A lo n g tim e a s s o c ia te o f M y k o la L e b e d , th e le a d e r o f th e O rg a n iz a tio n

stated that the new spaper's article was re p le te w ith " to ta l d is to r tio n s ," " d e lib e - r a te

Roman Kupchinsky, president of the Prolog Research and Publishing A sso- c ia tio n

W eekly, M r. K upchinsky also said that M r. Lebed himself will not respond at th is tim e to a n y o f T h e V o ic e 's a lle g a - tio n s

law yers. M r. Lebed's attorneys are now re v ie w in g n e w s m e d ia r e p o r ts a b o u t th e O U N

t o p ro b in g in to th e g o v e rn m e n t h a n d lin g o f

S o v ie t fre ig h te r th e M a rs h a l K o n ie v o n O ctober 24 in an effort "to live in an honest country." A fter several days of in te n s e

c o m m u n ity that he had been coerced into leaving th e U n ite d S ta te s .

T he com m ents appear to be a contra- d ic tio n to a s w o rn s ta te m e n t m a d e b y Dr. Hunt that M r. M edvid was m en- ta lly c o m p e te n t to m a k e a d e c is io n to re tu rn

re a d ily a v a ila b le h is to ric a l d o c u m e n ts . In order to set the record straight, he responded to the m ost glaring errors in the story.

G estapo" at Zako- p a n e , The V oice claim s M r. Lebed w as th e

th is theory. "Lebed never hid the fact that he w as at Z akopane," M r. K upchinsky s a id , n o tin g th a t h e h a d th o u g h t it w as a m ilitary training cam p. "H e w as there fo r o n ly fiv e w e e k s a n d h e le ft a fte r h e d is c o v e r e d

of "participating in N azi persecutions and m urders." Joe Cona- son, the w riter of The V oice story, adds th a t " m o s t h is to ria n s re g a rd th e O U N as w holly fascist \u2014 and tied to G erm an in te llig e n c e ."

resistance in U kraine, M r. K upchinsky s a y s . Charges by The Voice that M r. L e b e d c o lla b o r a te d w ith th e N a z is fly in the face of statem ents by M r. L ebed that he w as hunted by the N azis throughout the w ar.

doubts about M r. Lebed's alleged close a s s o c ia tio n w ith th e N a z is . T h e s e a rc h w a rra n t, d a te d O c to b e r 4 ,1 9 4 1 , d ire c ts a n y o n e s p o ttin g M r. L e b e d to n o tify th e Special C om m ission of the C om m ander of the

M r. K upchinsky, a copy of the G erm an search w arrant was g iv e n

to The V illage V oice som e tw o weeks before the story appeared in the new spaper.

m o n ito r Z in o v iy K ra s iv s k y , w a s k ille d in the collision of a taxic a b , a truck and a s tre e tc a r in L v iv , U k r a in e , o n S u n d a y , February 2. M rs. K rasivska, 48, w as a passenger in the cab.

c o rd in g to th e E x te rn a l R e p re s e n ta tio n of the U krainian H elsinki G roup based in N ew

support of the hum an-rights m ovem ent. She w as con- s ta n tly p e rs e c u te d b y S o v ie t a u th o ritie s fo r su c h a c tiv ity .

In A ugust 1982 she w as the subject of a v ic io u s a rtic le in V iln a U k r a in a , a L v iv d a ily

sla v C h o rn o v il, th e w e ll-k n o w n U k ra i- n ia n jo u rn a lis t a n d h u m a n -rig h ts a c ti- vist. The couple had a son, T aras.

C ongressional m em bers of the Com m ission on Secu- rity a n d C o o p e ra tio n in E u ro p e , k n o w n a s th e H e ls in k i C o m m is s io n , to d a y m ade

psychiatrist, w as im prisoned in 1981 in re p ris a l fo r h is a c tiv e ro le in th e u n o ffi- cial W orking Commission on Psychia- tric A buse.

The W orking Commission is one of 11 c itiz e n s ' g r o u p s in th e S o v ie t U n io n w h ic h m o n ito r S o v ie t c o m p lia n c e w ith th e H e ls in k i F in a l A c t. T o d a y , 4 3 m e n and w om en are im prisoned in the U SSR fo r th e ir H e ls in k i h u m a n -rig h ts w o rk .

tne com m issioners noted that "probably as a w arning to other Soviet psychia- t r i s t s ,D r. K oryagin received the m ost

\u2014 January 24 m arked the 25th anniversary since Lithuanian C a th o lic B ish o p J u lijo n a s S te p o n a - v ic iu s w a s e x ile d

is the fact that his a r c h e p is c o p a l se e o f V iln iu s , L ith u a n ia , is th e c a p ita l o f th e o n ly p r e d o m in a n tly C a th o lic r e p u b lic in th e U S S R .

I n fo r - m ation Center, exiled Bishop Stepona- v ic iu s

Catholics have been under m ore or less overt persecutione v e rs i n c e . B ishop Steponavicius has not been allow ed to adm inister his archdiocese since 1961 fo r r e fu sin g to c o lla b o r a te w ith S o v ie t a u th o r itie s .

Tw o other m ore joyous anniversaries w ill b e m a r k e d b y B is h o p S te p o n a v ic iu s th is

B is h o p S te p o n a v ic iu s c o m p le te d th e o lo g ic a l s tu d ie s a t th e U n iv e r s ity o f V iln iu s in

year. After serving as a school chaplain and as a parish priest, he was consecrated as bishop on Septem ber II,

a p o s to lic a d m in istr a to r o f th e D iocese of Panevezys and the A rchdio- c e s e

who were given a s y lu m in th e U n ite d S ta te si n J u ly 1 9 8 4 received a letter from the Soviet consul A le x a n d e r

to enter the Soviet C onsu- late in San Francisco to receive a letter fr o m

Soviet agent arrived at the sam e B urlin- gam e address asking about M r. Sha- p o v a le n k o 's

a ls o asked that M r.Shapovalenko \u0447 \u0456\u0433 \u043e \u0440 by th e

p e r s o n a lly . T h e S o v ie t v is ito r id e n tifie d h im s e lf a s A le x e i B e lin s k i a n d le ft t w o phone num bers, one of w hich m atched th a t o f th e S o v ie t C o n s u la te .

m illa T h o m e a t F r e e d o mH ouse, a s k in g fo r h e lp , s a y in g th a t h e d id n 4 w a n t a n y contacts w ith the Soviet governm ent.H e w a s n o tic e a b ly

o f K a u n a s, B ish o p S te p o n a v ic iu s b y th is action has been prevented from exercis- in g h is d u tie s a s o r d in a r y .

o f a n y c r im e . A t r e g u la r in te r v a ls throughout his period of exile, he has w ritten toth e governm ent asking for the r e a so n

ig n o r e d . P e titio n s o n h is b e h a lf fr o m c le r g y a n d fa ith fu l h a v e a ls o fa ile d t o bring a response.

b is h o p .The archdiocesan cathedral having been desecrated and converted t o a n a r t g a lle r y ,th e ju b ile e w a s h e ld in S t. M ichael's C hurch in V iln iu s. M u lti- tudes of young people were in atten- dance, despite

nia for an ad lim ina visit w ith the holy fa th e r in 1 9 8 3 B is h o p S te p o n a v ic iu s is lis t e d

Steponavicius has in recent years been censured by Soviet authori- t ie s

M sgr. K azim ieras Dulksnys and the Archdiocese of V il- n iu s b y th e R e v . A lg ir d a s K a z im ie r a s G u ta u sk a s.

A fg h a n ista n to th e U n ite d S ta te s. U p o n the organization's request,P r o f . H enry M ark

take on the form er s o ld ie r 's c a s e .P r o f . H o lz e r is a ls o c o - counsel to W alter Polovchak, th e young U k r a in ia n

In h is letter to C on su l G eneral V alen - tin K a m e n e v ,P r o f. H o lz e r c o n v e y s M r . Shapovalenko's request not to be con- ta c te d b y S o v ie t o ffic ia ls , a d d in g " a n y - thing the Soviet regim e wishes to com - m u n ic a te

my client must be done th r o u g h m e . S h o u ld th is in s tr u c tio n b e ig n o r e d , I s h a ll c o m p la in t o th e lo c a l police and to the United States State D epartm ent."

"The SovietC onsulate's actions caused u sc o n c e r n ," sa id M s.T h o r n e , " b e c a u se sim ilia r

Soviet army deserters were used elsew here, w ith the result that once the soldierss e t foot into the Soviet Em bassy,i t w asa s if they had fa lle n th r o u g h a b la c k h o le , o n ly la te r a p p e a r in th e U S S R . I d id n 4 w a n t th a t to happen to-Yury."

In Novem ber 1984 tw o other Soviet arm y defectors from A fghanistan, Igor R y kpva n d

O legK h la n , w h o w e r e g iv e n asylum in E ngland, received em otional letters from

their fam ilies in the U SSR urging them to com e hom e. M oved by the letters, the tw o young m en decided t o

3 8 -y e a r -o ld S o v ie t a d v o c a te fo r h u m a n r ig h ts a n d th e J e w is h e m ig r a tio n m o v e m e n t, w a lk - ed to his freedom at 11:01 a.m . W ednes- day when

W est B e r lin in a n e la b o r a t e ly p la n n e d E a s t- W est prisoner sw ap, involving several a c c u s e d

M r. Shcharansky, w ho spent the last n in e y e a r s in p r is o n s a n d la b o r c a m p s on trum ped-up

a n ti-S o v ie t a g ita tio n a n d p r o p a g a n d a , w as released along w ith three accused N A T O

The sw ap w as reportedly negotiated as a result of the Geneva sum m it in N ovem ber

M r. Shcharansky, who was born in Ukraine on January 20, 1948, was the first ofth e

s la n d e r charges against Lech W alesa, founder o f th e o u tla w e d

York Tim es reported that th e d e c is io n c a m e a fte r 2 6 m in u te s o f proceedings during a six-hour day that w as interrupted by tw o recesses.

W ith P olish officials seek in g to avoid a full-blow n trial and negative W estern r e a c tio n , th e ju d g e

if it w ere possible for the tw o sides to am icably settle their differences. T he prosecutor, R aym ond

accused were to m ake a statem ent that w ould satisfy the plaintiffs,i t could lead to a w ithdraw al of the charges."

M r. W alesa then rose and said, "M y intention was not to slander anyone. I h a d n o in te n tio n o f b e littlin g a n y o n e ."

Judge Jerzy Lenarczyk then ordered ar e c e s s , after w h ic h the prosecutor tr ie d to extract a m ore apologetic statem ent fr o m

s in c e e m ig r a tin g fr o m th e S o v ie t U n io na d a y a fte r th e ir w e d d in g 1 2 y e a r s a g o .

where he was greeted by Israeli Prim e M inister Shi- m o n P e r e s , h a lf th e C a b in e t a n d le a d in g rab b is. A s th e new Israeli citizen stepped o ff th e a ir p la n e a r a b b i sa id

statem ent he w ished to give satisfaction to those w ho w ere injured as stated in th e in d ic tm e n t.

h is p o s itio n , sta tin g o n ly th a t h e u p h o ld s w hat

n e g o tia tio n s continued. W hen the judge and prose- cutor returned, M r. B laszkow ski stated, "I believe that the plaintiffs could feel them selves satisfied

by w hat M r. W a- esa has said and as a result I am w ith- d r a w in g th e c h a r g e s ."

p r o c e e d in g s th a t if M r. W alesa apologized for his rem arks, a b o u t

e le c tio n s th e charges w ould be dropped. M r. W alesa had faced up to tw o years in prison on the slander charges.

C a rn e y s ta te d : " T h is re s o lu tio n is C o n g re s s 's w ay of re m in d in gth e free w o rld th a t th e re a re n a tio n s a n d p e o p le

B a ltic n a tio n s is a n im p o rta n t d e m o n - s tra tio ri for all p e o p le in all n a tio n so f th e

u n a c c e p ta b les o , to o , is th e c o n tin u in g S o v ie t o c c u p a tio no f L ith u a n ia , L a tv ia a n d

m arksth e 46th ^ n n i- v e rs a ryof th e c o n tin u e d U .S . p o lic yo f n o n -re c o g n itio n

C o u n c il, w as in s tru m e n ta li n c o o rd in a tin g th is a c ti- v ity

E m bassy in T ira n a in a d e sp e ra te a tte m p tt o seek p o litic a l a s y lu m fro m

th e ya re d e te rm in e dt o u sei f th e Ita lia n a u th o ritie s d e liv e r th e m to th e A lb a n ia n p o lic e , it w as re p o rte d

The s ix refugees are the brothers A kil a n d N ic o llo M o is i P o p a a n d th e ir s is te rs K leans,

e x ile a fte r th e o c c u p a tio no f A lb a n iab y Ita ly in

K u p i, w ho liv e d in the s a m e c itya s th e P o p a sa n d know s

H ei s n o w liv in gi n N e w Y o rk , w h e reh e is w o rk in g w ithth e In te rn a tio n a l R es- cu e C o m m ittee (IR C ).

te a c h e ri n B urrel, A lbania, w as arrested in1 9 5 3 by th e C o m m u n is t a u th o ritie s fo r fa ilin g to e d u c a teh is p u p ilst o b e lo y a lt o th e la te A lb a n ia n le a d e r E n v e r H o x h a ,and w as s e n te n c e dt o

A ssum ing leadership of his countryi n 1944a s leader of the resistance against th e

m e n t, h is y o u n g e r b r o th e r , N ic o llo , w h o w a s in his th ird y e a r s tu d y in g m e d ic in e a tth e U n iv e rsityo f T ira n a ,w as th ro w n o u t of the u n iv e rs ity .

A lb a n ia n re fu g e e s w h o w e re in th e s a m e c a m pa s h is re la tiv e s . T h e ir c rim e w as th a t th e y b e lo n g e d to a fa m ily th a t w as considered "the enem y of the people" by th e C o m m u n is t a u th o ritie s ,h e s a id .

E m b a s s ya re in d iv id u a ls im p li- c a te di n a n ti-s ta te a c tiv ityi n se rv ic e o f a fo re ig n

E A k il P o p a J has also been sentenced fo r sucha thing, w hereas

R oland Popa assum es that his m other died in the labor cam p, becauseh e d id n o t

S o c ie tie s s a id la s t w e e k th a t th e U k ra in ia n C a th o lic C h u rc h , b a n n e d fo r m a n y y e a r s ," is s tillth e o b je c t of a p a rtic u la r S o v ie t fu ry ."

" W ith o u ta n y e x a g g e ra tio n ,it is o n e of th e m ost persecuted Churches in th e w orld," said Blahoslav Hruby W ednes- d a y ,

o rg a n iz a tio n s p o n s o re dt o lo o k in to th e re lig io u s a n d h u m a n -rig h ts v io la tio n s in th e S o v ie t U n io n .

M r. H ru b y w as one of several p arti- c ip a n tst o n o teth e p lig h to f th e U k ra i- n ia n

C hurch.N o representa- tiv e so f th e U k ra in ia n c o m m u n ity to o k part in th e one-day m eeting.

1 9 62 u n d e rth e a u s p ic e so f th e N a tio n a l Councilo f Churches. T en years later, w hen

T h e o rg a n iz a tio n 's in fo rm a tio n sh e e t notes that the center collects, processes, e v a lu a te s , tra n s la te s

in tro - duce fundam ental changes to the bene- f it

A m bassador to Poland R ichard D avies said that fa r fro m

re la x in gi t s to ta lita ria n g rip o v e r th e v a rio u s n a tio n a litie s th a t m a k eu p th e

savage cam paign of repression againsti t fo r th e p a s t 4 0 y e a rs , th e U n ia te C h u rc h survives underground."

said.T he m ost s trik in g s of a r , h e s a id , is th e m o v e m e n t in w hich m em bers of the C hurch "burned o r

p a s s p o rts b y 5 2 0 U k ra in ia n C a th o lic s a s fo llo w s : " C o n s id e rin gth e re g im e to be h o s tile

T e re lia ,a s s a y in g : "O f w hat use are Soviet passports to us. A ftera ll,o n e " needsn o passp6rt to be se n t to a S o v ie t c o n c e n tra tio n c a m p ,"

th a t,fo r th is , M r. T e re lia w as trieda n d sentencedt o seven years ina la b o r c a m p , p lu s fiv e y e a r s ' in te r- n a l e x ile .

p o e t V asyl Stus,w ho died last Septem bera t th e

H e ls in k i m o n ito r to die in th is c a m p in an 1 8 -m o n th p e rio d . H is d e a th

report states that thousandso f p e o p le h a v e b e e n " re s e ttle d a t g u n p o in t," ta m iiie s h a v e b e e n s e p a ra te d , fo o da n d

abroad "were useda s bait" and thatth e c o n d itio n sfo r re s e ttle m e n t h a v e led to widespread deatha n d disease.

m a ssiv e v io la tio n so f h u m a n rig h tsw e have seen," th e report statesa n d conti- n u e s th a t it "is b e in g c a rrie d