www.ukrweekly.com Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc.. a fraternal non-profit association| IraInian WeekI V Vol. LV No,46 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1987 25 cents NY Times correspondenfs stories LubachIvsky seeks reconciliation reflected Soviet line, says scholarwit h Russian Orthodox Church Dr. Mace revealed this finding in a Calls for mutual forgiveness primate's call for reconciliation was first Document revealspape r he was to present on Friday, reported in the United States by the November 13, at a conference on JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Cardinal Associated Press. However, the AP's secret agreement "Recognition and Denial of Geno­ Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, leader of quotes from Cardinal Lubachivsky's cide and Mass Killing in the 20th the Ukrainian Catholic Church, has speech were not quite accurate. JERSEY CITY, N. J. - New York called for reconciliation with the Rus­ Moreover, the AP incorrectly quoted Times correspondent Walter Du- Century." An advance copy of the paper, along with a photocopy of the sian nation and the Moscow Patriar­ the cardinal as saying that he hoped to ranty's dispatches from the Soviet chate of the Russian Orthodox Church. return to Ukraine next year to celebrate Union always reflected "the official U.S. Embassy document, was re­ ceived by The Ukrainian Weekly. In a speech delivered Friday, Novem­ liturgy **in my cathedral in Kiev."There opinion of the Soviet regime and not ber 6, the cardinal said: is no Ukrainian Catholic cathedral in his own," according to a declassified Dr. Mace concludes: "Duranty's own words make it clear that he was "In keeping with Christ's spirit, we Kiev; furthermore Cardinal Lubachiv­ U.S. State Department document. extend our hand of forgiveness, recon­ sky is the archbishop of Lviv. Furthermore, this tendentiousness in fact as much of a Soviet spokes­ man as Vladimir Posner, whether or ciliation and love to the Russian nation According to the Rev. Dacko, who was the result, in Mr. Duranty's own and to the Moscow Patriarchate. We words, of an "agreement with The not one credits his stated reason for spoke with The Weekly on November it." repeat, as we said in our reconciliation 11 and 12, from his office in St. Catha­ New York Times and the Soviet with the Polish nation, the words of authorities." Contacted by The Weekly via tele­ rines, Ont., what the prelate actually phone, Carrie Singer, secretary to Christ: forgive us, as we forgive you' said was: Mr. Duranty was The New York (Matthew 6:12). We are all brothers in Times correspondent in Moscow at Max Frankel, executive editor of "The greatest gift on the occasion of The New York Times, said that Mr. Christ, let us respect one another, let us the l,(^th anniversary of the Christiani- the time of the artificially created 1earn to live together in the knowledge Ukrainian famine of 1932-33, during Frankel would not comment with­ zation of Kievan Rus' would be if I were out seeing the State Department do­ that we are united in the faith of our able to celebrate the divine liturgy in my which 7 million persons died. In 1932 Savior. Mary, the mother of God, is the correspondent received the Pulit­ cument. cathedral in Lviv." such a strong bond in our religious zer Prize "for dispassionate interpre­ In his news stories Mr. Duranty at tradition that she will help us overcome CI!ardinal Lubachivsky delivered his tive reporting of the news from first denied, then downplayed re­ address at a Vatican ceremony com­ Russia." all the obstacles on the road to unity for ports of food shortages and famine. the salvation of our nations." memorating the 40th anniversary of a Privately he admitted that millions The U.S, government document, a Cardinal Lubachivsky spoke in Ita­ Catholic charity, Aid to the Church in were dying as a result of a man-made memorandum written by A.W. Klie- lian. A Ukrainian translation of the Need. The Rev. Dacko, who was pre­ foth of the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, famine, but his accounts in The New sent at that ceremony, is president of the York Times did not report this. above cited passage was provided to was uncovered by Dr. James E. The Ukrainian Weekly by the Rev. Aid to the Church in Need in Canada. Mace, staff director of the U.S. Dr. Mace notes in his paper that Wolodymyr Dacko, executive director He had returned from Rome earlier Commission on the Ukraine Famine. Mr. Duranty admitted the extent of of the St. Sophia Religious Association this week. the famine to several fellow journa­ In 1931, during one of his trips out­ of Ukrainian Catholics in Canada, lists and to Western diplomats. Several observers contacted by The side the Soviet Union, Mr,. Duranty based in St. Catharines, Ont. He quotes Malcolm Muggeridge, Weekly declined comment on the state­ had a conversation with Mr. Klie- The story of the Ukrainian CathoUc foth, on the basis of which the latter Moscow correspondent for the Man­ (Continued on page 13) prepared a June 4 memo, that was chester Guardian, who later said of sent on to the Secretary of State in the Times correspondent: Washington. "Duranty was the villain of the Terelia expresses opfimism The memorandum reported: whole thing... It is difficult for me to "...Duranty pointed out that, 'in see how it could have been otherwise on Kremlin/Church dialogue agreement with The New York Times that in some sense he was not in the and the Soviet authorities,,' his offi­ regime's power. He wrote things ROME " Recently freed Ukrainian clear that something has changed at the cial despatches always reflect the about the famine and the situation in Catholic activist Yosyp Terelia told a top of the Soviet government, [Mikhail] official opinion of 1he Soviet regime Ukraine which were laughably press conference here on November 10 Gorbachev's regime never pressured me and not his own.'' (Continued on page І6) that the Kremlin probably will soon to give up my religion." take steps toward legalizing the Ukrai­ тае Catholic lay activist noted ihat nian CaihoUc Church in the Soviet the Soviets have apparently already l]nvOIK decided to legalize the Ukrainian Ca-' News of the fortner Soviet dissident/s їГіОІіс Church out tbat the !Creroliri is !L^I remarks was rtpnrVc6 by ^everal We4- beeking greater conc^-bsio?is ЇЄГП news agencies. Be Ihen Wei1l on to give brief ac­ Speeiai iG Smb&da amd The Weekly stand Of1 Monday, Novembef 9. He Mr. Terelia spoke 'di a press confe­ counts oi 1wo meetings between Soviet from UNCMAIN observer testified that day on the signatures that rence following three days of discus­ officiais and Ukrainian Catholics. appear on the ID card purportedly sions with Vatican officials and an At a meeting in Kiev on September JERUSALEM - A wor1d renowned issued to Mr. Demjanjuk at a Nazi audience with Pope John Paul II on 12, attended by representatives of the documents expert, Julius Grant of training camp for guards. Saturday, November 7. Supreme Soviet and leading Ukrainian Great Britain, testified this week that He said that it is highly probable that Mr. Terelia reported that there had Catholics, including Bishop Pavlo the key piece of evidence against John the signature of Karl Streibel is his, been contacts to discuss the legaliza­ Vasylyk, the government side assumed Demjanjuk, the so-called Trawniki probable that the signature of Ernst tion of the clandestine Church between a harsh tone. Talks broke off, Mr. identification card, is a fake. Teufel is authentic, but unhkely that the Soviet officials and leading Ukrainian Terelia said, when the bishop rejected a Dr. Grant, who is famous for having signature alleged to be Mr. Demjanjuk's Catholic activists. He also said that proposal that the Ukrainian Catholic discovered that the 1983 Hitler diaries is his. Cardinal Myroslav Ivan Lubachivsky, Church could be allowed to exist but were a hoax, said he had determined Defense attorney Yoram Sheftel, leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church that it have no Unks to the Vatican. the card was not authentic after he saw who questioned Dr. Grant, got the is expected to appeal to the Kremlin for At a separate meeting held at about evidence that the photograph now on witness to state that, even though two the legal reinstatement of his Church the same time in Transcarpathia, Cen­ the card had not originally been there, signatures on the card may be authentic, within the USSR. tral Committee representatives told and after he concluded that it was un­ when other elements are falsiQed the "I am optimistic about the condition Catholic spokespersons, including the likely that the signature on the card is entire document is considered a fake. of our Church in the Soviet Union in the Rev. Ivan Margitich, that a legalized the defendant's. Dr. Grant said that in his examination future," Mr. Terelia said. "For those of Ukrainian Catholic Church could not The documents expert first took the (Continued on page 16) us familiar with the Soviet Union it is (Continued on page 13) THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1987 No.46 A GLIMPSE OF SOVIET REALITY Kiev Radio broadcast attacks Terelia, Ukrainian Catholics Newspaper hints at attempts FRAMINGHAM, Mass. - Kiev Kiev Radio broadcast sought to demon­ Radio broadcast a commentary in early strate that the signatures on the docu­ October attacking religious rights ment had been falsified, wrote Keston. to rehabilitate Khvyliovy advocate and former political prisoner It claimed that Bishop Ivan Semedi of Yosyp Terelia, now living in Canada, Uzhhorod, whom they labelled as a by Marta Dyczok the famous "Literary Discussion" which according to the Keston News Service "former priest of the Greek Catholic witnessed Khvyliovy's challenge to the published here.