o f c o u n trie s that consider them selves neutral or non- a lig n e d o n A p ril2 7 p ro te s te d th e la c k o f progress at the

H e ls in k i A ccords, called a special session of the ta lk s o n A p ril2 7 to v o ic e th e ir c o n c e rn .

p ro \u00ad posal w as in a com prom ise final docu\u00ad m e n t th a t th e y s u b m itte d

W estern reluctance to accept it w a s th e m a in re a s o n fo rth e c o n tin u e d s ta le m a te .

c o n c e rn o f th e n e u tra l a n d n o n -a lig n e d countries, but did not respond w ith any specific suggestions, Reuters said.

s a id th e W e s t w o u ld s o o n c o m e u p w ith a "w ell-considered, serious and respon\u00ad sib le p o s itio n ."

in th e ir o w n v ie w , p o in t a n a c c u s in g fin g e r a t a n o th e r s ta te in th is re s p e c t, w h a t fu tu re is th e re ? " h e a s k e d . " S e e in g th a t im p le m e n ta tio n

o u ts id e th e s e w a lls , w h a t a r e w e d o in g h e re ? In th e s e

M r. Saliba said the shadow of failure lo o m e d o v e r th e m e e tin g , a n d a ll p a r ti\u00ad c ip a tin g s ta te s w o u ld b e th e lo s e rs if th e ta lk s c o lla p s e d .

S u n \u00ad d a y , M a y1 5 , th e O ffic ia l C o m m e m o r a \u00ad tio n

a n n o u n c in g th e d a y , th e g o v e rn o r c a lls u p o n th e s ta te 's c itiz e n s to " jo in

F a m in e . It is o n M a y 15 th a t m e m o ria l serv ice: for th e7 m illio n fam in e v ictim s w ill

W h e r e a s , th is e x p e rie n c e h a s in flic te d a d e e p a n d la s tin g s c a r u p o n th e U k ra i\u00ad n ia n c o m m u n ity th ro u g h th e w o rld a n d in

th is tra g ic e v e n t a s a n e v e rla s tin g m e m o ria l o f

b is h o p s , w as sent on the eve of a special recon\u00ad v e n in g

The first draft of the pastoral letter, presented to the conference w hen it m et in

last fall, w as draw n up b y a c o m m itte e o f fiv e b is h o p s c h a ire d b y

arm s race and accepting the necessity of m a in ta in in g U .S . n u c le a r d e te rre n c e , th e A H R U

m e n ts th a t it e v e r s ig n e d , in c lu d in g th e U niversal D eclaration of H um an Rights a n d th e H e ls in k i A c c o r d s ? " th e A H R U a s k e d .

" w h o le h e a rte d ly " s u p p o r ts " in itia tiv e s fo r th e b e tte rm e n t a n d

n o te d th a t th e firs t s te p in a c h ie v in g th a t g o a l s h o u ld b e " a c o n c e rte d e ffo rtb y a ll p e o p le s o f th e fre e w o r ld , a n d e s p e c ia lly their spiritual leaders, to wage a relent\u00ad less cam paign for the im plem entation of hum an

of assem bly and other univer\u00ad sally accepted freedom s, should com e as a

m ents. The response to these dem ands w ill d e te rm in e th e e x te n t to w h ic h w e r a n re a lis tic a lly e x p e c t p o s itiv e r e s u lts ."

re lig io u s a n d p o liti\u00ad cal prisoners incarcerated in the Soviet Union w ho are the present-day m artyrs fo r th e lib e ra tio n

s e n t th e b is h o p s a n a rtic le o n th e re c e n i a rre s t in th e U S S R o f U k ra in ia n C a th o \u00ad lic

m e n t to ld th e U n ite d S ta te s o n A p ril 2 7 th a t U .S . ra d io b ro a d c a s ts b e a m e d in to P o la n d

fo rm a l p ro te s t n o te , m a d e p u b lic by PA P, the governm ent press agency, s a id

th e n o te , w hich also called for an end to the broadcasts, the Tim es said.

R adio Free Europe and the Voice of A m e ric a , w h ic h h a v e aw id e a u d ie n c e in Poland, have

been the target of attacks in the official press. B ut W estern d ip lo m a ts

T h e P o lis h n o te s a id th e g o v e rn m e n t "reserves the right to apply m easures it w ill c o n s i d e r n e c e s s a r y

th e so v e re ig n rig h t a n d d u ty to p ro te c t th e s ta te a g a in s t u n la w fu l h o s tile a c tiv i\u00ad tie s

w orked as a carpenter in the U krai\ue000 n ia n c ity o f T e r n o p il u n til I 9 6 0 , w h e n at the age of 21 he w as arrested for p r o te stin g

fo r " a n ti-S o v ie t a g ita tio n a n d propaganda." He spent the first two y e a r s in o n e o f th e M o r d o v ia n la b o r cam p s, and he served the last year of his term

arrested, this tim e for dis\ue000 sem inating a letter critical of Soviet P r e m ie r

E n r o u te t o V la d im ir P r is o n , M r . Babych again tried to flee, but w as sh o t

r ig h ts o f p o litic a l p r is o n e r s in th e U S S R . N o te d S o v ie t p h y s ic is t a n d

h u m a n -r ig h ts a c tiv is t Dr. Andrei Sakharov wrote several letters in defense of M r. Babych to S o v ie t le a d e r

s c h o o l. F o u r d a y s la te r , th e y a lle g e d \ue000 ly fo r c e d th e n ig h t w a tc h m a n , a m a n id e n tifie d a s B a k a l, to s h o w th e m th e weapons room .

the door, and M r. Radchuk crawled in and took the rifles. M r. B akal w as forced to go

M r. B abych denied all th ec h a r g e s , c la im in g th a t h e w a s a t h o m e a s le e p a t th e tim e o f th e a lle g e d

ad m itted stealing the weapons, and requested le n ie n c y .

T h e p e o p le 's c o u r t in N o v o h r a d - V olynske, som e 80 kilom eters north\ue000 east of Zhytom yr, found

15-year term , 10 in a labor cam p and five in a prison. In addi\ue000 tio n , the court ordered the confisca\ue000 tio n

oblast. D issident sources report that h is v is io nh a s d e te r io r a te d b a d ly , a n d th a t h e is in d a n g e r o f g o in g b lin d .

An Am nesty International chapter in B r o o k ly n h a s b e e n in v o lv e d in th e c a s e

involved firearm s, A m nesty International cannot adopt him as a p r is o n e r o f c o n s c ie n c e , s in c e it o n ly su p p o r ts n o n -v io le n t p r o te st.

H el\ue000 s in k i W a tc h , a h u m a n -r ig h ts o r g a n iz a \ue000 tion based here.

The group reported that m any of the artist's w orks w ere confiscated and sent to the M oscow Psychiatric Hospital for e v a lu a tio n .

in c o m p e te n t, h e co uld be rem anded to a m ental in stitu \ue000 tio n

u n til S o v ie t d o c to r s d e c id e th a t h e n o lo n g e r requires treatm ent.

undertaken actions in defense of U krai\ue000 n ia n p o lit ic a l p r is o n e r Y u r iy S h u k h e v y c h , w ho

Inc., based in C hi\ue000 c a g o ,recently sent out letters to all 535 m em bers

urge President Ronald Reagan to personally intervene on M r. S h u k h e v y c h 'sb e h a lf.

also said that M r. Shukhevych is nearly b lin d a s a r e s u lt o fh is o r d e a la n d s h o u ld b e a llo w e d

S o v ie t o ffic ia ls a b o u t th e c a s e a n d a p ic tu r e o f M r. Shukhevych.

In th e o th e r a c tio n , th e A lb a n y -T r o y , N .Y ., branch of A m ericans for H um an R ights in U kraine sent letters to all 75 N ew

S h u k h e v y c h , h a s a lr e a d y served 30 years in Soviet labor cam ps a n d

U k r a in ia n H elsinki G roup, M r. Shukhevychis d u e to be released in 1987.

Press International reported. H e refused to say w hether M r. P in io r w a s p r e s e n t d u r in g h is ta lk s w ith the underground leadership three w eeks

bow ed head betw een tw o police guards. The nationaln ew s also show ed stacks of A m e r ic a n

be released from a labor cam pi n M arch a fte r c o m p le tin g a th r e e -y e a r te r m , w a s r e - a r r e s t e d

H e ls in k i G r o u p , is c u r r e n tly in the sixth year of a seven-year labor- cam p

internal exile. M s. M atusevych w as also a m em ber of the gro u p , set up in 1976 to m o n ito r

th a t it d o e s n o t know her present whereabouts.S h e was b e in g

letters expressing concern for M s. M a tu s e v y c h 's im p r is o n m e n t a n d u r g in g her release as a prisoner of conscience s h o u ld

cided to prepare a h ypoth etical case for M oot C ourt and allow students to argue a s p e c ts

in an interv iew w ith T h e W e e k ly th a t sh e u n d e r to o k th e p r o je c t in o r d e r to in fo r m

s tu d e n ts a n d ju d g e s a b o u t th e a m b ig u ity o f c e r ta in k e y s ta tu te s w h ic hh av ea b e a r in g o n th e J u s tic e

D epart\u00ad m e n t in v o lv e th e w illfu l m is r e p r e s e n ta \u00ad tion of w artim e and war-related activi\u00ad tie s ,M s . M y c io -Z a r y c k y j in d ic a te d th a t c e r ta in

th e D is p la c e d P e r s o n s A c t , u n d e r w h ic h m ost East European refugeese n t e r e d th e c o u n tr y ,

m a in ta in e d th a t th e O U N , th e O r g a n i\u00ad z a tio n o f U k r a in ia n N a tio n a lis ts , is o n e s u c h

P ersons A c t. M r. K oziy w as also accused of b eing a m em b er of a G erm an-con\u00ad tr o lle d

D epartm ent h as never attem pted to denaturalize anyone s o le ly o n th a t b a s is , s h e s a id s h e w a n te d to s h o w

In s tr u c tu r in g h e r c a s e , M s . M y c io - Zaryckyj first had a low er court dena\u00ad tu r a liz e M r . S h e v c h e n k o . In th e h y p o \u00ad th e tic a l p r o c e e d in g s , s h e h a d th e J u s tic e Departm ent accuse M r. Shevchenko of c o n c e a lin g

OU N. S h e th e n h a d th e lo w e r c o u r t d is m is s th e c h a r g e o f m e m b e r s h ip in th e p o lic e u n it b e c a u s e o f th e u n r e lia b ility o f S o v ie t- s u p p lie d e v id e n c e . In o r d e r to a v o id a s tr ic t m is r e p r e s e n ta tio n

c a s e , s h e a ls o h ad th e court uph old M r. S h ev ch enko's c la im

in a d e q u a te tr a n s la to r a n d , th e r e fo r e , c o u ld n o t b e h e ld

b e e n im m ig r a tio n la w y e r s . E a c h g r o u p h a d 3 0 m in u te s , w ith a n o th e r h a lf-h o u r d e s ig n a te d fo r d is c u s s io n .

S ince th at tim e, th ree separate m eet\u00ad in g s o f r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s o f th e tw o g r o u p s took place, on January 15,February 25 a n d

b y -la w s a n d th e creation ofa b y-law s com m ittee for th is p u r p o s e .

e x e c u tiv e com m ittee decided to h old a m eeting on M a y1 4 o fa ll o r g a n iz a tio n sa n d b r a n c h \u00ad es of the law

th o s e a tte n d in g c o u ld p a r tic ip a te in th e M a y 15 m e m o r ia l p r o g r a m

a r o ta tio n s y s te m , M r . F lis is c u r r e n tly h e a d o f th e com m ittee.

to plan events and to sponsor ob servances to com m em orate th e 50th a n n iv e r s a r y

p r e s id e n t; N . W a s y ly n , v ic e p r e s i\u00ad dent; B. Bach ynsky, secretary; O. D o ly n iu k , tr e a s u r e r . F o u r s u b c o m m it\u00ad te e

H onorary m em b ers of th e com m ittee in c lu d e M . N o v a k , f ir s t p r e s id e n t o fth e U k r a in ia n

newspaper, recently ran a fr o n t-p a g e s to r y h e a d lin e d " U k r a in e \u2014

th e s p e c ia l is s u e o f T h e U k r a in ia n W e e k ly , d e d ic a t e d t o th e

ran a lengthy piece on the U k r a in ia n h o lo c a u s t u n d e r a b a n n e r h e a d lin e . T h e a r tic le in c lu d e da b o ld \u00ad fa c e

eyew itness accounts, a com m entary and a picture o fa c o r p s e o fa y o u n g fa m in e v ic tim .

la c k o f c r o p s . H u n g e r w a s u s e d a s a w e a p o n a g a in s t th e p e o p le w h o w e r e n o t w illin g t o a c c e p t S o v ie t c o m m u \u00ad n is m .

e y e \u00ad w itn e s s a c c o u n ts o f o n e o f th e m o s t underhanded and tr a g ic c r im e s ofthe 2 0 th

p u b lis h e d in S te v e n s P o in ti n c e n tr a l W is c o n s in , a n d h a s a c ir c u la tio n o f ov er

M a r c h 2 0 s p e c ia l is s u e o f T h e W e e k \u00ad ly . W r itte n , c o m p ile d a n d c o m m e n t\u00ad e d u p o n b ya r e p o r te r s ig n e d I .S ., th e a r tic le

g a th e r in g s , n o m e m o r ia ls ; n o m o v e s to correct th is crim e were m ade, for th is