MIGHT OF DIRTY POLITICS AND OUR MOULT

MIGHT OF DIRTY POLITICS AND OUR MOULT

With our return to the “traces of truth” and when a person understands what Vera had said (which she does not deny) then this person may ask: “Was it possible to go ‘to hell and back’ if there was no reason for it?” What about the long term hell the Macedonian people in Greece went through which led them to their genocide? As the leader of AFZH did Vera have no responsibility in that? As a leader of AFZH was Vera not personally responsible for agitating (implementing directives issued either by the CPY or by the CPG) and manipulated the Macedonian woman? Then why, 55 years later, does she still hide the disturbing things from that big dream!? If we analyze facts and arguments in depth, that are abundant in our historiographies: Macedonian, former Yugoslav, Greek, English and Soviet, we will find truth captured in the eternal secret which has been disavowed with political intentions: Who manipulated the Macedonian people in years 1940 to 1950 and why? Who gave rise to the tragic Greek Civil War that led the Macedonian people living in Greece to their genocide? The facts speak for themselves; the evil did not fall from the sky in Aegean Macedonia. The most terrible thing to be revealed was the fact that

the NOF and AFZH leaderships took their directives from the CPY and the CPG and precisely because of that, in that chaos, we lost control of our main goal: “Preserving the people and the country of our great-grandfathers”. Instead of following our traditional path we chose to become ideologically intimate with the double standards of our new and old soul-grabbers. We joined the Party under a new world with less order and trust. With that, we misled our people in believing that our national freedom will come from our new allies. So, during that period of time, the “truth” was told according to the criterion of loyalty to the holder of power. It turned out that no one wanted to be a victim for the sake of telling the truth. Virtue was required for that.

But for the Macedonian people, especially for the Macedonians living in Greece, NOF, AFZH and NOMS turned out to be acts of political nonsense. They had no authentic strategy in their programs with a historical perspective, and did not work for the national interests of the Macedonian people. There many facts that confirm that. And, unfortunately, these NOF and AFZH leaders up to now have had one very unrealistic wish - they wanted to present history without any fault of theirs. Unfortunately for them it didn’t turn out this way because the past never completely died.

Did they lack concern for our people? For years we have been asking ourselves: “Why did NOF and AFZH follow CPY and the CPG directives? Where they not aware of what was going on? Why did they massively involve the entire Macedonian population pushing people to fight for something they could not achieve?” Unfortunately, more than a half a century later, we still have no answers that make any sense.

But, despite of what happened we should know that the Macedonian people proved to be able to stand on their own feet even in the face of the strongest blows fate has delivered.

Despite all her damning criticisms, Vera, unfortunately said nothing about the hell of the war. She said nothing about the many taboo topics that have not yet been told. Forbidden passage and black spots originating from our historical loss in Greek occupied Macedonia have not yet been uncovered. Many dark and deeply

hidden secrets about our (self) sacrifices are yet to be revealed. The aggressive propaganda and the failed policies that encouraged our people to pick up arms and fight did not take into consideration what outcome this war might bring. They did not leave room for the people to evaluate what would happen if they lost the war. As Macedonians no realistic consideration was given to who will be guarding and preserving our centuries-old hearths if we were driven out like we were. And, what does all that mean? It means:

THE HISTORY OF THE MACEDONIAN PEOPLE IN GREEK OCCUPIED MACEDONIA HAS NOT BEEN DEFINITELY DECIDED – AND THAT IS THE GREAT TRUTH!

Why the history of the Macedonian people in Greek occupied Macedonia has not been decided and is still open? A fact kept secret for five and a half decades; maybe because while they are still alive the NOF and AFZH leaders want it that way? If they wanted all those secrets revealed they would have revealed them by now.

What does Greek historiography say about the armed struggle waged by the CPG? It says: The armed struggle led by the CPG (1946 - 1949) falls in two periods:

The first period was from March 1946 (after the CPG 12th Plenum held on February 12, 1946 decided that an armed struggle would take place) to February 1947 (when a threat of an armed struggle was used to pressure the political right for a peaceful solution to the Greek question).

The second period was from February 1947 to August 1949, when the CPG wanted to defeat the Athenian regime and seize power through an armed struggle.

The armed struggle was led by the CPG (the political-ideological pillar) and DAG General Staff (the military command pillar).

So, as Vera testified in her book this brings us: FACE TO FACE WITH OUR COMMUNIST PAST IN THE GREEK CIVIL WAR. Here Vera introduces a new concept regarding the historical facts about the Macedonian involvement in that struggle. It offers us a

DOUBLE TRUTH: for each of these three events (developmental stages of NOF). On p. 235, she said: “...NOF had various periods in its development, but mainly, it went through three phases”:

THE FIRST PHASE: “After its formation (on April 23, 1945), NOF operated independently but under strict illegal terms. During that period, it (NOF) managed to win over the masses even in the most distant places.” That’s what Vera said but nowhere did she say that NOF had a Macedonian strategy, determined by us Macedonians living in Greece.

But what Vera did not say was “Why were the Macedonian people rallied on mass to fight in a non existent war under already worn-our slogans? Didn’t anyone in NOF at the time ask themselves “what are we doing preparing for a war that does not exist?” How was this a Macedonian war? Better yet, did no one in NOF realize that this war was being planned by foreigners? Didn’t anyone in NOF question the motives for this war and how it fit with Macedonian interests in Greece especially after the spheres of influence had been decided and Aegean Macedonia fell under western influence while the rest of Macedonia fell under eastern influence. Did anyone in NOF even know that Aegean Macedonia was divided by the “iron curtain” from the rest of Macedonia?

Didn’t anyone in NOF realize that by picking up guns, with Yugoslav help, and by invading Greek territory, the Greek government in Athens might interpret that as a threat to Greece’s sovereignty? Didn’t anyone in NOF think that Greece, in defense of its territorial integrity, might “legally” retaliate? If Greece did that (like it did) what results did NOF expect to achieve? Didn’t anyone in NOF know that England and later the USA supported the Greek government in Athens morally, financially and militarily? In fact because on NOF’s actions, Greece did find itself obliged to take legal measures. The Greek government found it justifiable to protect its territorial sovereignty and to preserve its internal civil order?

Vera went on to say: “NOF’s activities were completely in the spirit of the progressive forces of Greece…” On page 31, she said: “NOF’s membership in 1945 and 1946 was persecuted in the same way by the communists as it was by the monarcho-fascists…”