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the USSR and Eastern Europe will be Washington, will address "The Study of Holowinsky, also of Rutgers Univer-
the subject of a daylong conference to Ukrainian History in the United States: sity, will provide opening remarks at the MOSCOW - A poor grain harvest
be held by the Rutgers University Perceptions and Misconceptions." beginning of the conference at 9 a.m. and chronic shortages of food staples
Graduate School of Education at the A research specialist in East Euro- and will act as moderator for the have led to the implementation of strict
University of Medicine and Dentistry of pean history, Dr. Irena Grudzinska question-and-answer periods scheduled food rationing in most parts of the
New Jersey here on Thursday, April 29. Gross of Columbia University, will to take place at the conclusion of both Soviet Union, according to Soviet
The conference, featuring scholars speak on "I9th Century Western Atti- the morning and afternoon conference sources.
from throughout the United States as tudes toward Imperial Russia." sessions. , Hardest bit arc arepsJa'"Jrom major
speakers, is organized in cooperation "The Soviet Dissident Movement as Rutgers president to speak distribution centers or from farm areas.
with the New Jersey Governor's Ethnic Reported by The New York Times" will In Siberia, for example, consumers are
Advisory Council, the state's depart- be the subject of Dr. Thomas Oleszczuk, Rutgers University President Edward allowed to purchase about 4.4 pounds
ments of education and higher educa- assistant professor of political science at J. Bloustein will welcome conference of meat per person per month, while
tion, and the New Jersey Council for the Rutgers University. participants following the opening those living in European Russia are
Social Studies, a statewide teachers' The U.S. director of the U.S.-USSR remarks. only entitled to half that amount.
group. Textbook Study Project initiated in Dr. Holowinsky, a professor of Sources estimate that the Soviet grain
Co-sponsors are the Shevchenko 1977 as a joint effort of the U.S. special education at the university's harvest was about 170 million tons, or
Scientific Society, Polish Cultural Department of Education and the Graduate School of Education, will 66 million tons below official targets. It
Foundation of New Jersey and the Soviet Ministry of Education will deliver concluding remarks at day's end. was the third bad harvest in a row, so
Media Action Coalition. report on one aspect of this study, Registration for the conference will bad that, for the first time since the
Funding is provided entirely by the "American Treatment of Soviet So- be held at 8:30 a.m., a half hour before 1960s, authorities did not include the
Ethnic Advisory Council. ciety" in textbooks. Dr. Howard the start of the morning session. The figure in the 1981 statistical report on
Mehlinger is a professor of history and conference will break at 11:45 a.m. for a the economy.
Appraisal of intellectuals' perceptions dean of the Indiana University School The dismal agricultural results have
luncheon, resume at 1:30 p.m. for the
The first topic of the conference will of Education. afternoon session and adjourn at 4 p.m. had an impact in Ukraine, once known
be "American Intellectuals' Perception Francis Baran, a post-graduate stu- It will be held in the main auditorium as the "breadbasket" of Europe. Sources
of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe dent at the Rutgers University Graduate of the University of Medicine and there report shortages of meat, bread
- A Critical Appraisal." The speaker, School of Education, and Dr. Adam Dentistry of New Jersey, located off and other essential food items.
Dr. Paul Hollander, professor of socio- Scrupski, associate professor of educa- Frelinghuysen Road. Butter, margarine, cooking oil and
logy at the University of Massachusetts tional sociology at that school, will sugar are also being tightly rationed in
and an associate of the Russian Re- speak on "Eastern Europe and the Laying the groundwork some parts of the Soviet Union.
search Center at Harvard University, is USSR as Reflected in New Jersey Supplies of vegetables to urban areas
Public School Curricula." This is the The conference is the result of efforts
the author of the recently published were reportedly worse this past winter
topic of Mr. Baran's doctoral thesis, that began in 1978 with the establish-
book "Political Pilgrims," a critical than for many years. The shortage of
which is based on a survey of textbooks ment of the Education Committee of
examination of the reports of Western bread has forced the government to
conducted by a subcommittee of the the New Jersey Governor's Ethnic
visitors to Communist states. Dr. urge people not to waste wheat, flour
New Jersey Governor's Ethnic Advi- Advisory Council.
Hollander's presentation will be based and bread, particularly in feeding
on his book. sory Council. (Continued on page 14) livestock.
Canada at Madrid
Book review though the Ukrainian success was Kultur," shows very clearly how the
drastically curtailed by America's change German Americans, who before August
New study of ethnic Chicago: in policies during the Roosevelt era.
In the 1930s the Ukrainian national
1914 were even more highly regarded
than were the English, lost their pres
tt: movement in the United States, as Dr. tige during the world war that damaged
important... mature scholarship" Kuropas states, was unfairly treated
and linked by its detractors to a fascist
beyond repair German ethnic, linguistic
and cultural institutions. As Mr. Holli
"Ethnic Chicago, "ed. Peter d'A. Jones and MeMnG. Holli. Grand Rapids, Mich- conspiracy which ultimately brought says: "Deutschtum's fall from its most-
William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1981..384 pp. political disaster for the Ukrainian favored-nation status was brought
cause. Thus the Ukrainian people, who, about in part by the bellicose behavior
by Dr. Wolodymyr T. Zjrk during the period of 1884 to 1939) of German Americans themselves. In
The material of this attractively
produced and generously illustrated Ethnic matured in the United States from an
ethno-cultural group into a politically
self-conscious nationality, suffered an
the end, it was Kaiser Wilhelm`s sub
marines that sank not only Allied
shipping but America's Deutschtum."
book is very impressive indeed. The
authors'knowledge of ethnic Chicago is
tremendous. They combine a broad
overview of American ethnicity with a
Chicago, undeserved setback. Their aspirations
were tainted because in free America it
became suddenly anti-democratic to
The book ends with Masako M.
Osako's study "Japanese-Americans:
Melting into the Ail-American Pot?"
scholarly .knowledge of details; they work for the dismemberment of the Like German-Americans, Japanese-
have .studied virtually every important Soviet empire. Americans became war victims. It is
work or document pertaining to their How different would., today's world interesting to stress that the hardships
subject The book is, in the fullest sense, be if America had helped to disintegrate of the internment camps redirected the
the work of specialists, and only few of the Soviet Union and create — in some Japanese not toward rejection of Ame
us will read, it without envying the cases recreate — in its place a number of rica but toward absorption. Mr. Osako
authors their attainments. free states. For this reason Dr. Киго– suggests that the 'Japanese-Americans
Also the editors added much to the pas's study reaches beyond ethnic may be the first racial minority to
stature of the book by their introduc Chicago and sets an example of ethnic integrate and assimilate biologically
tion and by the organization of the impact on global politics. into the dominant white stock of Ame
work. They follow a definite treatment Dominic Candeloro in his work rica."
of the subject and do not present a series "Suburban Italians: Chicago Heights, The "Ethnic Chicago" editors' task
of tentative notions. Having'in view the 1890-1975" indicates very clearly how was surely not easy. Few scholars would
continuing national debate over cul Italians were bound to adopt American attempt to write ethnic histories of a
tural pluralism and the melting pot, values by moving up in their new world great city and to provide profound
they focus their approaches about without having melted completely analyses. The book has scored many
America's heartland city in several quest for.power and respectability." into it. They remained, how (Continued on page 11)
directions: "the national ethnic pro This is a unique situation which fortu ever, a w e l l - o r g a n i z e d and
cesses of adjustment, survival, identity, nately enough always helped the Irish, most powerful force in the commu Dr. Wolodymyr T. Zyla is chairman
and even melting into the American "including more rapid melting into the nity, and easily dominated the city of the Interdepartmental Committee on
Melting Pot." Melting Pot." council, the school board, etc. This Comparative Literature at Texas Tech
For that reason they have divided the The study of the Greeks by Andrew proved their vitality and mobility to University and is co-editor of "Ethnic
book into two parts: Cultural Pluralism, T. Kopan presents a different story. It is make gains economically and politically. Literatures Since 1776: The Many
and The Melting Pot. There are five to a'large degree "an odyssey that The study by Melvin G. Holli, "The Voices of America,"a two-volume
chapters in the first part and three challenges much of the conventional Great War Sinks Chicago's German compendium published in 1978.
chapters in the second. The division, wisdom about ethnics." One may ques
however, is not balanced quantitatively, tion how it is possible that this poor
but rather qualitatively, by offering "rural folk who came to America Book notes
specific explanations as well as concrete neither with urban skills nor education"
examples for a proper understanding of could have reversed their status in order
the melting pot process. As a result the to reach here the top of the educational, History of Ukrainian settlers in Manitoba
book's treatment of ethnicity is descrip professional and income ladder. WINNIPEG - "Pioneer Profiles:
tive rather that prescriptive and tenta These monumental achievements, Ukrainian Settlers in Manitoba" is a
tive rather than dogmatic. This is also according to Mr. Kopan, became new book published to commemorate
caused by the surge in ethnicity, in the possible because of therightadjustment the 90th anniversary of the coming of
United States and in Europe, which was to the American way of life through Ukrainian settlers to Manitoba. The
indeed typical of the political, social and preservation of Greek formal and writing of the book was initiated by the
cultural debate of the 1960s and 1970s informal education in communal ethnic Modern Languages Association, Ukrai
with a special focus on cultural plural schools, strong family bonds, preserva nian Chapter.
ism as the best answer for our society. tion of their cultural heritage, adapta It is an oral history book based on the
Let us now turn to the individual tion of the best of the two worlds — interviews with Ukrainian pioneers in
chapters for an examination of how American and Greek - as well as various parts of the province. The
various ethnic groups have behaved and through the community's care settlers tell their own story, and inter
acted in America. not to be "swallowed up by views with the Ukrainian agricultura
The two chapters handling Irish the v a s t n e s s of A m e r i c a . " lists predominate.
immigrants show two different points of These factors not only contributed to The author of the book, Dr. Michael
view: the ethnic-conscious view and the Greek ethnic survival but they also Ewanchuk, has been careful to give the
view directed toward greater assimila produced a special blend of ethnic pride names of the villages and the counties
tion and success in power politics. It is and resourceful participation in the from which the settlers came. The
to be stressed that the Irish of both American dream. Kolomyia region was the point of origin
views always "formed a highly self- The study "The Jews of Chicago: of many pioneers and a large number
conscious and relatively cohesive ethnic From Shtetl to Suburb" by Irving came from Bereziv. Others came from
community" that was in contact with Cutler proves with persuasion another Bilyi Potik. Senkiw, Kopychentsi, Sam-
other Chicagoans. Moreover, even if story of success which became possible bir and Borshchiv.
those more ethnic-conscious demon because of occupational and economic The "Pioneer Profiles" project was
strated their concern for Ireland, their achievement and of public education researched and written by Dr. Ewan It also carries the story of Michael
love for their new country was in no way which turned out for young Jews to be chuk, who is a former inspector (super Stashyn the only known living member
diminished, nor was their loyalty to and "an important vehicle for becoming intendent) of schools. of the first group of Prof. Joseph
faith in the United States affected. Americanized and'moving upward This is Dr. Ewanchuk's fourth project Oleskow's settlers who arrived in Stuart-
The most important factor, respon socially and economically, and often about Ukrainian settlements in Canada. burn in 1896 and named their settle
sible for this situation is, without doubt, away from the world of their parents." The firsts "A History of the Ukrainian ment Rus'. Mr. Stashyn, now a resident
the language that always helped to The author also handles with skill the Settlements in the Gimli Area," was of Vancouver, was 7 when he arrived in
smooth out difficulties because the once-sharp differences between Ger written in Ukrainian and is out of print. Canada.
language spoken by Irish Americans is man and East European Jews and Next came a three-book series^itled Among the interviews from various
that of their immigrant ancestors and shows how they adjusted through "Vita: A Ukrainian Community." His districts in Manitoba is one with a
that of present-day Ireland as well as hardships and suffering in the overall third publication, "Spruce, Swamp and centenarian, Michael Rehaluk of
that of the United States. process of acculturation. Stone" is now in its sixth printing and is Dauphin, who reached the ripe age of
Of importance is also the fact that I n Myron B. Kuropas, a former White most popular with Canada's Anglo- 104 on St. Michael's Day 1981 and
combining old-world traditions House ethnic adviser to President Saxon readers. boasts that he is still able to read
with new-world democracy, the Irish Gerald Ford, wrote the study "Ukrai The new book carries much back Svoboda without glasses.
developed a unique political personality nian Chicago: The Making ofa Nationa ground information, such as that about The 288-page book is indexed .and
among Chicago's inhabitants," and lity Group in America." He approached the first permanent settler, Wasyl has more than 150 pictures of schools,
therefore were able more than others to his work from a unique point of view Yatchew; Wasyl Elyniak and. I wan churches and pioneers at work. It sells
overcome political discrimination and which holds that "for many a Ukrainian Pillipiw who arrived in 1891; about for S12.95 plus handling charges and, it
ethnic prejudice. emigre, the United States was not an Joseph Oleskow; about the first Ukrai is available in larger bookstores and
Furthermore, they "became the major ethnic melting pot but rather a school nian Catholic missionary, the Rev. from the author at the followingaddress:
catalysts within the Chicago Democra for his ethno-national development" Nestor Dmytriw, one of the early "Pioneer Profiles", Michael Ewanchuk,
tic Party" because, much of the city's This approach gave his work a pro editors of Svoboda, who consecrated 828 Borebank St., Winnipeg, Man.,
early history centered "on their own found socio-political dimension ^even the Cross of Freedom at Trembowla. Canada R3N 1G4.
8 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, APRIL 18,1982 No. 16
Friday, April 23
This afternoon, East Seventh Street Notes on dance will be performed on May 5 at the Szeparowycz's multi-media construc
in Manhattan will take on an Old World Ukrainian Restaurant during a Ukrai tion, expressing a meditative and spiri
setting as youngsters in Ukrainian a From choreographing'the highly nian dinner at which the Gamma chapter tual form." Other pieces in the exhibit
costumes perform hahilky, the tradi acclaimed "Souvenir de Florence" for of Phi Lamda Upsilon, a honor chemi were by Any a Farion, Vera Hrywniak,
tional' spring dances, outside St. last year's Tchaikovsky Festival, John cal society at Columbia University, will Laryssa Lawrynenko, Olga Maryschuk,
George's Ukrainian Catholic Church. Taras moved on to create a new "Fire initiate some 50 to 60 outstanding ` Anna Borysenko Reynarovich, Ulana
Moving in long lines, turning, forming bird" for Dance Theatre of Harlem. He students from Barnard College and Salewycz, Stella Bodak Warwick and
circles, chains and arches, the children has also added the Ohio Ballet to a long Columbia's chemistry department and Hilary Zarycky.
will provide their own musical accom list of companies which now perform School of Chemical Engineering. Vin
paniment as they sing to the larks, his most famous work, "Designs for cent Saltamach, Gamma Chapter secre The lecture circuit
swallows and golden-eyes who are the Strings." As a ballet master of the New tary, explained the choice of a Ukrai
harbingers of spring. York City Ballet, Mr. Taras has the job nian locale and Ukrainian entertain The Ukrainian Academy of Arts and
of mounting Balanchine works all over ment; he said it was time for students to Sciences continued its"cycle of lectures
The ritual dances, scheduled to begin the world and he is regarded as a realize "there are also Ukrainians in the on Kiev, Kharkiv and Lviv with an
after' the noon liturgy, are a great delight devoted mainstay of the company, world." afternoon of reminiscences about the
to churchgoers and attract crowds of writes David Sears in the latest issue of University of Kharkiv (April 4) by
passers-by and photographers. A TV New York City Ballet News. For The art scene former students Lubov Drashevska,
cameraman or two will usually drop by NYCB's forthcoming Stravinsky Fes Oksana Burebiy, Oksana Solovey and
to take in "the Ukrainian Easter tival .(beginning June 10). Mr. Taras " The Zabriskie Gallery's exhibition Nadia Svitlychna. The series was ini
customs" for showing on news broad plans to work with "Concerto for Piano of Alexander Archipenko's naturalistic tiated in February with a lecture on the
casts later in the day. and Winds," a Stravinsky piece he has figures created in the 1920s and 30s origin of Kiev by Prof. Omeljan Pritsak
The elementary school children, used before. During the NYCB spring focuses on his primary interest with the of the Harvard Ukrainian Research
students of St. George's School, have season at the New York State Theater female figure. The show, which closes Institute, who set forth his theory that
given previews of the Easter dances in from May 4 to July 4, his "Souvenir de this weekend, exhibits more than 15 Kiev originated in the last quarter of the
recent weeks, both in public and on Florence" will be performed in several sculptures in bronze, lead, terra cotta ninth century and that it was founded by
television. Accompanied by their programs. and stone, as well as representative Prince Ihor (not Prince Oleh, as many
teacher, Darfa Genza, about 40 girls о Veteran folk dancers Mary Ann and paintings and drawings. 29 W. 57th St., historians believe).
traveled to Fordham University on Michael Herman are "written up" in 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
April 2 and gave a performance of Betty Casey's book, "International " Toronto-born artist Irka Iwachiw, On March 27, panelists Bonder.
hahilky during Ukrainian Day festivi Folk Dancing U.S.A.," just published now based in New York, held a one- Wytwycky, Roman Koropeckyj and
ties there. On April 9, some 25 young by Doubleday. I haven t seen the book woman show at the Ukrainian Artists Andrew Fedynsky discussed the advan
sters appeared on ABC-TV's`live show, yet, but I hear the Hermans' contribu Association Gallery from April 3 to 11. tages and disadvantages of ethnicity in
"Good Morning, New York," along tion to folk dance is well recorded and She has expanded her earlier focus on the professions and academic commu
with the Rev. Lawrentiy Lawreniukand their names a`re mentioned, by many printmaking to work on paper in a nities. The academy's activities were
Easter egg decorators fania Oberyshyn contributors throughout the book. variety of media - chalk, pastels, outlined by Jaroslaw Bilinsky, William
and Sophie Zielyk. The show included a о Ted Plaskono3, a computer consul India ink, colored pencils, oil paint and Omelchenko, Oleh Fedyshyn and
taped presentation of parish women tant with the Rendeck Corporation in oil crayons. Her show included 37 George Shevelov, academy president.
baking babkas in the rectory kitchen. Boston, who has been a member of the works, priced from SI75 to S500, with Among recent offerings at the Friday
Mandala Folk Dance Ensemble for the two outstanding themes — an abstract soirees of the Ukrainian Literary and
Big Apple blooms with color past three years, performed with the ed rib-cage in brilliant red, blue, yellow Art Association were slide-illustrated
group at the Brooklyn Center for the and green on large canvasses, and talks by K. Szonk-Rusych, on агспео–
Brightening the pre-Easter season for Performing Arts on March 27 and 28. braided garlic shown in a series of semi- logical discoveries in Ukraine and
many New Yorkers were the рузапка– Tall, dark and handsome, he made a representational and abstract pieces. contemporary decorative art, and by
1
decorating workshops and demonstra strikingfigurein Bulgarian, Hungarian, 1 The Contemporary Artists Exhibit, Prof. Lubomyr Kuzma, about the work
tions coordinated by Natalia Duma at Irish, Slavonian and Romanian dances. a group show by II artists with im of the late Petro Andrusivv, an artist
The Ukrainian Museum. Museum offi Mr. Plaskonos, whose name is Ukrainian pressive credentials, turned out to be a who specialized in large-scale works
cials report that about 35 participants (not Greek, as it may appear in print), somewhat meager effort. Although the with Ukrainian historical themes.
attended each of the workshop sessions choreographed the. Hopak duet that opening on March 28 drew a capacity
and that a Japanese film crew dropped was performed in the show. He studied crowd to the Ukrainian Institute and The origin and meaning of the word
by one day to record the batik method at various times with Wasyll Gina, provided an opportunity for many to "kozak" were surveyed by Vasyi.Sosiak
of decorating eggs, for telecasting Walter Bacad, Markian Komlchak and meet and talk with the artists, the works at the March 28 conference of the
sometime in March on Channel 47. Roman Strockyj. Among the outstand on display did not seem to be a full Research Society for Ukrainian Termi
ing numbers performed by the company presentation of the artists' talents (some nology Inc., headed by Dr. Kost
The museum's exhibit of over 200 were the circle dance from Slavonia, showed one or two large works, others - Cerkewych. Dr. Ihor Huryn coordi
brilliantly colored Easter eggs includes Yugoslavia's northern plainland; the had three or four small pieces in the nated the conference, which marked the
some with symbols from pagan times, a Hungarian wedding suite, and Appala exhibit). Most interesting were Alex association's 10th anniversary.
good many decorated here, some made chian clogging, a uniquely American Siblmy's "Portrait of art Artist" (1981),
in Ukraine and others decorated by style of dance. a four-part mosaic constructed from Poet Bohdan Boychuk, who will be a
nuns in Germany. Displayed in sets half-inch ceramic squares; Ilona guest lecturer at St. Peter's College in
according to types of symbols and the о Ukrainian folk dances by the Young Sochynsky's bold graphic oils "36th Jersey City on April 22 (students will
regions of Ukraine they represent, the Verkhovyntsi Dancers (with a few Street" and "Motorcycle," and Oresta read his poems in English, and he will
pysanky take up all the wall space on the accordion melodies by Slavko Kosiw) read them in Ukrainian), read and
fifth floor at 203 Second Ave. They're discussed his poetry at Columbia Uni
also shown in a ceiling-high glass room versity on March 2.
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divider, where they appear to be float A symposium on Taras Shevchenko,
ing in air though in actuality they are attended by some 100 scholars at the
suspended on fine nylon cords. Ukrainian Institute on April 3, was
Elsewhere in the Big Apple, Home sponsored by the Ukrainian Academy
Box Office television showed Slawko of Arts and Sciences, the Shevchenko
Nowytski's prize-winning color film Scientific Society and the Harvard
^^^ Ж. `""` Wi. Ukrainian Research Institute in con-
"Pysanka: The Ukrainian Easter Egg" s ^Ш і k і Ш -– ,. f.iHPiL ЩІ
' junction with the institute. Sounds and
on April 10. The Bronx Zoo hatched a
symbolism in Shevchenko's poetry, the
Great Egg Event that included Ukrai - meaning of Shevchenko's expression,
nian egg decorating for children, taught
ш the problem of the father and the role of
by Marta Jacuszko and her daughter
Roma. The Ukrainian egg decorating
was taught daily from April 9 to April
1 Х”Щ "т ^Щр" church Slavonic in Shevchenko's poems
were among the topics dealt with by
Prof. Asya Humesky, University of
14.
Michigan; Prof. Leonid Rudnytsky,
Mrs. Jacuszko instructed partici LaSalle College; Bohdan Rubchak,
pants in egg-decorating workshops held University of Illinois; Bohdan Strumin-
at the Bronx Botanical Gardens on sky, HURI; and George G. Grabowich
March 26 and 28. An exhibit of Easter oft Harvard, who chaired the Shev
eggs and egg-decorating kits, which has ` -:, У" .' chenko Studies Committee. The sym
become a tradition at the Bronx Gar posium was opened by Prof. Shevelov,
dens through the auspices of Yaroslav
Pastushenko of the Arka Company, ЯК? ' ^ Л president of the Ukrainian academy,
and closed by Jaroslaw Padoch, presi
was held again in the Educational dent of the Shevchenko society.
Building. Scene during the Ukrainian Museum's pysanka workshops.
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have not yet gained the propaganda was restored by remedying the situation
Ambassador reports... appeal to proponents of unilateral in Poland, i.e. by rifting martial law,
(Continued from page 6) disarmament which they hope will come releasing the detainees and renewing the
meets frequently at regular intervals of from a decision at Madrid to hold a state/Church/labor dialogue. This is, of
about two and a half years, while the conference on confidence and security- course, a heavy order and unlikely to be
Russians have been diffident. They pose building measures and ultimately dis filled.
as a condition that the decision to hold armament. However, the Americans may have
what they call the "Conference on Although the abortive fifth session scribbled the bottom line when they
Military Detente and Disarmament" or here means this decision is unlikely to be suggested on March 12, that RM-39
what the West calls the "Conference on taken in time to affect the Intermediate could provide, the basis for an agree
Disarmament in Europe" must be Nuclear Force (INF) negotiations, the ment of the Madrid meeting if it were
agreed first. Soviets probably still see considerable suitably amended and supplemented by
The Soviet call for a pan-European value in it, in terms of propaganda and a reflection of what had transpired (i.e.
security conference, which dates back to their long-term aims. Poland) since the text was tabled.
the 1950s, was their original idea of a The Soviets can therefore be expected It is possible that some variation of
CSCE thr6ugh which they sought to to return to Madrid in November still the American suggestion could prove a
promote the long-term goal of setting emphasizing negotiation of a disarma way out acceptable even for the Soviets,
up a collective security agreement in ment conference. The major Canadian who indicated last week that they had
Europe and to win a propaganda ad interest in convening an experts'meeting dropped their concluding document, to
vantage. on human rights (which was mentioned the effect that a series of principles of
In terms of the latter motive, the by the Austrian foreign minister as one the final act had been violated.
Soviet notion resurfaced with little principal positive element of RM-39) is Meanwhile some NNAs are reported
effect at Belgrade in their "action probably secure. to be toying with the idea that if the
program for disarmament," but took The Soviets know it is a condition for international climate has not improved
first place on the stage at Madrid when holding a disarmament conference in November, pre-supposing another
both sides proposed security con although the experts meeting will session at Madrid like the one just
ferences, albeit of very different sorts. probably be delayed until 1984. But concluded, it would be better to adjourn
The Soviets are disappointed that they other prospects are unclear for the immediately for two years.
Madrid meeting when it reconvenes this We should not expect views to be
autumn. firmly settled yet. Reflection over the
Although the West did not directly summer and the usual tendency for
pose conditions for renewing negotia determination to erode may produce a
tions over "the concluding document in less clear situation by the time the West
November, the Soviets were prompted and the NNAs hold their think-tanks in
to add to the text of their concluding September.
statement on March 12, that they would Still, the Madrid meeting may yet
not accept "prior conditions for re come to the conclusion which it might
sumption of work at Madrid." well have reached in November 1980:
While Western signals were not that non-observance by the USSR and
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explicit, the Soviets probably suspect some other East European countries of
that the Madrid meeting could end undertakings in the humanitarian di
successfully with the adoption of a mension might make it unproductive to
concluding document only if confidence enter into new commitments in Madrid.
The USSR and Eastern Europe as reflected
in American Education: Facts and Fallacies
Summer 1982:
ГНЕ USSR AND EASTERN EUROPE AS REFLECTED IS AMERICAN MAKE IT A SOYUZIVKA SUMMER