VOL. LXXXV No. 263 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER З, 1978 25 CENTS Third WCFU concludes in New York Mykola Plawiuk, lvan Baiarko to serve years each as WCFU President Four dissidents attend congress, delegates approve campaign for decolonization of USSR NEW YORK, N.Y. - The Third United States, Nadia Svitlychna, at– World. Congress of Free Ukrainians tended most of the activities held in successfully concluded its deliberations conjunction with the congress. here at the Americana Hotel early in addition to the seven plenary Sunday afternoon, November 26, with sessions, delegates and thousands of the election of a new Presidium and the guests had the opportunity to attend the adoption of resolutions which focused Ecumenical Moleben Thursday after- on the plight of the Ukrainian people noon, the Carnegie Hall concert Thurs– behind the iron Curtain and the free day evening, the congressional lun– world's assistance to them. cheon Friday afternoon, the con– Mykola Plawiuk, former First vice–... gressional banquet and dance Saturday President of the WCFU and a noted night, and the manifestation-demon– Ukrainian community activist in Cana– stration Sunday afternoon. da, was elected President of the world body after a consensus was reached between the American and Canadian Opening day delegations to the WCFU. lvan Bazar– The official opening of the congress toe by ibor DUboha ko, Administrative Director of the Mykola Plawiuk lvan Bazarko Ukrainian Congress Committee of was preceded by an Ecumenical Mole- America, was elected First vice-Presi– ben celebrated in a hall adjoining the dent. Both persons will serve in their cite of the deliberations on Thursday, current offices for two and a half years November 23, at 2 p.m. Newly elected Presidium of the WCFU and then switch posts. Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk of the Ukrainiaa Catholic Church in Honorary President: Msgr. Dr. Basil Kushnir A total of 459 delegates from nine Canada opened the service in the President: Mykola Plawiuk (Canada) countries on four continents of the free presence of some 700 persons, com– world attended the deliberations, to– prised of delegates and guests. First vice-President: lvan Bazarko (U.S.) gether with 48 members of the WCFU The Moleben was concelebrated by (On the basis of consensus, Mr. Bazarko will become president of the WCFU Secretariat. Also, 212 persons were Metropolitan Hermaniuk and Bishop for the second half of the term, and Mr. Plawiuk will become first vice- registered as guests at the congress and isidore Borecky and Neil N. Savaryn of president during that time.) were given permission to sit in the the Ukrainian. Catholic Church in gallery. Representatives of Churches: Archbishop-Metropolitan Maxim Hermaniuk Canada, and Bishops Jaroslav Gabro of the Ukrainian. Catholic Church in Canada, Archbishop-Metropolitan A spirit of unity and consensus and Basil H. Losten of the Ukrainian Joseph Schmondiuk of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in America, Arch– pervaded the congress, which was Catholic Church in the United States, bishop-Metropolitan Mstyslaw Skrypnyk of the Ukrainian Orthodox reflected not only in the election of new and Archbishop-Metropolitan Msty– Church of the USA, the very Rev. Dr. Semen Sawchuk of the Ukrainian officers, but in the work of the dozen slav Skrypnyk of the Ukrainian Ortho– Greek Orthodox Church in Canada, Pastor Oleksa Harbuziuk of the commissions which were in session. dox Church of the U.S.A., Archbishop Ukrainian Evangelical Baptist Alliance of North America. Most of the discussions and addresses Constantine of the Ukrainian Orthodox at the congress were directed at the Church of the U.S.A., Archbishop- vice-Presidents: Mrs. Stefania Sawchuk (World Federation of Ukrainian situation in Ukraine and the violations Metropolitan Andrew and Bishops Women's Organizations), Wasyl Kyryliuk (Canada), George Denysenko of human, national and religious rights Nicholas and Wasyly of the Ukrainian (Australia), Wolodymyr Kotulsky (Argentina), a yet to be announced by Moscow.. Concern was expressed Greek-Orthodox. Church in. Canada, representative from Brazil, ilya Dmytriw (Great Britain), Stepan Mudryk from all quarters over the extent of Archbishop Orest of the Ukrainian (Coordinating Center of Ukrainian Community and Territorial Organiza– assistance from Ukrainians in the free Autocephalous Orthodox. Church in tions in Europe), Wolodymyr Kosyk (France). world to those living behind the iron West Germany, and Bishop Andrew Secretary-General: Wasyl Bezchlibnyk (Canada) Curtain. Kushchak of the Ukrainian Orthodox Treasurer: Frank Martyniuk.(Canada) in line with this effort, the delegates Church of America, and Pastor Wolo– approved the latest campaign of the dymyr Borowsky of the All-Ukrainian Presidium Members: Alexandra Kowalsky (SFUZhO), lvan Oleksyn (U.S.), World Congress, the decolonization of Evangelical Alliance of North America. ignatius Billinsky (U.S.), Dr. Bohdan Hnatiuk (U.S.), Roman Drazniowsky (U.S.), John O. Flis (U.S.), Bohdan Dolishny (Canada), George Danyliw the Soviet Union. This campaign was Some 30 priests of the Catholic and initiated by the WCFU together with (Canada), Roman Trach (World Coordinating Educational Council), Sen. Orthodox faith joined the hierarchs in Paul Yuzyk (Human Rights. Commission), and a yet to be announced world congresses of the Byelorussian, the service. Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian representative from the Conference of Ukrainian Youth Organizations. communities. The responses were sung by the choir of St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Auditing Committee: iwan Wynnyk (U.S.), chairman; Alexander Bilyk To buttress the remarks of the dele- Catholic Church in Newark, N.J., (U.S.), John Hewryk.(Canada), Ostap Sokolsky.(Canada), Olha Zawerucha gates and speakers concerning the under the direction of Michael Do bosh. (SFUZhO), Savaryn Hryhorciw (Australia), Jaroslaw Trakalo (Argentina), repressions in Ukraine, four former With the presentation of the colors at representative from Brazil, representative from venezuela, Antin Melnyk political dissidents in Ukraine attended 4:15 p.m. by members of Plast, SUMA (Coordinating Center of Ukrainian Community and Territorial Organiza– the conclave and described how each and ODUM, led by Evhen ivashkiv, tions in Europe), and two yet to be announced members. one became a victim of the Kremlin's president of the United Ukrainian The list of members of the WCFU Secretariat is incomplete, and the WCFU policies, The four, Leonid Plyushch, American Organizations of Greater Maj. Gen. Petro Grigorenko, viktor Presidium will announce the complete list after consulting with central Borovsky and the latest to arrive in the (Continued on page 13) organizations. .. .., v,.,i,fc.-,mtiwi;^..iec:і - - THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, DECEMBER З, 1978 - :^No. 263 Soviet Mission scores WCFU WCFU, four other bodies launch by Borys Potapenko action for decolonization of USSR " yisli" World News Service NEW YORK, N.Y. - Representa– 20 other missions were visited for this tives of the World Congress of Free purpose. Representatives of all mem– UN1TED NATlONS. - The U.N. are stained by the blood of many Ukrainians were joined by officers of ber-states of the United Nations re– Mission of the Union of Soviet Socialist thousands of Soviet people, Poles, the Byelorussian, Lithuanian, Latvian ceived the document by mail, said Mr. Republics on November 23 issued a Czechs and Slovaks. and Estonian world bodies in present– Shymko. press release to the U.N. press corps ing a joint resolution calling for the Gen. Grigorenko cited the status of containing an analysis of the World "Having lost a sense of reality, certain decolonization of the Soviet Union to Congress of Free Ukrainians. influential U.S. quarters have begun Ukraine and of the Crimean Tatars as the president of the United Nations two of what he said were many ex– pushing the WCFU to the establish– General Assembly and requesting that ment of its mission at the United amples of the Kremlin's colonial poli– Under the heading "Who Needs the the issue be placed on the agenda of the cies with respect to the non-Russian Nations. These quarters, also lavishly 34th Assembly. World Congress of Free Ukrainians and nations. His statement on Ukraine in Why," the press release quotes "Litera– financed various information centers The presentation was made Tuesday, covering the situation in Ukraine. These English was read by George Nesterczuk, turnaya Gazeta" (Literary Newspaper), November 21, and announced the next acting director of the Ukrainian Na– one of the major papers of the Soviet centers fabricate manifestos and peti– day at a press conference called by the tions calling upon the West to act from tional information Service in Washing- Union and its analysis of the World WCFU on the eve of the third as– ton, D.C., who also served as the Congress. strength in respect to the Soviet Union. semblage of Ukrainians from some 20 Nationalists even threaten to murder translator for the three former Ukrain– countries of the fre? world. Making the ian dissidents. The press release reads as follows: active members of progressive immi– announcement to some 20 representa– grant organizations standing for the tives of the ethnic press and radio Mr. Kudirka also made a statement "Literaturnaya Gazeta writes that in growth of contacts with the Soviet gathered here at the Church Center of Ukraine." on the colonial status of Lithuania, an attempt to arrest international the United Nations, was Yuri Shymko, which was read by a translator in detente, the reaction stops at nothing. then Secretary-General of the WCFU. English. This is proved by the preparations now The release of such a statement Extrapolating on the 148-page docu– Mr. Plyushch offered several ex– conducted in the U.S.A. for a World indicates to many U.N. observers that ment and on the current situation in the amples of what he said were "para– Congress of Free Ukrainians (WCFU), the Soviet Union sees a definite threat Soviet Union in the light of increasing doxes" of the West's policies vis-a-vis slated to take place in New York at the from the activities of the WCFU Hu– repressions and the resistance move– the USSR in that they in fact help the end of November.