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39 September 29, 1996 INSIDE:• House-Senate conferees approve earmark for Ukraine — page 3. • Zaporizhia oak is witness to 700 years of history — page 4. • Horbulin’s independence anniversary address — page 8. Published by the Ukrainian National Association Inc., a fraternal non-profit association Vol. LXIV HE No.KRAINIAN 39 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1996 EEKLY$1.25/$2 in Ukraine Ukraine’sT independenceU anniversary markedW on Capitol Hill by Yaro Bihun Special to The Ukrainian Weekly WASHINGTON – The fifth anniversary of Ukraine’s independence was marked in the U.S. Congress on September 18 with warm praise for its accomplishments and assurances of support from the U.S. lawmakers who addressed the anniversary luncheon reception in the Senate Russell Office Building. The more than 250 people attending the event also heard a progress report on Ukraine’s development from Volodymyr Horbulin, secretary of the National Security Council of Ukraine, who was the luncheon’s keynote speaker. The reception was sponsored by the Ukrainian American Coordinating Council (UACC), the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA) and Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) as well some 30 other U.S. senators and representatives. Mr. Horbulin, who was visiting Washington for talks with Clinton administration officials, said Ukraine has laid down a “sound foundation” for a market economy. It has a “clear economic reform strategy,” brought into effect soon after President Leonid Kuchma’s election in 1994, which seeks to achieve and maintain financial sta- bility, control inflation, denationalize and develop a pri- vate sector, and create a favorable climate for foreign investment. The process was helped by the adoption of Ukraine’s new Constitution, which, among other things, ensures var- ious economic and ownership rights, including the right to private property, to own land and the right of entrepre- neurship. Mr. Horbulin said that Ukraine “could hardly Volodymyr Horbulin, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security Council, acknowledges applause after his have been able to achieve such changes” without the keynote address, with Ukrainian Ambassador Yuri Shcherbak (left) and Michael Sawkiw Jr., director of the assistance of other countries, including the United States. Ukrainian National Information Service (right). (Continued on page 9) Ukrainian Security Council official GM may enter Ukraine market visits D.C. to bolster bilateral ties viaby auto Roman Woronowycz joint productiondetermine whether it caneffort work with by Yaro Bihun Perry, President Clinton’s National Kyiv Press Bureau AutoZAZ. “Can we agree on the prod- Special to The Ukrainian Weekly Security Advisor Anthony Lake as well uct to be manufactured in Ukraine? KYIV — In a move that may signal WASHINGTON – Volodymyr as with Central Intelligence Agency How can we both utilize the facilities the entrance into the Ukrainian market Horbulin, the secretary of the National Director John Deutch and Assistant that AutoZAZ has today? How will the of the largest corporation in the world, Security Council of Ukraine, on Director of the Federal Bureau of manufacturing marriage take place?” General Motors Corp. on September 12 September 19 concluded four days of Investigation William Esposito. While in He added, “I’ll be frank, I do not see signed an agreement to do a feasibility talks with senior Clinton administration Washington Mr. Horbulin was the fea- any major obstacles today. The study is study for a joint auto production effort officials, as the two countries announced tured speaker at the congressional lun- merely to see whether AutoZAZ and with AutoZAZ, Ukraine’s only car man- the creation of a U.S.-Ukraine Binational cheon reception commemorating the fifth ufacturing outfit, located in Zaporizhia. GM can work together.” Commission. anniversary of Ukraine’s independence The feasibility study, which is being Discussions between the Ukrainian The commission, to be chaired by (see story on page 1). spurred by a $143,800 grant from the and U.S. car manufacturers began in President Leonid Kuchma and Vice- The Ukrainian Embassy in U.S. Trade and Development Agency early 1996 when AutoZAZ contacted President Al Gore, according to the joint Washington characterized Mr. and to which the automotive giant is GM to inquire about their interest in a statement, “will build even closer ties Horbulin’s official discussions as contributing $370,000 of its own money, joint venture that would manufacture between Ukraine and the United States “exceptionally productive and beneficial is intended to determine if AutoZAZ has passenger cars and light commercial and will deepen our strategic partner- ... constituting an important step forward the facilities and corporate structure that vehicles for Ukraine. Since then both ship” in the areas of foreign policy, secu- in the development of the bilateral rela- GM requires for partnership. sides have paid visits to the facilities rity, trade and investment, and sustain- tionship, which now has reached the U.S. Ambassador William Green of their respective companies. able economic cooperation. The details level of a strategic partnership.” Miller, in announcing the grant, listed Mykola Lastovecky, deputy director of the structure of the new commission, In his meeting with Mr. Lake, Mr. three requirements GM has before mov- of AutoZAZ, underscored that the which was agreed to during President Horbulin discussed the future of the ing into Ukraine: “It depends on the mar- move must be viewed as simply a Kuchma’s last visit to Washington, were bilateral relationship, the creation of a ket, the facilities and whether they can study, not a commitment. “AutoZAZ finalized during Mr. Horbulin’s meeting collective security system in Europe, work together,” said Ambassador Miller. is looking at many foreign investors. with Mr. Gore’s advisors early in his Ukraine’s relations with NATO, the General Motors Vice-President Louis Right now GM is the one, but this is visit. planned expansion of the Western Sande explained that General Motors all preliminary,” said Mr. Lastovecky. Mr. Horbulin also had discussions alliance, and Ukraine’s relations with needs several questions answered to Mr. Sande agreed that right now with Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Russia. During the meeting, Mr. (Continued on page 3) Talbott, Defense Secretary William (Continued on page 9) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1996 No. 39 COMMENTARY: International Congress NEWSBRIEFSNEWSBRIEFS of Ukrainian Studies held against the odds Kostenko says reactor No. 4 could explode new Constitution. (OMRI Daily Digest) by Yaroslav Bilinsky Ukrainian national intelligentsia and cul- ture were to be found only in Kyiv – who KYIV — Ukrainian Environment Kuchma outlines crime-fighting program PART I in his right mind would even temporarily Minister Yuri Kostenko said radiation leave Kyiv for Kharkiv?! releases at the Chornobyl nuclear power KYIV — Ukrainian President Leonid KHARKIV — For four days, August Kuchma outlined a four-year program to 26-29, the third International Congress of I bit my tongue and decided that I would plant indicate that a dangerous chemical not mind the Kyiv intelligentsia giving chain reaction is taking place inside the combat crime in Ukraine. The program Ukrainian Studies, met in the capital of provides the legal, technical and organi- Slobidsky Kray, which is also the ex- themselves the airs of Parisians, provided sarcophagus-encased reactor No. 4, only that they did not start imitating the Ukrainian and Western news agencies zational conditions to carry out the capital of the Ukrainian SSR (1920- administration’s crime-fighting plan. In Muscovites and the St. Petersburgers. The reported on September 24. Mr. Kostenko 1934). related news, Ukrainian agencies report- Russians’ contempt for Ukrainian indepen- said that spent nuclear fuel inside the “Kharkiv Has Drawn Scholars from ed on September 18 that bombs exploded dence is almost palpable. This, of course, enclosed reactor is undergoing chemical Australia to Japan,” proclaimed the first- in two shops owned by Akar Ltd. in does not faze most Americans, especially reactions that could cause further radiation page headline in the regional newspaper downtown Sevastopil. There were no Slobidsky Kray of August 29. those who discovered Ukraine only in increases or an explosion at any time. reported injuries. In another develop- Citing Prof. Iaroslav Isaievych, presi- 1994. They continue to regard the Russian Releases of radiation were recorded at ment, a popular correspondent for the dent of the International Association of intelligentsia as great democrats. But a sur- reactor No. 4 on September 12 and 16. An weekly current affairs television show Ukrainian Studies and director of the Lviv- prising number of Ukrainian Ukrainians in examination of the exterior of the sarcoph- “Pisliamova” was beaten and robbed on based Krypyakevych Institute of Ukrainian Kyiv do the same. I have had an earful (and agus did not reveal what had caused the September 14. Volodymyr Skachko, the Studies of the National Academy of a bellyful) of factually plausible but, oh so radiation releases; an internal examination program’s chief political reporter, suf- Sciences of Ukraine, the paper proudly demoralizing, accounts of “the most intelli- is not possible. Similar unexplained fered bruises and cuts when several noted that over 600 scholars from 24 coun- gent Ukrainians” having stayed in Moscow increases in radiation had occurred at reac- youths forced their way into his apart- tries had participated in the congress. in 1991 to support Boris Yeltsin against tor no. 4 in June 1990 and January 1996. Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma. ment, tied and gagged him, and ran- (The reference to Australia and Japan in The environment minister said that the lat- Monday, August 26, was the opening sacked his flat. (OMRI Daily Digest) the headline is an elegant Ukrainian ren- est releases of radiation prove that the day of the Congress in Kharkiv. It driz- dering of “A to Z,” for in the Ukrainian planned construction of a new sarcophagus New consulates to open in Latin America zled, rained drizzled again, all day long.
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