1NS1DE: ^ More on President Leonid Kuchma's state visit to Canada - pages 3-5. e Embassy of Ukraine protests "60 Minutes report - page 8. - Community leaders react to CBS coverage - page 9. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal non-profit association vol. LXII No. 44 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER ЗО, 1994 75 cents CANADA WELCOMES PRES1DENT KUCHMA OF UKRA1NE by Christopher Guly Special to The Ukrainian Weekly OTTAWA — The Canadian government pulled out all stops to welcome Leonid Kuchma. Unlike his predecessor, Leonid Kravchuk, who visited Canada in September 1991, before Ukraine declared its independence from the former Soviet Union, President Kuchma was welcomed to Ottawa on October 23 with full state honors. Mr. Kuchma became the first Ukrainian head of state to visit Canada; that country also is the first to be visited by the newly elected president. However, little attention was focused on the president's arrival by the local and national media in Canada, ironically, the largest Ukrainian-related media story came through an American ТУ program, CBS's "60 Minutes," which focused on alleged anti-Semitism in independent Ukraine. in Ottawa, security was especially heavy for the Ukrainian president's arrival at Uplands Military Air Base, in addition to several Royal Canadian Mounted Police p!ainclothes officers, the Ukrainian delegation itself included 1 1 security personnel to the president. Foreign Affairs Minister Gennadiy Udovenko arrived with his own security guard. The Ukrainian delegation itself numbered 65, includ– ing President Kuchma and his wife, Ludmyla, Mr. І Christopher Gulv Udovenko and his wife, Dena, four other ministers, a bevy of Ukrainian bureaucrats - including Mr. Kuchma's Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn (at podium) welcomes President Leonid Kuchma of Ukraine to Canada. personal physician - businesspeople and journalists. An overcast sky that threatened rain forced the wel– entire downtown section of the city was covered in minded Ukrainian president for his "courageous action" to coming ceremony into Rideau Hall, the official resi– Ukraine's blue-and-yellow flags. move Ukraine in its reform program, both within the G-7 dence of Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn, a After reviewing a full military guard, President and with international financial institutions." Ukrainian Canadian. Kuchma, who succeeded Mr. Kravchuk in July, was A couple of hours later, following a private meeting Thirty-five minutes after landing in Ottawa, the presi– officially welcomed to Canada by Governor General between the two, both heads of state re-emerged for a media dent and his wife arrived at Rideau Hall, by open lan– Hnatyshyn, the official representative of the British photo opportunity, along with Prime Minister Jean Chretien. dau, led by an RCMP escort. Two busloads of well- crown in Canada. wishers waved miniature Ukrainian flags, in fact, the Mr. Hnatyshyn also commended the economic reform- (Continued on page 22) Shcherbak named '60 Minutes' reports on 'Ugly Face of Freedom' in Ukraine ambassador to U.S. Broadcast reaches 17.5 M households Community reaction is swift and angry KYYiv - Dr. Yuriy Shcherbak, a JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - "Ukraine barely acknowledges by Khristina Lew physician and writer who now serves as its part in Hitler's Final Solution." Western Ukraine "is on a Ukraine's ambassador to israel, has been binge of ethnic nationalism" and "is fertile ground for JERSEY C1TY, N.J. - With a precision both swift and named ambassador to the United States. hatred." crystalline, Ukrainian institutions and Ukrainian communi– The appointment came in an October ties in the United States and Canada lashed out at CBS and 21 presidential decree issued by "Thousands of Ukrainians joined the SS and marched off its news program "60 Minutes," jamming CBS telephone President Leonid Kuchma. to fight for Nazism," and "Many of the Ukrainian men of lines, writing letters, demonstrating and scheduling meet– Dr. Shcherbak replaces Ambassador Lvov (sicj, who marched off as members of the SS never ings with CBS corporate and affiliate officials in reaction to Oleh Bilorus, who returned to Ukraine returned, killed fighting for Hitler." an inflammatory "60 Minutes" segment on anti-Semitism in on September 12, having served as These are some of the messages conveyed on Sunday, western Ukraine titled "The Ugly Face of Freedom" that envoy to the U.S. since April of 1992. October 23, to a worldwide audience by the CBS News aired on October 23. As reported by the Ukrainian news television program "60 Minutes," the top-rated ТУ news- Ukraine's Embassy to the United States was quick to media, the ambassador-designate noted magazine in the country and a show that consistently rates react, in a letter to CBS News Division President Eric W. that his priorities as envoy to the United in the top 10, according to Neilsen Media Research. Ober dated October 25, Уаіегу Kuchinsky, charge States will be to prepare for the visit of That particular "60 Minutes" show was rated number d'affaires, relayed the Ukrainian government's "utter President Kuchma, scheduled for late five among the most-watched television programs for the resentment at the stridently biased segment on the alleged NovemberZearly December, to find week of October 17-23, earning a rating of 18.4 and an rise of anti-Semitism" in western Ukraine, demanding that investors interested in Ukraine and to audience share of 31. in layman's terms, that translates into CBS carry a retraction and "present an official apology for work toward nuclear disarmament based more than 17.5 million households, and means that 31 per– its gross injustice to Ukraine and its people in the highly on strong security guarantees for cent of the homes then watching ТУ were tuned to "60 abusive report" (for full text, see page 8). Ukraine. Minutes" the evening it aired a segment called "The Ugly Embassy Press Counselor Dmytro Markov added that After graduating in 1958 from the Face of Freedom." Ukrainian government officials in Kyyiv have communicat– Medical institute of Kyyiv, Dr. An advertisement for that evening's program published ed with the Jewish Council of Ukraine, the Jewish commu– Shcherbak worked at the Scientific (Continued on page 6) (Continued on page 7) (Continued on page 6) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, OCTOBER ЗО, 1994 No. 44 INTERVIEW: Oleh vitovych, leader NEWSBB1EFS of Ukrainian National Assembly Kuchma, irish PM meet at Shannon Minister volodymyr Radchenko; Foreign by Yarema Bachynsky Affairs Minister Gennadiy Udovenko; KYYiv - President Leonid Kuchma Economy Minister Roman Shpek; This is the conclusion of an interview discussed nuclear disarmament and trade Minister for Nationalities, Migration and with Oleh vitovych, leader of the links with the prime minister of ireland Cults Oleksander Shulha. The members Ukrainian National Assembly-Ukrainian on Sunday, October 23, during a brief of the presidium of the National Security National Self-Defense (UNA-UNSO); a stopover in that country en route to Council are President Kuchma, Prime radical nationalist organization with a Canada. During a meeting at Shannon Minister Masol, and Messrs. Horbulin, small but vocal parliamentary delegation international Airport, the Ukrainian pres– Marchuk and Shmarov. (Respublika) of three in the Supreme Council. ident told Prime Minister Albert Reynolds that Ukraine wants security Cholera epidemic is stabilizing Has your organization's position on guarantees before its Parliament accedes Ukraine's nuclear status been affected to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. KYYiv - As of October 25, there were 828 persons ill with cholera in by the often slow and certainly incon– President Kuchma also asked the irish Ukraine; another 203 who are suspected sistent manner in which Western prime minister to help speed ratification countries, particularly the United to have the disease are hospitalized. of a cooperation accord between Ukraine States, have acted in response to Ukrainian medical authorities have noted and the European Union. The Ukrainian Ukraine's security and other prob– that nearly 14,000 persons have had con- president noted that there are no obsta– lems? tact with the registered cholera patients. cles to the development of relations There is good news, however. According between Kyyiv and Dublin. (Reuters) Much hope has been placed in our Oleh vitovych to the Ukrainian Health Center, the epi– country on United States government aid, demic is stabilizing. Fewer persons are National Security Council named which supposedly would be available to its national interests, gain access to SS- being hospitalized, and during the past help Ukraine disarm its nuclear weapons. 22 technology and experience some sort KYYiv - The members of the two weeks there have been no deaths Let me give you just one interesting of psychological satisfaction in putting National Security Council of Ukraine from the disease. (Respublika) example of how U.S. aid has been dis– down a new member of the nuclear club. were named by presidential decree on tributed. Recently, a visiting U.S. But we are talking here about a potential October 22. They are: President Leonid Lithuania helps Ukraine fight cholera Congressional delegation to the for ecological disasters on an unprece– Kuchma; Prime Minister vitaliy Masol; Parliament released information regard– KYYiv - The Lithuanian govern– dented scale, resulting from U.S. insis– volodymyr Horbulin, director of the ing the building of living quarters for sol– tence on securing what are perceived ment ha given Ukraine S3,000 to assist in National Space Agency; Yevhen diers of the 43rd Strategic Rocket Army. national interests. The ecological security the battle against the cholera epidemic Marchuk, deputy prime minister in According to the U.S. source, of the of the entire world is at risk as a result of that has taken hold in recent weeks. The charge of security and the battle against 3,000 apartments to have been built such U.S.