E v a n g e lic a l-B a p tis t C h u r c h \u00ad es in the free w orld and the W orld C ongress of Free U krainians presented a docum ented m em orandum

U k ra in ia n w riter Oles (O leksander) Berdnyk. a resident of Kiev (U kraine).

in w hich I h o ld th e A m e ric a n p e o p le a n d th e A m e ric a n g o v e rn m e n t. I a sk y o u to g ra n t m e p o litic a l a s y lu m

S tro k a ta . U k ra in ia n m ic ro b io lo g is t a n d fo rm e r p o liti\u00ad cal prisoner w ho is thought to be in danger o f

m ic ro b io lo g is ts a re a tte m p tin g to get perm ission for S tro k ata to com e to th e U n ite d

A m e r i c a 's B ic e n \u00ad te n n ia l w ith H ry h o ry K y ta s ty 's fin e a rra n g e \u00ad m ent of "H appy B irthday to Y ou. A m erica".

S a c iu k , P h . D ., o f th e U n iv e r s ity o f F lo r id a , and B ohdan Yasen. P r o f. R obert C onquest, B ritish

1970 and se t fo r its e lf th e g o a l o f p r o v id in g " w ith o u t g e n e r a liz a tio n ,

constitution, repressions in U kraine through th e c o u r ts a n d o u ts id e th e c o u r ts , v io la tio n s o f

i n various form s\u2014 m anuscript, typescript, and p h o to c o p y -" T h e

U k r a in ia n H erald" w as the free uncensored voice of the U k r a in ia n

r e p o r tin g o n e v e n t s a n d p h e n o m e n a in U k r a in ia n life th a t

cease publication by the1 9 7 2 w ave of arrests a n d r e p r e s s io n s a g a in s t U k r a in ia n in te lle c \u00ad tu a ls.

H e r a ld " a p p e a r e d in S o v ie t U k r a in e a g a in , in th e s p r in g o f 1 9 7 4 . T his double issue, N os. 7 and 8, reached the W est

"The Ukrainian H erald, Issue 7-8: Ethno\u00ad c id e o f U k r a in ia n s in th e U S S R " c o n s is ts o f th e fo llo w in g s e c tio n s :

O c c u p a tio n F o r c e s in U k r a in e ," is a d e ta ile d s tu d y o f th e d e s tr u c tio n o f th e U k r a in ia n n a tio n d u r in g th e

o f T o ta l R u ssific a tio n " ; " T h e Purge of Party C adres of the C PU " (w hich c o n ta in s a n d

insiders' account of the cam \u00ad paign against Petro Shelest, First Secretary o f

h is supporters, and w hich strongly supports the argum ent

C u ltu r e : T h e P ersecution of the Intelligentsia" (w hich lists the m ost recent cases of arrest and d ism is\u00ad s a ls

p o s itio n s w ith th e A c a d e m y o f S c ie n c e s o f th e U k r a in \u00ad ia n

Cultural M onuments"; and "T he D estruction of C hurches and P ersecu\u00ad tio n o f th e F a ith fu l;"

Sahaydak (a pseu\u00ad d o n y m ) , e d ito r o f " T h e U k r a in ia n H e r a ld ," Issue 7-8.

nal's first issues, introduces and defines the reasons for the renew ed "H erald". It's tone a n d

in the rest of th e is s u e , a m ilita n c y w h ic h w a s n o d o u b t a reaction to the intensified repression of 1972 and since.

7 -8 : E th n o \u00ad c id e o f U k r a in ia n s in th e U S S R " c o n ta in s a s e c tio n o f n o t e s , b io g r a p h ic a l m a te r ia l, a n d an index of nam es.

L ast w eek. R adio L iberty reported that a C itizens C om m ittee to M onitor C om pliance w ith th e H e ls in k i A c c o r d s w a s e s ta b lis h e d in th e

T h e y w ill a ls o p e r io d ic a lly r e p o r t o n th e ir w o r k t o c e n tr a l U k r a in ia n A m e r ic a n o r g a n i\u00ad z a tio n s .

r e p r e s s io n s a g a in s t in d iv id u a ls fo r th e ir n a tio n a l, p o litic a l, id e o lo g ic a l a n d r e lig io u s' b e lie fs ;

tence served during S talin's regim e, reported the press service of the U krainian Suprem e L ib e r a tio n

im m ed ia te release of m y son, because his sentence w as s e r v e d

S h e s a id th a t w h e n s h e w a s r e h a b ilita te d , a g o v e r n m e n t o ffic ia l s a id th a t " th e " F a th e r \u00ad la n d

asks your forgiveness," but according to her, the regim e did not offer "any retribu\u00ad tions for the crim e com m itted against m e."

S he repeated m any tim es in the open letter dated Septem ber 29,1976that Serhiyenko is g u ilty o f " n o c r im e s a g a in s t th e p e o p le ."

that the w ritten w ord d o e s n o t c o n c e r n y o u , it is c o m p o s e d s o th a t o u r ik o n lo o k s p r e s e n ta b le ."

Brezhnev what right d id S o v ie t o ffic ia ls h a v e in a r r e s tin g h e r s o n fo r ta lk in g a b o u t th e p o s s ib le s e c e s s io n

region cam ps that there are other " p r is o n e r s w h o d id n o t s a c r ific e th e ir m o r a l v a lu e s

fo r th e ir a c tio n s in defense of Soviet political prisoners and for their m em bership in the H elsinki m oni\u00ad toring com m ission.

a b o u t th e h u m a n e life in the concentrations cam ps are true, but the writers of the article did not investigate the s to r y fu lly . H e s a id th a t th e a r c h iv e s o f th e L v iv a n d P e r m

K G B c o n ta in m a te r ia l w h ic h w o u ld h a v e g iv e n th e sto r y a m o r e o b je c tiv e c h a r a c te r .

In th e ja r g o n o f th e p r iso n c a m p in m a te s , e x p la in e d S h o v k o v y , D u d e n a s is a" s u k a " \u2014 a n in fo r m e r , a n d c a m p o ffic ia ls " ta k e c a r e o f th e ir o w n ."

Shovkovy warned the editors of "Izvestia" that " the prisoners w h o w ere tortures in N azi concentration cam ps were not w itnesses for th e

p o litic a l prisoners, w h o at on e tim e w ere m em b ers o f th e C o m m u n is t P a r ty b u t e v e n tu a lly fo u n d th a t th e y c o u ld n o lo n g e r s to m a c h th e official lin e, an d d ecid ed to join th e ranks of those w ho spoke out in defense o f U k r a in ia n n a tio n a l a n d c iv il r ig h ts .

in th e v illa g e o f Y u r y iv ts i, 0 1 e n k - sandrivsky region, Voroshylovohrad o b la st.

R udenko deve\u00ad lo p e d a lo v e fo r th e D o n e ts k e r e g io n , fo r th e c o a l m in e s a n d fo r th e r u stic in h a b it\u00ad ants of that area.

u p o n graduation he w as offered m em bership in the C om m unist Party.

to a political instructor's sch ool. H e rem ained a p oliti\u00ad cal instructor for the duration of the w ar, a n d

o f L e n in \u00ad grad. H e spent a year in several hospitals as a result ofa severe w ound he received, but once it healed he w as returned to the fr o n t.

H e w as also, atf i r s t , assistant secretary and then secretary of the Soviet U krain\u00ad ian W riters Union.

in c lu d e m e n \u00ad tio n o f h u m a n r ig h ts . H is a r tic le " P o e tr y a n d

in the J a n u a r y 3 0 , 1 9 6 2 , e d itio n o f " L ite r a tu m a U k r a in e " (L ite r a r y U k r a in e ) e x e m p lifie d th is.

The change triggered in Rudenko the desire to becom e a m em ber of the hum an r ig h ts m o v e m e n t in U k r a in e . E v e n tu a lly he also becam ea m em ber of the M oscow - b a s e d

O n J u ly 3 ,1 9 7 5 , R u d e n k o w r o tea lo n g le tte r t o L e o n id B r e z h n e v , c r itic iz in g th e sta tu s

n e s s ."T h is w o r k w ill b e p u b lis h e d b y th e S y m o n e n k o P u b lis h in g H o u s e u n d e r th e title of "I am

h o s p ita l, in h o p e s o f o b ta in in g a d e r o g a \u00ad tory statem ent. A ccording to the "Sm o- lo s k y p "

c o lle c te d , m a k in g fo r a to ta lo fS 6 1 ,8 7 6 . In 1975 at th is tim e, th is su m

B ranches w h ic h d o n a te d o r c o lle c te d S I ,0 0 0 o r m o r e . T h ese

O .; C lifto n -P a ssa ic, N .J .; H artford , C o n n .; R o c h e s te r , N .Y .; C h ic a g o ,I I I . ;

P h ila d e lp h ia , Pa. and L orain, O . S om e of these B ranches have rem itted further collections in the last tw o w eek s: U C C A

B r a n c h in B a ltim o r e , M d . (h e a d B . S a la m a c h a , c o lle c to r T . P o p o v y c h )\u2014 5 4 6 5 ; B r o o k ly n , N .Y . (h e a d B . K a r a s, c o lle c to r I. M aker) -

C ity, N .J.; 550: O . Boychuk, D r. Bohdan M asyk, A ntin Fedo- r o v y c h , D r . M a r ia n M a ly n o w s k y , M y k h a ilo D anchak, Joseph

u n d e r 5 5 0 , a n d th e ir n a m e s w ill b e r e p o r te d in the final annual report of the U C C A , as it is

they w ere both students at the U niversity of M ic h ig a n in th e u n d e r g r a d u a tea s w e lla s th e graduate schools. They have tw o daughters.

career, R oger w as an assistant professor of psychology at C o lg a te

fa ll m e m b e r s h ip d r iv e , d e s ig n e d t o b r in g 3 ,0 0 0 new m em bers in to th e U N A fold , insured for a to ta l o f S 6 m illio n , is p ic k in g u p m o m e n \u00ad tu m

th e D e p a r tm e n t, a to ta l o f 1 0 8 n e w a p p lic a tio n s w ere received by th e H om e O ffice, fora total i n

fo r 5 1 5 ,0 0 0 ; M ic h a e l K ih ic h a k , B r a n c h 2 4 0 , fo u r a p p li\u00ad c a tio n s

b e e lig ib le fo r a n a w a r d o f 5 1 ,0 0 0 o r S 500.5400,5300, 5200 or ten of 5100 each in the sw eepstakes, a person m ust organize at least one

e th n ic g r o u p in N o r t h A m e r ic a w ill b e h e ld a t th e H arvard

In stitu te , F r id a y , D e c e m b e r 3 . T h e w o r k s h o p is p a r t o f th e sy m p o siu m

isP r o f. W s e v o - lo d W . Isa jiw , a sso c ia te p r o fe sso r o f s o c io lo \u00ad gy at the U niversity of T oronto.

A m e r ic a . T h e v o lu m e is a ls o th e fir s t jo in t p u b lic a tio n o f th e

Social Research and the H arvard Ukrainian Research Insti\u00ad tu te .

The w orkshop's m orning session, devoted to em pirical studies, will open with a talk by J e ffr e y

c r itic a l a n a ly s is o f c o n te m p o r a r y th e o r ie s o n e th n ic g r o u p s .

of disor\u00ad d e r ly c o n d u c t a g a in s t L u b o m y r S z u c h , w h o d is p la y e d

su m m er, w ere dropped by a M ontrealjudge on the grounds o f in s u ffic ie n t e v id e n c e .