T e r n o p il a n d e n d in L v iv , r e p o r te d ly in fr o n t o f th e iv a n F r a n k o m onum ent.

T h ehum an c h a in w illb e fo llo w e d b y p u b lic m e e tin g s a n d m o le b e n s in a ll th e c itie s a lo n g th e r o u te a t 4 p .m .i n K ie v th e

in fro n t o f S t. S o p h ia C a th e d ra l, w h ile in K iev it w ill take place in front of the iv a n F r a n k o m o n u m e n t.

o f U k r a in e w ill b e o b \u2013 se rv e d b y th e c itiz e n ry o f th e re p u b lic a s a n

T h e d e le g a t io n w ill in c lu d e C a r d in a l Johannes W illebrands, president em e\u2013 ritus of the

O t h e r m e m b e r s a r e A r c h b i s h o p M i\u2013 roslav M arusyn, secretary of the vati\u2013 c a n

E a s te r n -r ite C h u r c h e s (w h o is a U k r a in ia n ); B is h o p Pierre Duprey, secretary of the Council fo r P r o m o tin g C h r istia nU n ity ;a n d th e

K ir ill o f S m o le n s k , w h oi s th e n e w ly a p p o in te d c h a ir m a n o f th e R O C 's fo r e ig n

relations depart\u2013 m ent, w ill host the m eeting scheduled for January 13-17.

P a tr ia r c h a te m e e tin g w a s a n n o u n c e d , M e tr o p o lita n K irill

A lth o u g h th e U k r a in ia n C a th o lic faithful have been granted the right to register their congregations as of De\u2013 cem ber

the past several m o n th s S o v ie t a u th o r itie s h a v e n o t in te r fe r e d

director ofth ein stitu te , P r o f.G eorge G . G rabow icz. A s vice-president for N orth Am erica of the international Associa\u2013 t io n o f U k r a in ia nS tu d ie s (1 A U S ), P r o f. G rabowicz was m andated to take this in itia tiv e b y th e fo u n d in g

U k r a in ia n S tu d ie s (R e s p u b lik a n s k a A sotsiatsia U krainoznavstva) of w hich th e w e ll-k n o w n

Studies, founded in No\u2013 v e m b e r 1 9 8 9 , a t w h ic hP r o f. R ic c a r d o P ic c h io , a

S la v is t, a n d long-tim e associate of the H arvard U krainian R esearch institute w as elect\u2013 ed president.

The m eeting in Cam bridge consisted of three working sem inars and a con- e lu d in g b a n q u e t. T h e fir st s e s s io n , c h a ir e d b yP r o f. J o h n F iz e r o f R u tg e r s U n iv e r s ity

w e r e g r a n te d in te r v ie w s w ith2 3 o f th e r e p o r te d3 8in m a te s a t th e c a m p , a n dw ere a llo w e d to p h o to g r a p h a n d

resides in lsrael, w as reported to have s a t s tu n n e d a s h e v ie w e d th e v id e o ta p e m a d e o f fr ie n d s

C o n g r e s s m a n W o lf in h is C a p ito l H ill o ffic e d u r in g th e A u g u s t C ongressional r e c e s s .

W hat w ere your thoughts and feel\u2013 in gs a s th e first U .S . o fficials to in sp ect th e in fa m o u s P erm

surreal expe\u2013 r ie n c e , y o u d id n 't k n o w if it was h o n e st\u2013 ly

m et w ith several prison adm inistration o ffic ia ls , in c lu d in g C o l. O s s in , w h o w a s th e r e

to see v a r io u s a s p e c ts o f th e c a m p ...a n d a fte r a r g u in g a m o n g th e m s e lv e s fo r a w h ile th e y a llo w e d

in te r n a l security punishm ent cells,and when we went into one there was the stench of three prisoners w ho were squeezed in. They looked like they Qiad beenj there for quite a w hile.

punishm ent, it had hard stone walls and floors, no furniture, a cem ent block with a hole in it for use as a b a th r o o m , a n d a p u ll-d o w n b o a r d o f w ood w ithout a m attress that w as used as a bed. There w ere no blanketso r any h e a tin g

th e c o ld th e m o s t, th o u g h th e r e w ere other problem s su cha s th e m anda\u2013 tory shaving of prisoners' heads. O ne fe llo w

tim e s in n in e y e a r s , it r e a lly is a b iz a r r e , austere, ho stile place. W hen yo u see the guards, the barbed w ire, the tow ers and th eta tta c k

im ages that yo u m ight readi n som e type o f n o v e l a b o u t p r is o n s in th e g u la g , lik e tA leksandr

o u tsp o k e n . W hen w e entered, w e saw a group of m en

A bout2 3 said they w anted to m eet w ith u s a n d if th e y c o u ld n 't th e y w o u ld stage ah u n g e rs t r i k e .As a result,w e

th a n k fu l to those in the W est that had supported them .

recom m endations fo r a c tio n th a t y o u g a v e t o th e se o ffi\u2013 cials as a result of w hat you saw ?

im p r o v e d . A n d , th ir d ly , w e fto o k j the cam p adm inistrator at fhisj word that there would be no punishm ent for a n y o n e w h o sp o k e to u s.

T im es reporter who walked through the cam p in December and people were punished after that visit. So w e stressedo v e r and o v e r a g a in th a tw e w o u ld e x p e c t n o o n e t o

H e ls in k i h u m a n r ig h ts c o n fe r e n c e w ill b e h e ld in M o s\u2013 cow in

o f f ic ia ls , m o n ito r g r o u p s fr o m th e W est,th e U .S . d ir e c to r o f p r is o n s , M r . Q u in la n , a n d o th ers, to see pro gress tin Perm

other cam ps.W e also asked that Chuck C o ls o n o f P r iso n F e llo w s h ipb e a llo w e d to go and inspect these cam ps.

provem ents. For exam ple, in the shizo , they now feed the prisoner once a day rather than every other day. The food fisj also better than before and they did a llo wu s to e x a m in e m a n y a s p e c ts o f th e prisons, but they've got a long way to

th e S o v ie ts w h ic h (c o u ld j b e a d o p te d . H o w e v e r , th in g s w ill s till b e grim . W e have to

is a very poor country. W henw ed r o v e throughth e countryside toth e cam p, so m e of th e villagesw e saw w erei n a b so lu te lyte r r ib le c o n d itio n . S o if these

liv in g f u n d e r ) th e s e conditions, you're n o tg o in g toh a v e any better conditions in these cam ps.

r ig h ts w h ic h s h o u ld b e a llo w e d , su c h a s n o t fo r c in g th e s h a v in g o fam a n 's h e a d , th e righ t fo r h is fam ily to v isita t certa in tim es, the right to receive b o o k s,a n d th e rig h t to receive m essages and m ail fro m th e W e s t '

a c c o m p a n ie d y o u , s a id th a t n o n e o fth e prisoners in Perm 35 w ere charged w ith v io la tin g

sta tu te s a g a in st r e lig io n , la r g e ly A r tic le s 1 4 2 a n d 2 2 7 o f th e

dissent, but w ere actually serving sen\u2013 tences because ofth e ir religio us activity, in your interview s, did you sense that any had been incarcerated

several of them w ere put there for their r e lig io u sb e lie fs ; a n d m any o f th e m w e r e a lso there fo r th eir p o litical b eliefs. W e w ould hope that they w ould be released a s a n a c t o f h u m a n ita r ia n g o o d w ill.

its w orkers, lessons on U k r a in ia n h is to r y , c u ltu r e , r e lig io n , in order for each em ployee of the K G B to

b e a b le to" resp o n d to thec a lls o f p e o p le of good w ill" and donate a part of their salary to charity funds.

in c o n c lu s io n , o n b e h a lf o f th e K G B le a d e r s h ip a n ds t a f f , th e a r tic le e x te n d s C hristm as greetings to all the faithful in r e c o g n itio n o f th e u p c o m in g C h r istm a s h o lid a y s .

As of last week, (January 9, to be p r e c is e ) a n e w in te r n a tio n a la ir lin k w a s o p e n e d b e tw e e n L v iv a n d B e lg r a d e by a S o v ie t Y a k -4 2 p la n e . A c c o r d in g t o a n A greem en t

C o m m e r c ia l A d m in is tr a tio n o f th e M in istr y o f C iv il A v ia tio na n d

m ent of the SFRY, there will be one flight per w eek betw een the tw o cities. F lig h ts

U k r a in ia n C iv il A v ia tio n D e p a r tm e n t, has stated that an airlink between K iev a n d

should becom e regular next year. T h e C iv il A v ia tio n D e p a r tm e n t is a ls o lo o k in g in to flig h ts fr o m

Donetske, O dessa, Dnipropetrovske, Khm elnytsky, Cher\u2013 n iv ts i, iv a n o -F r a n k iv s k e a n d

G reetings to the co ngress w ere sentb y the deputy secretary of the university p a r ty

P o p u la r M o v e m e n t o f U k r a in e fo r P e r e b u d o v a ,o r R ukh, iv a n D rach, the head of the Rukh

t io n o f U k r a in ia n in d e p e n d e n t S tu d e n t O rganizatio ns, rather than the alterna\u2013 tive U SS. The K iev delegates, support\u2013 ed by others, looked upon the U SSa s a professional student organization w h ic h u n d e r sta n d s

B ro th er- h o o d s , a s w e ll a s lo c a l b r a n c h e s o f th e U k r a in ia n

student rights, in c lu d in g th e r a is in g o f s tu d e n t g r a n ts to a sufficient m inim um

and ensuring sufficient student accom m odations are p r o v id e d , a n

co m p u lso ry regime in student quarters, autonomy fo r te a c h in g fa c u ltie s , th e a d o p tio n o f dem ocratic statutes for higher educa\u2013 tio n ,

C onfederation stand also fo r th e r e m o v a l o fth er u lin g id e o lo g y o f M arxism -L eninism

m inorities in U kraine to have the right of education in

in tr o d u c e U k r a in ia n h is to r y , p h ilo s o p h ya n dp o liti\u2013 c a l c o u r s e s . T h e y b e lie v eth a t A r tic le 6 o f

U niversity of M in n e s o ta . T h e T im e s n o te d th a t h e is th e o n ly fo o tb a ll p la y e r tob e re c o g n iz e d for tw o positions in a single season, de\u2013 fe n siv e ta c k le a n d fu llb a c k , in 1 9 2 9 .

1930 he w as signed by the C hicago B ears. O w ner and coach G eorge H alas s a w

M r. N agurski as a pow er runner to c o m p le m e n t th e o u ts id e s c o rin g d a s h e s of Red G range.

in h is o p e n in g s ta te m e n tP ro f. G ra\u2013 b o w ic z b rie fly o u tlin e d th e a r d u o u sp r e \u2013 history of the1A U S,

C o n g r e s s in Prague, m et w ith the sam e fate as the P ra g u e S p rin g . N o w , c o n c u rre n tly w ith the restoration

G rabow icz, w e are w itn e s s in g a h is to ric a l tu rn in g p o in t fo r U k ra in ia n

g e n e ra l U k ra in ia n re a w a k e n in g .H e p o in te d o u t th a t

F o r its p a r t, th e A A U S ,P ro f. G ra\u2013 bow icz stressed,i s also based on a broad s p e c tru m

o n e t h a t w ill d e \u2013 v e lo p U k ra in ia n s tu d ie s o n b o th th e n a\u2013 tio n a l a n d in te rn a tio n a l le v e ls.

L ite ra tu re held at the U krainian R esearch institute d u rin g th e p re c e d in g tw od a y s , a n d w h o w a s p a rtic ip a tin g in th e fo u n d in g m eet\u2013 ing as an observer.

A s s o c ia tio n a n d its e x e c u tiv e b o a rd a n d s p o k e o f th e fo rm a l s te p ta k e n b y th e U k ra in ia n

in a g e m in e in te rn a tio n a l c o n te x t, w h ic h c a n g u a ra n te e its fu tu re a n d its h ig h q u a lity .

institute is p a rtic u la rly a c tiv e , D r. B o h d a n K raw \u2013 c h e n k o , d ire c to r o f th e C a n a d ia n in s ti\u2013 tu te o f U k ra in ia n S tu d ie s , w h o s p o k e o f th e

C o m m is\u2013 sion; and D r. Jaroslav lsajevych, direc\u2013 tor of the institute

in s titu te , w h o sp o k e ofth e w o rk of th e B ib lio g ra p h ic C om m ission.

U k ra in ia n R esearch institute to coordinate coope\u2013 ratio n in th is field also sp o k e o n th e far- r e a c h in g

com m ission, w hich include, as one of its first priori- tie s ,th e re p u b lis h in g , in a la rg e ru n o f 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 o r e v e n

150,000 copies of the "H istory of U kraine-Rus'"by M ykhailo H rushevsky

T he latter part of th e first session w as devoted to a discussion of the first part o f th e p ro p o s e d s ta tu te s . P a rtic ip a tin g in

M a rk u s (L o y o la U n iv e rsity ), M iro s la v L a b u n k a (L a S a lle U n iv e rsity ), D m y tro S h to h ry n

K o ro p e c k y j (T e m p le U n iv e rs ity ), Jaroslav Pelenskyj (University of io w a), J a r o s la v

Bilinskyj (U niversity of D ela\u2013 w are; president of the U krainian Aca\u2013 dem y of A rts and Sciences in the U nited S ta te s ),

c lo s e v o te s , th e s ta tu te s p e rta in \u2013 ing to purpose, m em bership, organiza\u2013 tio n a l

U .S. Congressm an S teny H . H oyer (D -M d.) at a D ecem ber 1 1

a t th e U k ra in ia n C a th o lic N a tio n a l S h rin e o f th e H o ly F a m ily in W a s h in g to n .

th e e v e n in g , in tro \u2013 d u c in g th e M a ry la n d le g is la to r toth e 8 0 a s s e m b le d g u e s ts , M r. iw a n c iw p o in te d out, "Congressm an

Hoyer has been a g o o d frie n d to th e U k ra in ia n A m e ric a n c o m m u n ity

a leading defender of h u m a n rig h ts a c tiv is ts in U k ra in e . O v e r th e

U k ra in ia n issues to hosting a press conference in v ie n n a o n th e

on Se\u2013 c u rity a n d C o o p e ra tio n in E u ro p e (th e H e ls in k i C o m m is s io n ) le d a d e le g a tio n to M oscow

of the u p c o m in g F irst in te rn a tio n a l C o n g re ss o f U k ra in ia n S tu d ie s to b e h e ld in K ie v , A ugust

for som e positions, a closed ballot, it consists of P ro fs.

D iscussion of the international con\u2013 g re ss a n d o f v a rio u s p ro p o s a ls fo r to p ic s a n d

H oyer, the son of D anish im m i\u2013 g ra n ts ,currently serves as co-chairm an o f th e

in h is re m a rk s to th e g a th e rin g , R e p . H o y e r s p o k e o f th e s tru g g le fo r U k ra i\u2013 n ia n

in c o rp o ra tio n in th e S o v ie t U n io n . H e th a n k e d U k ra in ia n A m e ric a n s a n d th e ir o rg a n iz a tio n s fo r k e e p in g h im

in Europe, w ho, he said, "focuses m y attention on issues of concern to the U k ra in ia n A m e ric a n c o m m u n ity ."

the organizers, D r. R usanivskij expressed a com m itm ent to in c lu d e a s m a n y o f th e p ro p o s e d to p ic s in

e a c h c o u n try , o th e rs c a n a tte n d a t th e ir ow n expense, provided their proposed p a p e r

s e le c tio n c o m m itte e w h ich fo r th e A A U S is th e e x e c u tiv e b o a r d .

a s s o c ia tio n . D u rin g its brief form al part, P ro f. G rabow icz, s p e a k in g

p a rtic ip a n ts fo r th e ir p re se n c e a n d c o m m itm e n t to U k ra in ia ns tu d ie s .P ro f. Fizer, the new ly elected president of the A A U S,

fo u n d in g m em ber of Rukh (Popular M ovem ent o f