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National Archives Catalogue: https://catalog.archives.gov/ - 228 NAMES ON OUTPU~ L:ST csgs2 REPORT DATE: nl APR 88

NAME NAME

Mrs. E. Sue Ackley Executive Directer Mr. Shagen Arutyunyan Association of American President Physicians Surgeore, Inc. Committee for the Defence of Soviet 9203 Lake Braddock Drive Armerian Political Prisoners Burke, VA 22015 Post Office Box 294~6 Los Angeles, C~ 90029 Mr. Nathan G. Agostinelli Civilian Aide to the Mr. Ronald Bailey Secretary of the Army Director of Research Mancheste~ State Bank The Blackwell Corporation 1041 Main Street Suite 450 Manch~stcr, CT 06040 1255 23rd Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Dr. Kazvs Ambrozaitis President, Chairman of the Board Mr. George Bakalar Lithuanian American Community Committee in Support of Solidarity National Counc.il 6515 Fleet Avenue 35 Crest Drive Cleveland, OH 44105 Dune Acres Chesterton, IN 46304 Mr. David W. Balsiger President Ms. Nazcnin Ansari Ban Coalition Representative Post 0£fice Box 10428 Constitutional Monarchists of Iran Costa Mesa, CA 92627 4201 Cathedral Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20016 Mr. Edward J. Bang President Mr. Willicim S. ArnistE:~ad The Pulaski Association of Wire Editor the NYCPD American Press International 1755 Glenmore Avenue Suite 1210 East Meadow, NY 11554 Nr.tional Press Building Washington, DC 20045 Mr. David H. Barron Chairman Ms. Zinta Arums Jefferson FancRticnal Foundation Director of Public Relations Suite 550 Joint Baltic American 1667 K StrePt, N~ National Committee Washington, DC 20006 Post Office Box 4578 Rockville, MD 20850

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NAME NAME

Mr. George C. Basta Ms. Danele Bieliauskas President 7416 Piney Branch 1'.merican Sokol Takoma Park, MD 20912 6~74 West Cermak Road Berwyn, IL 60402 The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell President: Dr. B. B. Bea.ch Leadership Institute Director, Department of Suite 402 Public Affairs 8001 Braddock Road General Conference o~ Sprinqfield, VA 22151 Seventh-day Adventists 6840 Eastern Avenue I rrw Mr. Neal B. Blair Washington, DC 20012 President Free the Eagles Commander Mitchell ,; . Ferr.c:t Suite 560 Co:mr:lander 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Polish-American War Washington, DC 20002 Veterans Association 673 Newhall Street Professor Albert Blaustein Fall River, MA 02727 President HuMaP Rights Advocates The Reverend Imre Bertalan International Pre s:i_

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NAME NAME

Dr. Manfredo Borges Ms. Shirley Brow11 Chairman Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Ethnic American Council Inc. 948 West Randolph 1707 New Hampshire Avenue, NW Chic2qo, JJ, 60607 Washington, DC 20009

Mr. Joseph Bosilievic Ms. Ellen Caroptell Chairmu.n Consultant Croatian American Republican The Renaissance Women National Fe0eration Suite 26 975 Carlone Place 1200 South Washington Street Scuth Euclid, OH 44121 Alexariad.c.., VA ::'.2314

Dr. Marianne Bouvier Right Reverena Mertin Canavan National Vice President Supreme President German Amer:i_can National Congress The Providence Association of Suite 102 Ukrainian Catholics in America 9380 McKnight Road 817 North Franklin Street Pittsburgh, PA 15237 Philadelphia, P~ 19123

Mrs. Elena Bradunas-Aglinskas Mr. Nicolae Carja President President Lithuanian-American Com:rmni ty Romanian National Council of Hawaii Apartment 3II Room 45 45-26 44th Street 45-995 Wailele Read Sunnyside, NY 11104 Kaneohe, HI 96744 The Honorable Linda Chavez The Honorable Lawrence J. Brady Executive Director Hill and Knowlton U.S. Eng2-ish 901 31st Street, NW Suite 201 Washington, DC 20007 1424 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 2003G Mrs. Ina Bray Lj_aison Mr. Eric Chenoweth Lithuanian Americ2n Ccrr.rnuni ty Committee in Support of Solidarity of the Pacific Northwest Room 3A 3883 45th Avenue, NB 181 Hudson Street Seattle, WA 98105 New York, NY 10013

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Mr. Sonq Chhang Daughters of the American Chairman Revolution Save Cambodia 1776 D Street, NW Suite 100 Washington, DC 20006 4620 Lee Highway Arlington, VA 22207 Mr. Rolf Ca~mc.nr Director of Issues AnalysiE Mr. PPter Christoff National Republican President Senatorial Committee Committee for Human Rights Suite 600 in Bulgaria 440 First Street, NW 1544 Southe~st 8th Street Washington, DC 20001 Deerfield Beach, FL 33441 Nr. Paul P. Dargis Mr. Chris Ciesiolkj_ewicz President President Lithuanian Alliance of America Polish American Congress, Southern 307 West 30th Street California Division New York, NY 10001 Suite 217 2?.,048 Sherman Way Mr. G. Thatcher Darwin Canoga Park, CA 91303 FcHtor Republican Report Mr. Rich C'ol~ma.n Post Office Box 3838 Room S-1055 Laguna Hills, CA 926543838 529 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20045 The Reverend Gornmar A. De Pauw President Mr. Peter Conlin Catholic Tra~itionalist Director of Policy Movement, Inc. Citizens For America 210 Maple Avenue Suite 320 Westbury, NY 11590 214 Massachusett~ Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 Mr. James Denton Executive Di~ector Miss Lynne Cox National Forum Foundation 3842 Fenley Drive Suite ;;20 Los Alamitos, CA 90720 214 Massachusetts Avenue, N.F. Washington, DC 20002 Major General W. D. Crittenberger Jr. Public Realtions

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NA!·m N.l\NE

Mr. Yonas Deressa Director, Center for Law and President Religious Freedom The Ethiopian Refugees Education Christian Legal Society and Relief Foundation, Inc. Post Office Ecx 1492 Post Office Box 2174 Merrifield, VA 22116 Arlington, VA 22202 Mrs. Anna Faltus Mr. Charles Dickens Washington RepresentativP Apartment 301 Czechoslovak National Council 101 Skyhill Road Suite 610 Alexandria, VA 22314 1101 New Hampshire Avenue, NW W~shington, DC 20037 Mr. Aziz A. Djamily 11429 Truro Avenue Mr. Bohdan Fedorak Hawthorne, CA 90250 Pres:.dent American Friends of the Mr. David Domzalski ~nt.ibolshevik Bloc of Nations Committee in Support of Solidarity 24215 Hill 550~ Fleet Avenue Warren, MI 48019 Cleveland, OH 44105 MSgt Nelson Fink (Pet..) Mrs. Alice Donahue Legislative Assist.ant, Military First-Vice PrPsident and Government Relations General Federation of Women's Clubs Air Force Sergents Association 24 Elm Lane Post Office Box 31050 Barrington, RI 02806 Temple Hills, Y.D /0748

The Reverend I. Dornic Mr. Peter Fleherty President Chairman Ethinic American Coalition Citizens for Reagan (Of Eastern Europeans) Suite 160 523 South Wolf Street 412 First Street Baltimore, MD 21231 Washington, DC 20003

Mr. Dolf Droge Mr. Jose APtonio Font Speaker/Consultant on Executive Director National Security Cuban-American National Foundation Suite 204 Suite 601 203 Yoaku~ Parkway 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street, NW Alexandri.c>. , VA 22304 Washington, DC 20007

Mr. Sam Ericsson

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Mr. Paul Ford President Director of Washington Office Nati0nal Advocates Society ~..mnesty International 2323 Creek Drive U.S. Affiliate Alexandria, VA 22308 608 Massachusetts Avenue Washington, DC 20002 Dr. Lawrence Goldmuntz President Mr. Lew Futala Jewish Institute for National President. Security Affairs Organization in Defense of Four Suite 610 Freedoms of Ukraine 1200 18th Street, NW 136 Second Avenue Washington, DC 20036 New York, NY 10003 Mr. Kenneth M. Gorshkow Mr. Andrew Futey Cha irrn.an Presi

Mrs. Gwendoline M. Gliha Miss Dolores Bernardette Grier General Secretary Vice Chancellor for Association of Polish Women Community Relations of the United States Archdioces of New York 7526 Broadway 1011 First Avenue Cleveland, OH 44104 New York, NY 10022

Colonel Stanley J. Glod

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NAME NAME:

Ms. Julianna Gulden 160 North Washington Street Apartment 209 Boston, MA 02111 2700 Wisconsin Avel"'.ue, t-Jv? Washington, DC 20007 Ms. Lillian Hoffman Co-CrairperE"on Mr. Algimantas Gureckas Colorado Comnittee of Concern ~3 Stonehenge Drive for Soviet Jewr:: Windsor, CT 06095 22 South Jersey Street Denver, CO 80224 Mr. Deforest A. Hamilton III National Security Policy Analyst Mr. Ernest Hoka Republican Study Committee Editor 433 Cannon Fouse Office Building Ethnic Review Washington, DC 20515 Apartment 6 1605 .?nd Avenue Mr. Raymond V. Haysbert Sr. New York, NY 10028 Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army Mr. Marc L. Holtzman Parks Sausage Conip2.ny Carmen-Holtzman 501 West Hamburg Street Suite 700 Baltimore, ~D 21230 1667 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 Dr. Dorothy I. Height National President Ms. T. Horodysky National Council of Editor Negro Women V"'I.Sl\ Room 330 Post Office Box .?~E~ 701 North Fairfax Street Berkeley, CA 94702 Alexandria, VA 2231.1 Mr. William J. H. Hough III Mrs. Jo2n L. Reuter Apartment 58 President 227 Lounon Road National Association of Pro America Concord, NH 03301 2101 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 The Reverend Blahoslav s. Hruby Executive Director Mr. Herbert S. Hoffman Research Center ~or Religion and Civilian Aide to the Human Rights in CLosed Societies Secretary of the Army 475 Riverside Drive Hoffman Apparel International New York, NY 10115 Corporation

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NAME NAME

Mr. Scott W. Hughes Cleveland, OH 44105 Proiects Director Conservative Action Foundation Mrs. Mathilda Ja}:nh0wE'ki 1326 G Street, SE Human Rights Commissioner Washington, DC 20003 0ffjce of the Governor 1644 West 18th S~reet Ms. Patience Huntwork Chicago, IL 60608 Chairperson Task Force on ABA-Soviet Relations Mrs. Elfiire F. Jenkins Room 207 Apartment 302 1700 West Washington Street 1109 Spring Street Phoenix, AZ 85007 Silver Spring, MD 20910

Mr. Reed Irvine Mr. F. Edward Johnson Chairman Reynolds, Beeby, Magnuson Accuracy in MPdia and Kermy, P. C. Suite 1150 23rd Floor 1275 K Street, NW 100 Renaissar.ce Center Washington, DC 20005 Detroit, MI 48243

Dr. Stefan Issarescu Miss Jennifer Jordan Vice President Institute of Politics "Truth About Pnmania Committee" Kennedy School of Government 30 Ha.zarc Pi.venue 79 JFK Street Providence, RI 02906 Cambridge, MA 02138

Mr. Eugene M. Iwanciw Mr. Charles Judd Washington Representative Vice President and Ukrainian National Association Executive Djrecto~ 6138 North 12th Street Th8 LihPrty Federation Arlington, VA 22205 Suite 300 717 2nd Street, NE Miss Adriana Izvanariu Washington, DC 20002 , Washington Representati~e Romci.nian-A.merican Community Ms. Mariam Junge 2616 Woodley Place, NW ExP-cutive Director Washington, DC 20008 American Legion Auxiliary 3rd F]_oor Mr. Richard Jablonski 777 North Meriaan President In

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NAME NAME

Miss Sni eac. Jnrd::'..s Assistant to the Chancellor Chairman, Committee for Orthodox Church in America Human Rights Post Office B0Y 675 Federation of Lithuanian Syosset, NY 11791 Women's Clubs 1313 West Jerome Street Dr. Petras V. Kisielius Phila

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NAME NAME

Mr. Anthony K0renstein U.S. Holocaust Comndssion Director of Research & In~or~ation 2329 West Chicago Avenue Natj0nal Jewish Coalition Chicago, IL 60622 Suite 100 415 2nd Street, NE Mrs. Beverly LaHaye Washingtcn, DC 20002 President Concerned Women fo:c America Mr. Walter K. Kotaba Suite 800 President 122 C Street, NW Po lamer Washington, DC 20001 3094 North K'... lv7c>l1kee Avenue Chicago, IL 60618 Mr. Burgess Laird Executive Director Ms. Jan Kovarick Rockwell International Corp. International Parli~~ertary Group 1049 Camino Do~ Rios for Human Rights in the USSR Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 Suite 230 220 I Street, NE Mrs. Agatha I. Leifer Washington, DC 20002 41 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY 11238 Mr. Mylio Kraja Executi..vP Director Mrs. Casimira S. Lenard Washington Office Director, Washington Office The American ~egion Polish American Congress 1608 K Street, NW Suite 325A Washington, DC 20006 1625 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 The Reverend Henry A. Kriege] Director Ms. Lois M. Lindstrom Co:rmn_i ttee for a Free Executive Di..rector l~fghanistan Afghan Freedom Foundatirn Suite 480 Post Office Box 77f? 214 Massachusetts Avenue, N.E. McLean, VA 22106 Washington, DC 20003 Mr. Paul Locigno Mr. Josef K. Kucera Director of Governmental Affairs President International Brotherhood of THE DENNI HLASATEL Teamsters 6426 W. Cermak Road 25 Louisiana Avenue, NW Berw~~, I~ 60402 Washington, DC 20001

The Honorable Julian E. Kulas

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NAME Nl\1-1E

Ms. Megan Beth Lott 6840 F.astern Avenue, NW Organizational Director Washington, DC 20012 Teenage Republicans Post Office Box 1896 Mrs. Liucija Mazeika Manassas, VA 22110 Chairman Lithuanian Arnerican Republican The Reverend Jose Luis E. Lozano Association of California Pastor Suite 3 Christian Life Center 13055 Mindanao Way Post Office Box 16489 Marina Del Rey, CA 90292 Arlington, VA 22215 Miss Kathie Mccleskey Dr. Edward Lozanskv Senior Program Associate Executive Director AAAS Clearinghouse on Science Sakharov International and Human Fights Conuni ttee, Inc. 1333 H Street, NW Suite 332 Washington, DC 2000~ 3001 Veazey Terrace, NW Washington, DC /.0008 Mrs. Nadia K. McConnell 2745 N. Radford Street Mr. Thomas E. Mack Arlington, VA 22207 President Lithuanian Catholic Alliance Mrs. Karer. ~cKay 71-73 South Washington Street Executive Director Wilkes-Barre, PA 18703 Committee for Free Afghanistan Suite 480 Dr. Vytautas Majauskas 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE President Washington, DC 20003 Lithuanian American CowEunity of Central Florida Mr. Ronald J. McNamara 6 Seagull Terrace Commission on Security 2nd Ormand Beach, FL 32074 Cooperation in Europe 237 House Annex #2 Miss Rita Maran Washington, DC 20515 FxPcutive Director Human Rights Advocates Mr. Paul w. Meek 2918 Florence Street Project Director Berkeley, CA 94705 IPG Suite 1000 Mr. Neville O. Matthews 1411 K Street, N.W. Associate Director Washington, DC 20005 Seventh-day Adventists

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NAME

Mr. Waclaw Melianovich Miss Amy Moritz Chairman Executive Director Byelorussian American National Center for Public Republican Feaeration Policy Research Post Office Box 317 300 Eye Street, Suite 3 Hereford, MD 21111 Washington, DC 20002

Mr. Christopher ~- Michej

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NAME NAME

Mrs. Ana Colomar O'Brien Director, Protocol Mr. Jerzy Panciewicz Organization of American States 563 Manhatt~r. Avenue 17th and Constitution AveDne Brooklyn, NY 11222 Washington, DC 20006 Mr. Jeffrey L. Pandin The Reverend Joseph A. O'Har~ S.J. Communications Director Presiden'c International Freedom Foundation Freedom of Faith: A Christian Suite 300 Committee for Religious Rights 200 G Street, N.E. 106 North 56th StrAet Washington, DC 20002 New York, NY 10019 ~rs. Colleen G. Parro Mr. Bradley Sean O'Leary National Defense Chairman Freedom House Eagle Forum 202 E Street, NE 5009 Barv~st Hill Washington, DC 20002 Dallas, TX 75234

Ms. Denise O'Leary Mr. Laszlo c. P&sztor Frodemca Chairman, Executive Board Suite 950 National Federation of 729 15th Street, NW American Hungari?DS Washington, DC 20005 656 Greenlee Road Pittsburgh, PA 15227 Mr. C~~i~ir Oksas President Mr. Mike PRtrick Captive Nations Council News Director of Illinois The 700 Club 10520 South Hamilton Avenue CB'N Center Chicac;o, Ir. 60643 Virginia Beach, VA 23463

Mr. L. Oksas The Honorable Jayne H. Plank 1505 North Commonwealth Avenue 10005 Frederick Avenue Les Angeles, CA 90027 Kensingt0n, MD 2C89G

Mr. s. Padukow Mr. Ilmar Pleer President Prer.ident International Society for Human Dallas Estonian SociPty Rights, Inc. 930 Yellowstone Drive Post Off ice Box 90 Grapevine, TX 7h051 Toms River, NJ 08754

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NAME

Dr. Martin PoLlete 2606 West 63rd Street Permanent Adviser Chi~ago, IL 60629 Northeast Hispanic Catholic Center 1011 First Avenue Mr. Arch Puddington New York, NY 10022 Program Information Specialist Radjn Free Europe/Radio Liberty Mrs. Vera F. Politis New York Programming Center Chairman, National Human 1775 Broadway Rights Committee New York, NY 10019 Congress of Russian Americans 3133 North Wagner Road Mr. ~uqust B. Pust Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Project Director, Ethinic Affairs Mayor's Office Mr. Thomas E. Potter City Hall, Room 227 Civilian Aide to th€ CJeveland, OH 44114 Secretary of the Army Jackson, Kelly, Holt Mr. Balys Rackauskas and O'FarrP.11 President Post Office Box 553 Association cf Lithuanian American Charleston, WV 25322 University Professors 6~1 Wellington Avenue Dr. Morris Pripstein Chicago, IL 60657 Chairman Scientists for Sakharov, Orlov Mrs. Julie Rao and Shcharansky Chairman Post Office Box 6123 Federation of Asian-AIDerican Berkeley, CA 94706 Republicans 1714 Great Falls Street Mrs. Dasha Procyk McLean, VA 22101 President Woman's Association for the Defense Ms. Mattie Robinson of Four Freedoms for Ukraine Shiloh Baptist Family Center 136 Second Avenue 1510 9th Street, NW New York, NY 10003 Washi~gton, DC 20001

Mr. Stephan Procyk Dr. Rene F. Rodriguez Chairman Interamerican College of Ukrainian Democratic Alliance Physicians and Surgeons 5604 Ventnor Lane 299 Madison Avenue Springfield, VA 2~151 New York, NY 10017

Rev. Juozas Prunskis

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NAME NAME

Mrs. Vera Romuk National President Secn~tary D.A.N.K. Bielarusian Coorojnating Cormnittee 2nd Floor of Chicago, Illinois 4740 North Western Avenue 3348 North Oleander Avenue Chicago, JI, f.C'625 Chicago, IL 60634 Mr. Richard D. Sellers Dr. Leopold S. Rozboril President President Concerned CitizPne Czechoslovak Na~ional Council 3115 N Street, NW of America Washington, DC 20007 Room 202 2137 South Lombard Avenue Mr. Nasir Shansab Cicero, IL 60650 Democracy Internationul 2803 Whirlway Circle Mr. Manuel Santana Hernc0n, VA 22071 Freedom Federation 505 West 22nd Street Mr. Algis Silas New York, NY 10011 Apartment 272 5792 Dunster Court Mr. G. Michael Schlee Alexandd.r, VA 22311 Director, National Security Foreign Relations Miss Sophie Silberberg ThE' American Legion Executive Director 1608 K Street, N.W. Fund for Free Expression WashingtcP, DC 20006 JG West 44th Street New York, NY 10017 Rabbi Arthur Schneier President ~~r. Rac1i f lavof f Appeal of Conscience Foundation Executive Director 119 W. 5~th Street National Republican Heritage New York, NY 10019 Groups Council 310 First Street, SE Ms. Deborah D. Scott Washington, DC 20003 Vice Pn=•sj dent HRN Slovak Catholic Sckol 1926 Arch Street Secretary Philadelphia, PA 19103 205 Madison Street Passaic, NJ 07055 Mrs. Elsbeth M. Seewald

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NAME NAME

Miss NataJ.ie Sluzar President Mr. Kenneth A. Steadman Ukrainian-American Professionals Director, National Security Association and Foreign Af fnirs 2827 New Providence Ct. Veterans of Foreign Wars of the US Falls Church, VA 22042 200 Maryland Avenue, NE Washington, DC 200C2 Mr. Ihor Sochan President Mrs. Sandra Stein Plast, Ukrainian Youth 4137 Regal Oak Drive Or~anization, Inc. Encino, CA 91436 144 Second Avenue New York, NY 10003 ~rs. Inese Stokes Chairman Mr. LTci K. Song Latvian American Republican Chairman National Federation Korean-Americcm Anti-Communist 6001 West Jody Lane Organization Kimberly Heights 5511 Wilson Boulevard Tinley Park, IL 60477 Arlington, VA 22205 Mrs. Dorothy Stokovich Mrs. Solveig Spielmann National President Executive Director Federation cf Serbian Circle Washington International Sisters of U.S.A. & Canada Busjness Council 370 South St. Mary's Road 1625 I Street, NW Libertyville, IL 60048 Washington, DC /.0006 Mr. Iiarry E. B. Sullivan Mr. Pheach Srey DPputy Director for Cambodian-Ar:lerican Foundation Foreign Relations 7609 Tarpley Drive The American Leaior Rockville, MD 20855 1608 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 The Honorable Richard F. Staar Coordinate~, !nternational Mr. Patrick J. Sullivan Stuc'lies Program Legislative Director Hoover Institution International Longshoremen's Stanford University 'P.s soc ia ti on Stanford, CA 943056010 Suite 104 815 16th Street, N~T Dr. Victor Stankus Washington, DC 2000F 21501 Edcliff Drive Euclid, OH 44123

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NAME NAME

Mr. Taras Szmagala Mr. David Troyer Chairman Christian Aid of Romania Ukrainiun American Republicar Route 4, P.ox G 7B National Federation Millcrshur~, OB 44654 10976 TRnager Trail Brecksville, OH 44141 Mr. Mark Valente JII Deputy Director of Ms. Vita Terauds Coalition Development Presi<'lent Republican National Committee American Latvian Yovth Association 310 First Street, S.E. Suite 622 Washington, DC 20003 4545 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 Mr. Laszlo Varga Chairman Miss Frances Thargay ASSFMBLY OF CAPTIVE Director EUROPEAN NATIONS U.S. Tibet CoF.mittce No. 832 107 East 31st Street 150 Fifth Street New York, NY ]0016 ~ew York, NY 10011

Ms. Maria H. Thomas Mr. Charles S. Via Administrative Director Director Ad Hoc Committee for Security and Intelligence Religious Liberty Fom:ca tion Suite 900 Suite 1020 729 15th Street, NW 1010 Vermont Avenue, N~ Washington, DC 20005 Washington, DC 20005

Mr. Alfred Treiman Mr. Pichard Vidutis 4330 Clarinda Drive 7416 Piney Branch Tarzana, CA 91356 Takoma Park, MD 20912

Mr. Steve Trevino Mr. Zsolt Vigh Director, Operations Chairman, Board of Directors United States Global National Federation of Strategy Council Americc:.n Hungarians Suite i102 295 Kimball Street 1800 K Street, N.W. Woodbridge, NJ 07095 Washington, DC 20006

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NAME NAME

Father Georgii Vins 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE International Representation Washington, DC 2nno2 Council of Evangelical Baptist Churches of thP. Ms. Barbara W~lls Post Office Box 1188 National Director ElkhRrt, IN 46515 National Teen Aqc Republicans Post Office Box 1896 Dr. Vera Von Wiren-Garczynski Manassas, VJ.. .?2J:1.n President Slavic lilllcrican Cultural Society Mr. James R. Whelan 3 Northfield Road Managing Director Glen Cove, NY 11542 CBN News Suite 403 Mr. Tadeusz Walendowski 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW President Washington, DC 20004 Polan~ Watch Center 1775 T Street, NW Mr. ,Jolrn W. h'hi tehead W2shinglon, DC 20009 President The Rutherford Institute Mr. Myron Wasylyk Post Office Box 510 Din=~r.tor Manassas, VA 22110 Ukrainian National Information Service Miss ~?rgaret M. Wreschner Suite 807 Chairman 810 18th Street, NW Committee Aoainst the Political Washington, DC 20006 Misuse of Psychiatry 11\0 Rjv~rsidP Drive Lt. General LaVerne Weber New York, NY 10024 Executive Director National Guard Association Ms. Lauren Zanca 1 Massachusetts Aver.ue Fxecutive Director Washington, DC 20001 Young Republican Nat~on~l Federation The Reverend Bob Weiner 310 First Street, SE Direc-to:::- Wnshinqton, DC 20003 Maranatha Campus Ministries Post Office Box 1799 ~~:r. C'Jeli Zwadiuk Gainesville, FL 32602 Radio Free Europe/Rndio Liberty 1:101 Connecticut AvPnue, NW Mr. Bruce Weinrod Washington, DC 20036 The Heritaqe Foundation

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NAME NAME

PAGE: 19 l!C LIETUVIV INFORMACIJOS CENTRAS 351 Highland Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel. (718) 647-2434 Telex No. 5101013171 Msrch 30, 1988 Contact: Victor Nakas Washington office, tel . (202) 347-3177 for iirmediate release

US CATHOLIC CONFERENCE atlTICIZES SOVIET REPRESSIONS

(Washington. LIC) In a letter to Yuri Dubinin, Soviet Arrbassador to the United States, the General Secretary of the U.S. Ca tho I ic Conference, Monsignor Daniel Hoye, has taken issue with Soviet handling of efforts on February 16 to comnemorate the 70th anniversary of the reestablishment independence in predominantly Catholic Lithuania . The letter, dated February 25, was just made pub I ic. Citing "reliable reports," Monsignor Hoye said that "peaceful processions were broken up by security agents in Kaunas and , and many people were detained or arrested in connection with the week's events. am especially concerned with the continued harassment of Ms. Nijole Sadunaite in connection with these and related events." Msgr. Hoye reminded Arrbassador Dubin in of Soviet obi igations under international agreements such as the Helsinki Final Act, which contains provisions on respect for human rights. Referring to the February 16 repressions, the General Secretary expressed the hope "that such treatment of persons exercising their basic civi I, political, and religious rights wi I I not be repeated."

According to a USO: official, no reply has been received. Ms. Sadunaite, who is one of an estimated 1,500 underground nuns in Lithuania, has been the target of government attack for her outspoken defense of human rights, especially religious freedom, in Lithuania. The 49-year-old nun was assaulted February 6 on the streets of Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital, by two men she identifies as security police, in broad daylight, after announcing plans for peaceful Independence Day comnemorations. She and other human rights activists were placed under house arrest on February 16. From Sister Sadunaite and other sources in Lithuania, the Lithuanian Information Center learned that up to 10,000 people atterrpted to stage peaceful demonstrations in Vilnius on the night of February 16, fol lowing religious services in two churches, but were dispersed by club-wielding mi I itia who detained a nurrber of participants. Sources in Moscow reported similar violence that evening against an estimated 3,000 people In Kaunas, Lithuania's second largest city, during a l!C LIETUVIV INFORMACIJOS CENTRAS 351 Highland Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel. (718) 647-2434 Telex No. 5101013171 March 25, 1988 Contact: Victor Nakas Washington office, tel. (202) 347-3177 For innedl1te release

SENAY~ LEVIN RAISES ISSUE OF EXILED CATHa.IC BISHOP AND ILf»RISONED PRIESTS WITH SHEVARDNADZE AND DC8RVNIN

(Washington .4.-lC}-Senator car I -Levin ED--MI )--.--- in fecen t ta 1--ks in -Moscow with top Soviet officials, brought up the cases of a Roman catholic bishop from Lithuania who has been forced to I ive In internal exile for 27 years and two Lithuanian catholic priests serving lengthy terms In labor camp for their rel iglous activism. Levin, who was visiting Moscow March 7-12 with a US delegation that Included scientists, academicians, and four other members of the US Senate, broached the subject of rel iglous freedom in the USSR during a meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze and former Soviet ambassador to the United States , who Is now a secretary in the Soviet Conmunlst Party's Central Comnlttee. According to an aide to Senator Levin, the Michigan legislator detailed -his concern over Soviet laws that I imit the rights of rel lgious bel levers. As specific examples of restrictions on rel lgious freedom, the senator cited the cases of Bishop Jul ljonas Steponavielus and Fathers Alfonsas Svarlnskas and Slgitas Tamkevitius. Bishop Steponavieius, appointed by the Vatican in 1958 to the post of apostol le administrator of the Diocese of Panev~2ys and the Archdiocese of Vi lnlus, was exl led to the smal I northern Lithuanian town of Zagar~ in January 1961 after rebuff Ing government attempts to interfere in the administration of ~omanTuTilollc churcn affalrs. The Soviet government has never tried or convicted the 77-year-old bishop of any crime. He has been widely rumored to be the cardinal "in pectore," or secret cardinal. promoted by Pope John Paul I I In his f lrst round of such appointments in 1979. Fathers Alfonsas Svarinskas, 63, and Sigitas Tamkevielus, 49, were founding members of an unofficial human rights group, the catholic Conmlttee for the Defense of Believers' Rights , which was created in 1978 to monitor state-sponsored discrimination and persecution of Lithuania's C-athol lcs. Both priests were arrested in 1983 and charged with engaging In anti-Soviet activity. Fr. Svarlnskas, who is serving a 7 year-term in labor camp to be followed by 3 years in exl le, is due to be released in 1993. Fr. Tamkevicius is due to leave labor camp this May for exl le, where he wi I I be forced to remain until mid-1990. LIETUVIV INFORMACIJOS CENTRAS 351 Highland Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel. (718) 647-2434 Telex No. 5101013171 Apr i I 6 . 1988 Contact: Victor Nakas Washington office, tel. (202) 347-3177 For innediate release

US CATHOLIC CONFERENCE CALLS ON SOVIETS TO RELEASE EXILED BISHOP AND TWO IWRISONED PRIESTS

(Washington, April 8. LIC) The General Secretary of the US Catholic Conference has written a strongly worded letter criticizing Soviet treatment of Catholics in Lithuania. especially the irrprisonment of Roman Catholic priests Alfonsas Svarinskas and Sigitas Tan}{evicius and the internal exile of Bishop Jul ijonas Steponavicius. In a M1rch 28 Iet ter to Konstantin Kharchev. Chairman of the Counc i I for Rel iglous Affairs of the USSR. Monsignor Daniel F. Hoye I inked irrprovements in US-Soviet relations to better treatment of religious believers. noting that "a fal lure to irrplement significant reform in the state's policies regarding believers threatens to undermine current and future progress in superpower relations." The letter says that while US bishops "continue to encourage" progress in the areas of arms control. East-West relations. and internal reforms in the USSR, " cannot accept the persecution of our Ca tho I ic brothers and sisters in the Soviet Union, especially in Lithuania. Latvia, and the Ukraine." Monsignor Hoye cal Is on the Soviets to honor their obi lgations under international human rights pacts and to demonstrate the sincerity of their reform movement by "lnmediately" setting free Father Svarinskas and Father Tarri

FIFTY ONE CONGRESSMEN CRITICIZE ABUSE OF SOVIET MILITARY RESERVE DUTY TO PUNISH HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST

(Washington. LIC) Fifty one Congressmen sent a letter today to the top military prosecutor in the USSR, protesting the imprisonment of a Lithuanian religious and national rights activist who refused to report for mi I itary reserve service and asking him "to investigate the abuse of mi I itary reserve duty as a method of political repression."

In a letter to Mi I itary Procurator Boris S. Popov, the legislators said they believed that the sentencing of 29-year old Petras Grazul is to a 10-month term in ordinary regime labor camp was the result of a scheme to punish the church employee for his religious and political activities, and cal led for his release. According to the Congressmen, "the Grazulis case fits into a disturbing pattern of punishing political dissidents with mi I itary reserve duty or prison for refusing such duty.· As evidence, the authors of the letter referred to the recent cases of three Latvians and one Estonian who were either ordered into the mi I itary or told to report to mi I itary authorities in the wake of their involvement in human rights activities.

The letter to Popov detai Is the circumstances surrounding Grazul is's arrest. He was told to appear before the local mi I itary commissar's office last November 18, the day on which he planned to be in Riga, Latvia, participating in a peaceful demonstration to mark the anniversary of Latvia's pre-Soviet independence period. Grazul is chose to go to Riga. Fol lowing his return to Lithuania, he was cal led up for three months of reserve duty. He responded with an open letter to Soviet Defense Minister Dmitry Yazov which pointed to the government's persecution of the Roman Catholic community and the Soviet Army's occupation of Lithuania as the reasons why he would not heed the ca 11 to report for service. Grazul is was convicted by a court in Kapsukas, Lithuania, on February 2. According to eyewitness accounts he was beaten in the courtroom for attempting to announce a hunger strike. Outside the courtroom, mi I itia with pol ice dogs charged an estimated 200 supporters of Grazul is, detaining 10 on charges of "hooliganism." In their letter, the Congressmen expressed concern that the violence against Grazul is in the courtroom might carry over into his treatment in labor camp. LIETUVIV INFORMACIJOS CENTRAS 351 Highland Blvd., Brooklyn, NY 11207 Tel. (718) 647-2434 Telex No. 5101013171 Apr i I 7 , 1988 Contact: Ginte Damusis For innediate release

LITHUANIANS RALLY AROUND ARMENIAN CAUSE (New York, April 7. LIC) Lithuanian lnforrration Center has just received a statement issued by Lithuanian activists, expressing solidarity with the Armenians and derranding that the Supreme Soviet "abide by the Constitution and return to Armenia the Iands of its fa the rs and fore fa the rs." In response to recent Armenian demonstrations, 26 Lithuanians signed the statement last month, which said that "we ... express our syrrpathy and solidarity with the Armenian nation, fighting for the reunification of its national territories. Armenian-Lithuanian political ties are deeply rooted in the past ... Both nations began to bear, almost simultaneously, the yoke of Russian iflllerial ism forced upon them. Armenia, I ike Lithuania, declared its independence in 1918 . .. " ... Lithuania rranaged to safeguard its independence for 22 years, at a time when and Turkey divided up Armenia. Our comnon fate in 1940 brought us back together. Stal in ... parceled out our ethnographic territories to Armenian and Lithuanian neighbors. Bearing this in mind, we Lithuanians fully understand the pain and sorrow of the Armenian nation ... ", stated the Lithuanian signatories. In conclusion, they derranded that the Soviet Union free Paruir Airikyanin, one of the leaders of the Armenian National Movement, arrested on March 24, as wet I as two unnamed hurran rights activists. Nationalist demonstrations took place last February in Lithuania . Despite the increased presence of mi I itia forces, an estirrated 100,000 attended Sunday services for the special intention of freedom on February 14 . Demonstrators and pol ice clashed in Vilnius and Kaunas, where thousands gathered to rrark February 16, Lithuanian Independence Day. As in Armenia, telephone contact with Lithuanian nationalists was cut off during the unrest.

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LITHUANIAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY of the U.S.A.,lnc. NATIONAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 9660 Pine Road ·. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19115

Please reply to: May 5, 1988

President Ronald Reagan The White House Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President:

The Lithuanian-American Community, a national ~thnic organization of Americans of Lithuanian descent, respectfully requests you, Mr. President, to appeal during the forthcoming Moscow Summit Meeting to Mr. Gorbachev to renounce the Molo­ tov-Ribbentrop pacts of August 23 and September 28, 1939, in­ cluding their secret protocols, and to liquidate the conse­ quences of the infamous Soviet-Nazi conspiracy against the Baltic nations expressed in these protocols. This requires decolonization of the Baltic republics of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and restoration of their independence and terri­ torial integrity according to the 1920 peace treaties between Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia on one side and Soviet Russia on the other. Despite Soviet protestations that the status of the Baltic nations is an internal Soviet affair, it is in fact an international problem. The United States, as well as Canada, Federal Republic of Germany, France, United Kingdom and most other Western countries, have never recognized the legitimacy of the Soviet annexation of the Baltic states. There never was any plebiscite in the Baltic countries to join the Soviet Union, and the elections of the bodies which approved the incorpora­ tions were fraudulent and invalid. A genuine self-determination is impossible when a country is occupied by the armed forces of an interested pow­ er. This principle has been upheld by Lenin in his Decree on Peace, which states that, if a nation " is nqt granted the right by means of free elections, under conditions of complete President Ronald Rcaran May 5, 1988 Pai:;e Two withdrawal of foreign troops and influence of a foreign power, to decide the forms of national existence, without the slight­ est coercion, then the joining of its territory to another country is an annexation; namely, is a capture and taking over by force. 11 The European Parliament in 1983 I and in 1987 I adop­ ted a resolution in support of the joint declaration of 45 citi­ zens of Lit~uania, Latvia and Estonia on August 23, 1979, call­ in~ on the United Nations to recognize the rights of the Baltic states to self-determination and independence.

In addition to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia the Molo­ tov-Ribbentrop pacts also assigned Finland to the Soviet sphere of influence. Soviet Union found it possible to tolerate an in­ dependent and ~eutral Finland. There is no valid reason why in­ dependent a~d per~anently neutral Baltic countries, free of any nuclear '.·1eapons and any foreir;n military bases or foreir:;n armed forces on their soil, should not likewise be acceptable to the Soviet Union.

By repudiat ion of the Holotov-Ribbentrop pacts and re­ storation of independence and territorial integrity of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Soviet leadership can significantly contri­ bute to restoration of trust in solemn Soviet pledges and free­ ly assumed international obli~ations.

The Lithuanian-American Community also requests that during the Moscow Meeting an appeal be made to Mr. Gorbachev to free the imprisoned activists of _tha_Lithuanian human and national rights movement, primarily Messrs. Balys Gajauskas, , Rev. Alfonsas Svarinskas, Rev. Sigitas Tam­ kevicius, and to permit them, if they wish, to come with their families to the United States.

Respectfully yours,

Vytas F. Volertas President, National Executive Committee, Lithuanian-American Co~~uni t ~ of the U.S.A., Inc. - CREED ~IE~~ WINTER 1987 /88 It was with great joy that we learned of the release of several prisoners for whom CREED has been interceding for years. The constant letter-writing campaigns, prayers, and other intercessions in behalf of these prisoners have paid off!

Father , also a familiar name among CREED members; is a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1976 he founded the Society for the Defence of Believers' Rights in the USSR, soliciting support from church leaders around the world. For this he was sentenced to seven years of prison camp and five years of internal exile. Last fall he was released, a few months earlier than due, possibly because of the constant inter­ cession of CREED members and other concerned people. He maae the fieaOlmes almost ifumedlatefy wfierr Jie ·j01hett' the human rights seminar held in Moscow in December, organized by former prisoners. Anna Chertkova Anna Chertkova, a Baptist, was held in psychiatric hospitals for 15 years for "rehabilitation." Because of her Christian activities, she was first sentenced to this harsh brutal treatment in 1972 ' and was released on December 3, 1987. One of her first actions in freedom was to call her sister in West Germany to send a message of thanks to her supporters around the world for inter­ ceding for her. She is staying with her niece in Alma Ata in the south central Soviet Union and is fine mentally though physi­ cally she is suffering from the side effects of years of harsh Father Gleb Yakunin treatment and debilitating drugs. She now hopes to emigrate in exile, flanked by from the Soviet Union to join her sister in West Germany. his two children On December 7, CREED's president received this hand-delivered letter from Father Yakunin:

Dear Dr.Gordon: Please accept my profound gratitude personally for your organization, for your efforts, and for your well demonstrated solidarity with us in the matter of human rights and triumph of people especially in the stmggle for religions freedom and the freedom for · prisoners of conscience. May this grateful note inspire you and your friends to continue your efforts in order to ensure the victory of justice. Balys Gajauskas May the Lord bless you and bestow on you his spirit­ Balys Gajauskas has been a top priority prisoner on CREED's ual joy-that joy which is experienced by me, by my list for years. A Roman Catholic, he was first imprisoned in friends who were formerly prisoners, and by those who a Soviet labor camp for 25 years for resistance act!vities in are spiritually close to us. y ours tru1 y, Lithuania. After release and a few years of freedom, he was rearrested in 1977 and sentenced to 10 years' hard labor and Priest Gleb Yakunin five years' internal exile. He was due for release in 1992. CREED launched a "Free Balys Gajauskas" national campaign in 1985 and last November contacted President Reagan, Vice­ The release of these three prisoners, who were on CREED's president Bush, and many congressman concerning the urgency Priority Prisoner List for years, demonstrates the enormous of the case. On January 6, Mrs. Bernice Gajauskas, Balys' aunt effectiveness of constant intercession. Because of this, CREED who lives in Santa Monica, California, called Dr. Gordon to say has started an informal network of CREED Fellowships she had just received word that her nephew had been released. throughout the country. YOUR PARTICIPATION IS CRITI­ He is now applying for emigration. CAL. See page 4 for details.

Christian Rescue Effort for the Emancipation of Dissidents 787 Princeton Kingston Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 609-497-0224 Please let us know if you would like a CREED Prisoner List, success. Gorbachev's book, Perestroika, concludes with this with the names, addresses, and life histories of men and women credo: "I believe that more and more people will come to real­ imprisoned in the Eastern Bloc countries for their Christian ize that through RESTRUCTURING in the broad sense of the beliefs. Every letter and every prayer counts. If you have word, the integrity of the world will be enhanced." Such a received a list during the past four months, you will be receiving belief has a familiar ring to it. Hasn't this been said before an update soon. thousands of times. The frrst is recorded in Genesis 3:5, "You will be like gods knowing both good and evil." For the Chris­ tian, Renewal occurs throuEh Redemption, Repentance, and Resurrection, and this Renewal is occurring within the Com­ munity of Faith.

FROM THE PRESIDENT Ernest Gordon

Good News

In addition to the prisoners highlighted on the first page of this newsletter and Janis Rozkalns, on page 3, several other CREED prisoners have been released recently: Anatolv T. Rublegto. an active leader and youth worker in m. e~angelical Bap ·st church; Anatoly Runov, a preacher in an unregistered Baptist church; Leonid Borodin, a 47-year·old Russian Orthodox Chris­ tian, after 20 years in prison; Peter D. Peters, a Baptist pastor and youth evangelist who served four prison sentences in 20 years and has already received a number of warnings about his continuing Christian ministry. Sergei A. Dubitsky, an evangel­ ical Baptist, along with four other Baptist prisoners, has been transferred from a labor camp to the less harsh punishment of My dear friend, "compulsory labor on the national economy" for the last year I have read statements by experts about General Secretary of his three-year sentence. Gorbachev, most of which praised him for his present policies of gkzsnost and perestroika. They indicated that those policies • • • marked a new age. We thank God for this possibility! Those A French news agency has reported that nearly 100 Catholic experts seemed to ignore two factors, however, which have priests will be released from Vietnamese reeducation camps. helped to formulate Gorbachev's policies. One of these has However, no reference was made to the 1.4 non.Catholic pastors been the increased awareness in the West of the "double think" known to be in these camps. and "double speak" nature of Soviet propaganda. In his letter printed on page 1 in this newsletter, Father Gleb Yakunin indi­ cates his awareness of this factor. He also indicates his aware­ • • • ness of the heroic spirit of the Russian and Ukrainian people. Lev Timofeyev, another recently released prisoner of the Gulag, Recently released prisoners of conscien<;e held a human rights wrote the following words in his samizdat book, The Last Hope · seminar in Moscow from December 10 fo 15. Four hundred for Survival. In it he says, "By relating humanity's transitory participants met in private homes for several days to discuss experience to eternity, religion provide& the epportt1nity fM JC n: fun, d.iRUJMIW~ and CQeXi~pt;A With the one to isolate oneself spiritually from the lying ideology of the Soviet government. Chief organizer was author Lev Timofeyev, State, and to rise above it. Christianity originally established a CREED priority prisoner sentenced to six years' hard labor itself as a religion of slaves. Today, we, the slaves of the Com­ and five years' exile for his books critical of Soviet policies. munist doctrine, hear the teachings of Christ calling us to a spir­ Sergei I. Grigoryants, another leader of the seminar, is editor of itual liberation. Christianity in Russia will soon be celebrating the nongovernmental magazine, Gkzsnost. The "Religion and its thousandth anniversary. The fact that it is not only alive but Human Rights" section of the seminar was chaired by Father stronger than ever testifies to the unconquerable resistance of Gleb Yakunin who spent 12 years as a Soviet prisoner of con­ spirit exerted by the people against the ideology's deadly science. (Note: Father Yakunin is being invited to participate oppression." For expressions of this quality, on the 19th of in CREED's November conference.) We must stand in awe of March, 1985, Tirnofeyev was sentenced to six years of hard the sacrifices and the courage of these extraordinary men. labour and five years of exile. • • • Lev Tirnofeyev is free and well, thanks to the intercession of good people like yourselves, and is contributing to the spirit­ A new publication, The Christian Community Bulletin, was ual . renaissance or reformation of the church. This renewal started last summer to spread the news of the Church in the is challenging the destructive power of the Communist party. Soviet Union. One of the contributors is Alexander Ogorod­ Timofeyev was, by the way, the coordinator of the recent nikov, a former prisoner and leader of the Christian Seminar, a conference in Moscow. Father Gleb was the Chairman of the large Christian movement in Leningrad and Moscow. In Decem­ section dealing with religion and human rights, and though the ber Ogorodnikov finally received his Residence Permit for conference was forbidden to use its rented rooms, it was a Moscow. Bad News This analogy with lights is particularly apt because, with the fuel shortage, each Rumanian household may light a single light Nestor Popescu, a Baptist from Bucharest, Rumania, has been bulb for only three hours a day. "It is a desperate situation," missing since last November. It is not known if he was thrown reports John. "I saw people line up for blocks to get chicken into prison or was killed, possibly as he tried to flee the coun­ feet to make soup; one man had only a hard roll to take him try. through a 12-hour work day." But John saw hope with the • • • Christians: "Unlike all the others I met, the Christians can Victor Opres, a Pentecostal from Satu Mare, Rumania, was overcome. They are very supportive of each other: whatever recently sentenced by a military court to nine years in prison tiny thing they have - whether food, clothing or candles - they for helping people flee the country across the Black Sea. share it." • • • Last fall, a Czechoslovakian parish priest was murdered for no apparent reason. On October 7, the home of Stefan Bulack of Piestany, Czechoslovakia, was entered, the priest was tied to a radiator with a wire around his neck, and he was beaten to death. Officials blamed the violence on burglars though Bul­ ack's gold cross remained around his neck, and the money in his pockets and on his desk was not touched. Czech Chris­ John Crossley with young tians fear that this act indicates the beginning of a reign of terror Romanian Christian towards Christians in the Slovak area of Czechoslovakia. paralyzed by arthritis, and her famil • • • Last September, Konstantin Kharchev, chairman of the Soviet's In addition to the many people he met, John had a special mis­ Council on Religious Affairs, promised that all "prisoners of sion. He brought with him two young women - sisters - who faith" would be released by November. Unfortunately, this did work in his business in Erwinna, Pennsylvania. They are not happen. Hundreds are still in prison. We must keep up the Rumanian and came to the United States several years ago after pressure until all are released. serving 10 months of a six-year pris0n terni for distributing • • • 125,000 Bibles throughout Rumania. With CREED's help, they were able to return for a visit to their aging but staunchly Among the most critical cases on the CREED Prisoner List, Christian parents and other family. It was a joyous reunion are the following: with family and hundreds of friends and acquaintances. One Ivan Antonov, 68, has begun serving a five-year term of exile man traveled six hundred miles to apologize for not supporting in Siberia. He is weak and the conditions there are appalling. their mission originally. If your letters to Pastor Antonov have been returned, as many of you have reported to us, it is because he was in John came back with wonderful stories of Christian strength transit for a month. The December CREED Prisoner List throughout Rumania: the arthritically paralyzed young woman gives his current address. who felt" blessed because she could still move one finger to turn the pages of her Bible; the cross painted on the front of a house; Vasi'i L Gritsenko, a 38-year-old Baptist preacher, has been the truck driver distributing goods by day and Bibles by night. in prison, much of it in solitary confinement, for three years. Because the Rumanian people are in such great His family sent out an urgent appeal for him recently because need, we urge you to send them CREED's emergency packages of the harsh conditions and his failing health. described on page 4. Deacon Vladimir Rusak is in the Perm Camp, one of the harshest prison ~ that e bow at, where ~ter .tem- Petiti"on Helps Free Prisoner given- an additional 24 days of solitary confinement, prob­ ably for refusing to sign an apology for his ''wrongdoings." Last fall, an exciting call came in to CREED. New Jersey friends who had been interceding for Soviet dissident Janis Please write to CREED if you want the addresses of these and Rozkalns for several years, had just heard that Janis, his wife, other prisoners. Better yet, start a CREED Fellowship! (See and two children were on their way to .Vienna. A Latvian page 4.) Baptist, Janis had been arrested in Riga in 1983 after Bibles and the final report from Helsinki Accords were found in his house. He was sentenced to five years in a strict labor camp and Inspiration in Rumankl three years of exile. He tells several stories about his experi­ John Crossley, Chairman of CREED's Board of Directors, ences in the camp: the Bible that was kept hidden-and still travels to Rumania for business several times a year. On each is-in the camp for years, sometimes in sight of the camp trip he visits Christian families, brings them food, clothing, guards; and the baptism he performed in the potato tub in the medicine - whatever he can - to give relief during this desper­ kitchen (for which he spent 10 days in the punishment cell). ate time of famine, cold and economic shambles. In spite of the depressing situation, he had an extraordinary trip last fall. Because of constant intercession he was released after four As he reports, "In the 50 or so times I've been to Rumania, years, and now he and his family are out of the .Soviet Union. never has the situation been worse and never has the Christian The New Jersey group must be credited with exerting a great spirit been better." deal of pressure on officials, including the submission of a peti· tion with a thousand signatures. A strong personal relationship John's inspiration came from the hundreds of Christians he met has developed between the Rozkalns family and the New Jersey on his journey. "They shone as lights in darkness," he says. group and they hope to meet soon. NEWS OF CREED ACTIVITIES - In the fall, the Presbyterians for Democracy and Religious Freedom gave its first Faith and Freedom Award to Dr. Ernest CREED Fellowships Gordon, president of CREED, for CREED's efforts in behalf We are very excited about the formation of CREED Fellowships of persecuted prisoners. throughout the country. These fellowships have formed naturally in community and church groups wanting to be active - CREED's two radio programs reach millions of people here in the CREED mission. Through the powerful tools of letter­ and in the ·Soviet Union. "The Living Faith" is broadcast writing campaigns, prayer meetings, Bible and care package weekly over 64 stations in this country. Please call Radio mailings, and other activities, CREED Fellowship participants America at 202-488-7226 if you would like the time and can comfort prisoners and their families and influence the out­ station in your area. "Life in Christ" is heard by approximately come of their sentences. 30,000,000 Russians every Sunday morning. This program is Would you be interested in launching a CREED Fellowship costly for CREED to produce, but is very effective in the Chris­ in your church or community, especially with Easter corning tian community in the Soviet Union. up, the most celebrated of holidays in the Soviet Union? CREED has worked with East Watch, a group in Erwinna, Penn­ - CREED's annual conference, to be held in Princeton in No­ sylvania, headed by CREED's Chairman of the Board John vember, will celebrate the Russian Millennium (a thousand years Crossley, to produce a CREED Fellowship Start-Up Kit. This of Christianity). Recently released such as kit includes information on CREED and East Watch, guidelines Balys Gajauskas and Anna Chertkova have been invited to for letter-writing, suggestions for other activities, posters to speak. It will be hosted by the Princeton Theological Seminary. encourage others to join. Once you ha\le signed up, CREED will send its Priority Prisoner List, periodic updates, and other relevant foformation. A massive barrage of Easter cards to the suffering Vasili Grit­ senko or Ivan Antonov or to any of the prisoners and their CREED Names Two New Board Members families would be a brilliant light in the engulfing darkness of . imprisonment. Two splendid friends, both experienced in the field of publish­ ing, recently joined the Board of Directors of CREED. James PLEASE FILL IN THE FORM BELOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE Mulholland of Hillsdale, New Jersey, is the head of the Free­ TO KNOW MORE ABOUT STARTING A CREED FELLOW­ dom, Justice and Peace Society, Inc.; and James Bell is execu­ SHIP. tive director of the ~ridge Publishing Company of South Plain­ There may be a small fee for the materials and postage. field, New Jersey. CREED is delighted to have them join the already active and concerned board. Yes, I would like more information on starting a CREED Fel-. lowship.

CREED Emergency Packages

The people of Rumania are in a desperate state. Recent droughts, economic mismanagement, and senseless repression have led to poverty, famine, and illness in a cruel unrelenting winter. Christian families are particularly affected because they are persecuted and denied basic rights even in good times. CREED, with the help of East Watch, has found a way io supply care packages filled with food and clothing to families in Dr. Ernest Gordon with CREED poster of recently released Rumania. These packages, prerared and sent by an organization Balys Gajauskas in Switzerland, are $65 each.

Checks for $65 per package should be made out to CREED, which in turn will put through the order to Switzerland. If you know of a specific Rumanian family to whom the package Bulletin: As of January, Rumania is rejecting all food packages from the West. CREED is protesting this action should go, give us the name and address. If you would like vigorously and is hopeful that the decision will be rescin­ CREED to choose a worthy Christian family, we can do that. ded. Your donation, like all donations to CREED, is tax deductable.

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Father Thomas Casey Blessed Sacrament Church \Ji nter 1988 John Crossley My dear friend: East Watch International

Joanne Kemp (Mrs. Jack) The optimism of General Secretary Gorbachev seems to have Congressional Wives for Soviet Jewry thrilled the news commentators. None of those whose reports Phyllis Moehrle (Mrs. James H.) I have heard or read have questioned the basis of National Institute of Management Gorbachev's optimism. This basis is stated clearly in his book, Perestroika, published in this country. He tells us, Nikita Moravsky Committee for the Defense of "Peres-troika is closely connected with socialism as a Persecuted Orthodox Christians system .... More socialism means a more dynamic pace and creative cnd-eavcr, li\CiC-er-gcr-rttzcrtion-, t-aw -and order ... more James S.Mulholland, Jr. Freedom, Justice and Peace Society democracy, openness and collectivism .... We will proceed toward better socialism rather than away from it .... We John A. Nevius want more socialism and, therefore, more democracy." Attorney

Francis M. Watson One would have thought that the Soviet Union has already Episcopal Committee on suffered from too much "organization, law and order ... and Religion and Freedom collectivism." Thus the General Secretary seems to be Virginia S. Watson (Mrs. Francis M.) reconstructing his Communist state with the bricks of old Episcopal World Mission communism. He is in effect doing what is prescribed by ADVISORY BOARD Article 6 of the Constitution of the Union of Soviet Honorable Don Bonker Socialist Republics which states, "the leading and guiding U.S. Congress force of Soviet society ... is the Communist Party .... The Rev. Michael Bourdeaux Communist Party of the Soviet Union, armed with Marxism­ Keston College of England Leninism, determines the general perspectives of the Ctr. for Study of Religion in USSR /Eastern Europe development of society." Father Georghe Calciu-Dumitreasa Seventy-one years of socialism h3ve hardly demonstrated the Romanian Christian Leader need for more socialism as the answer to more democracy. I Rev. Dr. Ernest Carswell cannot helPl)ut compare perestroika with Psalm 127: "Except Taylors Baptist Church the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it." Alexander I. Ginsburg The ruins of many tyrannical empires have demonstrated the Russian Christian Dis!,ident truth of the Bible's wi~dom but only to those whc have eyes to see and ears to hear. Martha Paxton Franchot Westminster Schools We rejoice in the recent release of prisoners, but why were Irina McClellan they imprisoned in the first place? Why are Christians Russian Christian Dissident still held in prison camps? Why was Deacon Vladimir Rusak Father Victor S. Potapov punished with 24 days of solitary confinement (shizo) last Committee for the Defense of November? Why did it take so many years of pleading by his Persecuted Orthodox Christians family, his American sympathizers, the Congress and the Charles M. Rice President of the United States, to attain the release of Attorney Balys Gajauskas after so many years of the cruelest His Grace, Bishop Basil Rodzianko treatment. Holy Archangels Broadcasting Center

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John Whitehead The Rutherford Institute Again, for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear, we are participants in the struggle against the forces of sin: "For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the power, against the world rulers of this darkness." (Eph 6:12) I do not think that Perestroika would have been published in this country, that some of the imprisoned believers released, and that some seminaries and churches opened if Gorbachev were not aware that his empire of lies is being threatened from within and from outside by those who have "put on the \·1ho le armour of God." As a platoon in this struggle, CREED needs the support of your prayers, intercessions, letters to prisoners, and money more than ever. We cannot go it alone. Your support makes all the difference. For example, one of our young friends contributed a lot of time and effort in setting up our computer and its systems; Charles Rice in St. Louis encouraged the CREED fellowship there to send 161 Bibles in Russian to the families of prisoners on our Priority Prisoner List. Space forbids my attempts to thank all of you for your participation in CREED's expanding mission of freedom in Communist countries -- not only there but in our own country. Your prayers, activities of faith, and donations are essential ammunition for CREED's part in the spiritual warfare of our time. "Thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." We are privileged to share His victory by serving with Him. With every blessing, ~~~~~+ The Rev. Dr. Ernest Gordon President CREED I 787 Princeton Kingston Road Princeton, Nett Jerse~ 08540

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MEMBER: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN, WASHINGTON, D.C. .-

The oppressed people in Czechoslovakia and in the entire world are pinning their hopes for regaining their freedom on You, Mr.President! We hope you will steadfastly defend the rights of all nations to self­ determination since only free nations can build a world free from oppression and fear. Together, with our Christian brothers and sisters in Czechoslovakia, we pray that you, Mr.President, will be successful in communicating this vital message of human and national freedom.

Respectfully yours:

National Alliance of Czech Catholics in USA

~~L;;W~ ~. v~Vo'f,vs~ . ';;{'~--dr"'~ Frantiska Uhlirova Rev.Vojtech Vit,0.S.B. Vaclav Hyvnar ~ Secretary Chaplain President I . I I I , For \I~iate Release Release #88-4-01 Conta : rad Dunlap April 12, 1988 (716) 232-1445

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ROCHESTERIAN PROTESTS INPRISONNENT OF LITHUANIAN DISSIDENT

ROCHESTER, N. Y. -- - Paulius Klimas, a local substitute teacher and shoe

salesman will walk from Rochester to I'lashington, D. C. to personally deliver an

urgent plea to President Reagan, asking for the President's support in obtaining the immediate release of Lithuanian dissident Petras Grazulis from a Soviet labor camp.

According to the Lithuanian Information Center in Washington, Grazulis is the first Lithuanian dissident to be sentenced during Soviet General Secretary

Gorbachev 's Glastnost /Perestroika period. The 29-year old Grazulis had already

fulfilled his two-year mandatory period in the Soviet Army and refused to attend a

"military refresher course." Dissidents are often ''convicted" of such charges as a

result of attending demonstrations or supporting human rights causes, according to

the Lithuanian Information Center. Grazulis had attended Independence Recognition

Day ceremonies in Riga, Latvia last November.

Klimas, a Lithuanian-American, has sent General Secretary Gorbachev advance

notice of his "Glastnost for Grazulis" program, and intends to deliver a number of

petitions and letters from other concerned Lithuanian-Americans to the Soviet Embassy

when he arrives in Washington in late May.

- 30 - Pa.ulius R. Kli.ma.s 533 South Winton Road Rochester, New York 1"618 (7161 271-8897

April 12, 1988

Mikhail Gorbachev General Secretary of the Communist Party Moskv a, Kremel Generalnomu Sekretaryu TsK KPSS Moscow, USSR

Dear General Secretary Gorbachev:

I urgently appeal to you for the release of Petras Grazulis, the Lithuanian dissident imprisoned in a Soviet labor camp. I, and most Lithuanian-Americans, believe that he is an innocent man, and should be released immediately.

You have initiated a policy that you call "Glastnost." How can anyone believe that you are sincere in the implementation of this policy when a young man is imprisoned unjustly for merely participating in an Independence Day celebration?

If you are genuinely serious about mending the rift in trust between the Soviet Union and the West, I urge you to immediately use your good offices to see that this young man regains his freedom. Anything short of this will be perceived as just another Soviet propaganda attempt and will seriously undermine any further "Glastnost" activities.

I, the Lithuanian-American community, and a multitude of other concerned Americans anxiously await your reply. Please give this matter you immediate attention.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Paulius Klimas cc: Yuri V. Dubinan Soviet Ambassador Washington, D. C., USA