan më 2 dhjetor 1945. Regjistrimi i 45-s u organizua nga Këshilli i Ministrave dhe u implementim në terren nga komitetet ekzekutive të prefekturave dhe nënprefekturave.
Minoritetet, 31 560 me kombësi greke
Në Shqipëri jetojnë 31 560 minoritarë të kombësisë greke. Përtej këtij fakti, autoritetet shqiptare sqaronin tribunin e Konferencës së Paqes se ky komunitet ishte vendosur në zonën e Gjirokastrës, Delvinës, Konispolit, Sarandës e Përmetit. Sakaq, ato konfirmonin se me regjistrimin e popullsisë të vitit ‘45 nuk rezultonte asnjë minoritar grek në nënprefekturën e Himarës e atë të Korçës. Këto të dhëna, me pak ndryshime, ishin si ato të përftuara nga regjistrimi i vitit 1930. Megjithatë, shifra e minoritarëve të vetëdeklaruar në vitin 1945 ishte disi më e ulët nga ajo e regjistrimit paraardhës. “Kjo diferencë në shifra (9286 veta), shpjegon Myftar Tare, lidhej me pasojat e shkaktuara nga Lufta, sidomos në Jugun e vendit”. Një numër i madh i minoritarëve, sipas tij, depërtoi në territorin e Greqisë dhe nuk u kthye më. Po kështu, me mbylljen e kufijve shtetërorë fill pas mbarimit të Luftës, mbetën jashtë edhe një pjesë e madhe e emigrantëve shqiptarë që dëshironin të riatdhesoheshin. Identifikimi i minoritarëve në Shqipëri, sipas censusit të ‘45-s, është realizuar si shumatore e deklarimeve për gjuhën e aplikuar në familje, pasi pyetësori përkatës nuk përmbante pyetje mbi kombësinë. Pikërisht kjo praktikë ka ngjallur shumë debate gjatë shqyrtimit të pretendimeve të Greqisë në Konferencën e Paqes në Paris. Sidoqoftë, shifrat e relatuara aty asnjëherë nuk janë kontestuar zyrtarisht nga institucionet ndërkombëtare.
Manol Konomi, kryetar i Komisionit
The Central Registration Commission of '45 was chaired by Manol Konomi, one of the most vocal intellectuals of the time, who had studied Law abroad. Together with the group of experts under the former Minister of Justice, the commission that managed the process included a number of officials from central institutions. Meanwhile, local commissions operated on the ground based on executive committees and prefectures. A special procedure was used in the minority area, where local inspectors who also spoke Albanian were selected for the progress of the process./ Pamphlet
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