THE UKRAINIAN WEEK THE UKRAINIAN WEEK L L Y 2000 Y 2000 THETHE 2000UKRAINIANUKRAINIAN WEEKWEEKLLYY The most significant news stories and commentaries published in The Ukrainian Weekly. Volume I 1933-1969 Volume I (1933-1969) Volume THE 2000UKRAINIAN WEEKLY The most significant news stories and commentaries published in The Ukrainian Weekly. Volume I 1933-1969 The Ukrainian Weekly Parsippany, N.J. © 2000 The Ukrainian Weekly 2200 Route 10 P.O. Box 280 Parsippany, N.J. 07054 Compiled and written by the editors of The Ukrainian Weekly Cover design/layout: Serge Polishchuk Typesetting: Awilda Rolon Administration: Walter Honcharyk Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................... 10 The 1930s: A neophyte newspaper and the Great Famine ................................................. 12 Our Stand ......................................................................................................................................................... 14 Famine Under Soviets ............................................................................................................................ 15 Present Conditions In Ukraine .......................................................................................................... 17 Germany Press Reports Great Famine In Ukraine Under Soviets ....................... 17 Famine – Deliberate Soviet Weapon ........................................................................................... 18 The Famine In Soviet Ukraine .......................................................................................................... 18 Who’s On Trial? ........................................................................................................................................... 19 American Ambassador In The Soviet Ukraine ..................................................................... 20 Colonel Eugene Konovaletz Murdered By Soviet Agent .............................................. 23 The Slaying Of Konovaletz By A Soviet Agent .................................................................... 24 Ukraine – Front Page News ............................................................................................................... 25 Carpathian Ukraine Gains Autonomy ......................................................................................... 27 Poland Rushes 20,000 Police To “Pacify” Ukraine; Report Political Foes Being Beaten ............................................................................... 28 Part Of Carpathian Ukraine Ceded To Hungary ................................................................. 28 Voloshyn Declares World Recognizes Ukraine ................................................................... 29 Premier Voloshyn Discusses Ukrainian Question ............................................................. 29 Carpatho-Ukraine Invaded .................................................................................................................. 31 Berlin-Moscow Pact And Ukraine .................................................................................................. 32 Russian Invasion Of Western Ukraine ....................................................................................... 34 Soviet Occupation Of Western Ukraine ..................................................................................... 35 Allied War Aims Should Include A Free Ukraine ................................................................ 37 Western Ukraine Incorporated Into USSR .............................................................................. 38 The 1940s: World War II and its aftermath ........................................................................................ 40 Resolutions Adopted At The Congress Of American Ukrainians In Washington ................................................................................................................................ 43 Congress Both Impressive And Inspiring ................................................................................. 46 Our Stand ......................................................................................................................................................... 48 Western Ukrainians Declare Their Independence And Establish Government ................................................................................................... 50 Many Victims Of Soviet Terror In Western Ukraine Identified .................................. 52 Writer Says Nazis Drafted 400,000 Ukrainians ................................................................... 56 “Sabotage” Publishers And Authors Retract Libel Of Svoboda, Its Publisher And Editor ........................................................................................................ 56 Our Obligation ............................................................................................................................................ 60 The “Curzon Line” ................................................................................................................................... 62 Fifty Years Of Service .......................................................................................................................... 65 A Tribute To Metropolitan Sheptytsky ...................................................................................... 67 The Yalta Conference And Ukraine ........................................................................................... 70 Text Of The Memorandum On The Ukrainian Situation ............................................. 73 Ukraine’s Civilian Losses .................................................................................................................. 78 Ukrainian War Emigration Surveyed In An Appeal For Help .................................. 78 Describes Plight Of Children Refugees .................................................................................. 81 MP Urges Canadian Gov’t To Help DPs ................................................................................ 82 Threatened With Forcible Repatriation ................................................................................... 83 UCCA Cables Byrnes In Moscow To Stop Forced Repatriation .......................... 84 Clare Luce And Vandenberg Ask Congressional Aid For DPs ............................. 85 Forced Repatriation Order In APO 758 Sector Reported Rescinded ............... 85 Adjutant General Outlines U.S. Policy On Ukrainian DPs ........................................ 86 Mrs. Roosevelt’s Stand On DPs Praised ............................................................................... 88 Text Of UCCA Memorandum To British Ambassador ................................................. 89 Rebuke By The Pope To U.S., Britain Seen ....................................................................... 91 Russian Church Policy In Ukraine .............................................................................................. 92 Forced Repatriation Of DPs Protested In Congress ..................................................... 94 Watch Out For “Genocide” ............................................................................................................... 96 How Reds “Repatriated” A Ukrainian Bishop ..................................................................... 96 Ukrainian P.W.s Being Moved To Britain .............................................................................. 98 Solution Of Displaced Persons’ Problems ............................................................................ 98 Ukrainian Resistance Groups Escaping To American Zone ................................... 102 Pan American Ukrainian Conference Assails Soviet Russian Genocide Policy Pursued Against Ukrainians ............... 103 Moscow Calls For Fight Against Nationalists Says They Aid “Anglo-American Imperialists” ..................................................... 106 Propaganda And Provocation To Confound Anti-Soviet Refugees ................... 107 Soviet Concentration Camp Near Lviw ................................................................................... 108 UCCA Sends Greetings To Israel ............................................................................................... 108 UNA Passes 50,000 Membership Mark ................................................................................. 110 The Ukrainian National Council .................................................................................................... 110 Four UPA Men Sentenced to Death by Czech Court ................................................... 112 Paintings Arrive For Washington Exhibit ............................................................................... 114 Ukrainian DPs Welcomed By Maryland ................................................................................. 114 American And Foreign-Language Groups Defend DPs Arriving Here ............ 118 “Echoes Of Ukraine” A Magnificent Spectacle .................................................................. 121 Partisans Have Radio Stations ..................................................................................................... 124 “Let Freedom Ring” ...............................................................................................................................