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The Ukrainian Weekly 1986, No.20 www.ukrweekly.com Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association rainian Wee Vol. LIV No. 20 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1986 25 cents D.C. Ukrainians picket offices Gorbachev speaks on Chornobyl accident; of U.S. News A World Report sources still question casualty figures by Tania Demchuk of the Ukrainian American community JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Soviet leader released piecemeal by Soviet officials. It about the inaccurate cover headline. Mikhail Gorbachev broke his 18-day was revealed that 92,000 persons had WASHINGTON — About 35 Individual members of the delegation silence on the Chornobyl nuclear acci- been evacuated from the Chornobyl members of the Ukrainian American explained Soviet Russification policy dent, speaking on Soviet television on vicinity. News reports also gave descrip- community of Washington demon- toward Ukraine and how the U.S. News Wednesday, May 14. tions of heroic efforts by workers to strated on Thursday, May 8, before the headline lent support to that policy. In his 25-minute speech, he reported extinguish the fire at the plant, to offices of U.S. News A World Report to Mr. Gergen acknowledged that the that nine persons had died as a result of evacuate area residents, and to entomb protest the cover of the May 12 issue, headline was chosen for marketing the disaster and that 299 were hospital- the still-smoldering reactor. "Nightmare in Russia." At the same reasons, even though it was inaccurate. ized with radiation sickness of varying Dr. Robert Gale, the American time, four representatives of the com- He went on to state that the standards severities. specialist on bone marrow transplants munity were meeting with U.S. News used at U.S. News and other magazines Meanwhile, a U.S. State Department who has been treating accident victims editor David Gergen and his staff. and newspapers allows for using official who spoke on condition that he in Moscow, appeared at a press confe- The meeting was arranged by Eugene "Russia" and "Soviet Union" not be identified, had told The Ukrain- rence on Thursday, May 15. He said Iwanciw and attended by Bohdan interchangeably. ian Weekly, "I don't honestly believe" there would be more casualties in the Futey, Alvin Kapusta and Rostyk The delegation outlined the results of the official Soviet figures of "two, or weeks to come. A day earlier, Dr. Gale Chomiak. In addition to Mr. Gergen, Russification, including the 1932-33 three, or six dead." He said he "would had reported that seven of the 35 James Kilpatrick, senior editor, man-made famine, and its tragic add a couple of zeroes to those figures." persons most seriously affected by Kathryn Bushkin, director of editorial consequences. They stressed that while The official, who said he has been radiation had died. administration, and Jeff Trimble, who the terms are often used interehangeab- dealing with nuclear issues for 10 years, In related news, Soviet newspapers will be Moscow correspondent for U.S. ly, this is incorrect and it is the function commented that, as time goes on, more reported that three persons had been News beginning in June, were present at of newsmagazines to educate and not re- information will become available punished for malfeasance during the the hourlong meeting. flect inaccuracies by others. about the nuclear accident that began nuclear accident. Pravda said that A. The delegation expressed the outrage (Continued on page 4) on April 26 some 60 miles north of Kiev, Sicharenko, an engineer and local party the Ukrainian capital. official from Prypiat, the town closest In his TV address, General Secretary to the nuclear power plant, and another Gorbachev also stated, "The most party official, A. Shapoval, had ignored serious consequences (of the accident) their duties during the evacuation of have been averted. Of course, the end is employees and residents. Mr. Shapoval not yet. It is not the time to rest. was stripped of his Communist Party Extensive and long work still lies ahead. membership, while Mr. Sicharenko was The level of radiation in the station's given a "severe reprimand." zone and on the territory in the imme- A third official, A. Gubsky, secretary diate vicinity still remains dangerous for of the local construction organization, human health." was given an unspecified punishment During the week, more information for failing "to give a timely, principled about the nuclear catastrophe was being assessment of what had occurred." ABA set to implement agreement with Soviet lawyers despite protests PHOENIX, Ariz. — Despite changes, and a variety of other coopera- mounting criticism, a five-man dele- tive ventures to be decided in the future. gation of officers of the American Bar The agreement, which may be Association will depart for Moscow on terminated by either side at any time, 4 May 26 to begin implementing formal calls for the first American lawyers de- ties of cooperation with a Soviet or- legation to visit the Soviet Union at ganization, the Association of Soviet Soviet expense this month to discuss Lawyers (ASL). "matters of cooperation and other legal According to critics of the ABA-ASL issues of mutual interest." ties, the ASL and its officers are Opposition to the agreement on responsible for a campaign of disinfor- human-rights grounds is being led by mation about the Soviet legal system attorneys Patience T. Huntwork and and for "vicious denunciations" of Orest A. Jejna, both of Phoenix, Ariz. Soviet dissidents, including Ukrainians Mr. Jejna, a trial lawyer in solo practice, Mykoia Rudenko, Vasyl Stus and is a first-generation Ukrainian Leonid Plyushch. American. In November 1985 Mr. Jejna Under the document signed in May played a leading role in efforts by the 1985 by the ABA's executive director, Ukrainian American Bar Association to the 300,000-member, internationally win freedom for Myroslav Medvid, in known ABA is formally linked to the connection with the Ukrainian sailor's So ч lets by a cooperative agreement of unsuccessful bid for political asylum in indefinite duration. The agreement, Louisiana. which reportedly was proposed and Shortly after the Medvid ..incident, drafted by the Soviets, contains expres- Ms. Huntwork contacted Mr. Jejna to sions of mutual respect. ask for his support in opposing the ІШІ^^ DtmchuK It provides for annual visits by five- ABA-ASL Agreement. Ms. Huntwork, Demonstrator expresses his opinion about cover headline used, by U.S. News St person delegations, and for joint syrn- a graduate of Stanford University and World Report. posia, electronic information ex- (Continued on page 10) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MAY 18, 1986 No. 20 NUCLEAR DISASTER IN UKRAINE A glimpse of Soviet reality Ukraine student trip cancelled by Michael B. Bociurkiw dent" that it was safe for the group to The political fallout in Kiev travel to Ukraine. by Dr. Roman Solchanyk primarily focused on Ukraine, where JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Nine Ukrai- The source told The Weekly that the the accident occurred, and on its politi- nian students from Saskatoon, Sask., Canadian Department of External In the wake of the accident at the nu- cal leadership, which shoulders direct have been told by the University of Affairs urged the university to cancel clear power plant in 'Chornobyl, responsibility for developments in the Saskatchewan that they cannot go to the trip until more information was Western observers have begun to specu- republic. Early reports in the Western Ukraine this month for a six-week available about health conditions in late about the possible impact of the media have already singled out Volo- academic exchange trip. Ukraine. disaster on the political scene in the dymyr Shcherbytsky, the first secretary The group was to have arrived in (Last week the Canadian government Soviet Union. Thus far, the main focus of the Ukrainian Communist Party, as a Ukraine on May 12 to take part in warned Canadians not to drink ra; of attention has been on the possible political casualty of Chor- Ukrainian courses at the State Univer- water after finding that rain in Опал credibility of the campaign for more nobyl. Two factors are at work here. sity of Chernivtsi, which has an ex- contained radioactive iodine in amounts "openness" (glasnost) in the Soviet First, for some time now, conven- change agreement with the University six times higher than federal standards media and in public affairs in general, tional wisdom has held that the Ukrai- of Saskatchewan. allow in drinking water. The Canadian which has been identified with Soviet nian party leader is an "outsider" in the But the trip was cancelled at the last government also issued a travel advi- Party leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Gorbachev Kremlin. This view is based minute when Dr. Leo Christjanson, the sory for tourists in Eastern Europe, The Soviet delay in reporting the largely if not entirely on the fact that president of the university, concluded warning people not to travel to Kiev and accident and, from the standpoint of Mr. Shcherbytsky owes his political that it was not clear whether the stu- an area 400 kilometers around the city.) Western governments, the unsatisfac- success to former CPSU General Secre- dents would be safe from dangerous ra- The university sent a telex to the State tory amount of information that has tary Leonid Brezhnev and, as such, is an diation levels from the crippled nuclear University of Chernivtsi on May 9 been provided, has led some commen- "opponent' of Gorbachev. Whether one reactor at Chornobyl. advising the Soviet hosts of the can- tators to suggest that in fact very little follows from the other need not con- According to an aide to Dr. Christ- cellation. has really changed in the Kremlin.
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