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8 by the West. The main thrust of Islam’s struggle has not yet been focused in its totality against its most dangerous enemy — Soviet Russia and Bolshevism. The issue of Afghanistan is not even duly included in the psycho-strategy of the West, not to mention an almost total lack of military assistance to the Mujahideen. And how many hours of programming is Radio "Liberty” broad casting into Afghanistan? Ridiculously few. Moreover, programming of the Ukrainian service of Radio “Liberty” has so far failed to serve the current liberation need of the Ukrainian people. In this respect, the political direction of these broadcasts violates US Congress Public Law No. 86-90 of 1959 about the subjugated nations because it basically disregards, for example, the activities and achievements — past and present — of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations and other similar liberation formations. We have already established that the psycho-strategy of the West is decisively inadequate. One concrete example should suffice to illustrate the point that a suitable radio station should be made available to the ABN for unhindered broadcasting behind the Iron Curtain. Its long range effect would more than compensate a given quantity of military hardware in terms of weakening the fighting capability of the Soviet armed forces. Moscow has realised long ago the importance of psychological or political warfare and has translated it into sophisticated and effective active measures against the West. Some of those measures include disinformation campaigns, support for pro-Russian insurgencies, infiltration of pacifist movements, the kindling of peripheral wars-by-proxy, stirring up racial and class conflicts and so on. The theme of the conference — “High and Low Frontier: Strategic Defence and Liberation” — describes the path to follow if the Free World is eventually to prevail over Soviet Russian totalitarianism. “High Frontier” is the actual implementation of the results of the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI). “Low Frontier” is a psycho-strategic and political offensive against Soviet Russia which should be based on the inclusion of the captive nations as a vital element in the West’s own active measures, with a commitment to pro vide assistance to prospective insur gencies on the territories of the sub jugated nations. The combination of “High Frontier” with “Low Frontier” fully addresses the search for a solution to the impasse in the current world crisis, provides a viable alternative to the threat of a nuclear confrontation between Soviet Russia and the West, Hon Yarodav Stetsko presenting Hon. offers a way out of the sham that John Wilkinson with an Award of Merit the so-called “disarmament process” at the conference banquet in London. 9 has become over the decades and, lastly, it provides a blueprint for dismantling the Soviet Russian empire with the least risk to humanity. The combining of “High” and “Low” Frontiers is today the only road that can lead to a world of peace, security and freedom for all the nations on earth. The means of achieving a safe and free world are at hand. The United States and the whole Free World must now muster enough political will and moral strength to break out from the vicious circle of false detente, “containment”, “spheres of influence”, hopes of “convergence of East and West” and embark on the road of saving humanity from oblivion. There is no other alternative. Insurgent uprisings will be the final stage of a protracted revolutionary and liberation process of the subjugated nations. Currently, the liberation struggle is being waged for the soul of man, an oppressed nation’s spirituality, its in trinsic cultural values, its own social, economic and political institutions, its religion, etc. In short, the struggle is being waged for a subjugated nation’s integral self. At this point let us address the issue of what is the “Soviet people”. “Soviet people” is a historical fiction and a mere euphemism for a Russian “supernation” and its imperialism. There is no such thing as a “Soviet people” just as it would be absurd to speak of some “Commonwealth people”. “Soviet” means “Council” in Russian. How can there be a “Council people”? “Council imperialism”? “Council culture”? How can “Council” create a people, a nation? This is nothing else than Orwellian “new speak” which the credulous West has been deluded into accepting as a bona fide historical reality. Against all these Orwellian forms and concepts which Moscow has imposed upon its subject peoples (and which have already seeped into the world at large) there is a revolutionary process in progress. This process is systematically rebuilding the infrastructures of the subjugated nations in all walks of life in opposition to what Moscow’s totalitarian system dictates: to the state-run Church the subjugated nations have answered with their underground Church; to “socialist realism” in culture with a rich underground artistic and literary production; to state ownership, economic centralism and exploitation with a counter-economy; to political and social totalitarianism with antipodal political and social formations, some of which remain in deep underground. There is spiritual and psychological revolution and mobilization under way, which is the precursor of an eventual armed upheaval to tear down the re maining shell of the empire. In essence, we are witnessing a clash between two opposing systems of life, two opposing philosophies and world views. Moreover, the security and survival of the Free World as we know it de pends on whether it will comprehend the crux of the processes in question and whether it will have the wisdom and courage to ally itself with the subjugated nations — the neglected superpower. (Translated by the Ucrainica Research Institute) The editors apologise that in the last issue of ABN Correspondence No. 5, the article “Death of a Ukrainian Nationalist” by Malcolm Haslett was published without the knowledge or permission of the author or the BBC. We were not aware that the article was a copyright. 10 Statement of the European Freedom Council (Adopted at the Conference in London, November 21-24, 1985) Developments during the 1980s have resulted in a decline of Soviet Russian influence around the world. Communism is clearly not an answer which has the tide of history behind it. The EFC supports the Reagan Doctrine that denies the thesis that once a country falls under communist domination it must remain communist, which confirms the belief that the United States and the Western world should sup port anti-communist national movements for national independence and basic democratic principles. It imust be the right of citizens in countries subjugated by Soviet Russia to seek their freedom by all appropriate means; by arms if everything else fails, to try to replace a communist totalitarian state with one that is democratic, and reestablish their independent national states by a process of self-determination. This is especially valid for peoples oppressed within the borders of the Soviet Russian empire: the Ukrainians, Byelorussians, Geor gians, Armenians, Azerbaijanis, Estonians, Latvians, Lithuanians, Turkestanis and others, and for peoples in the so-called “satellite states”, subjugated by Rus sian military might: the Poles, Czechs, Slovakians, Hungarians, Bulgarians, Ru manians and others. This is also true for communist dominated Croatians, Albanians and others. Soviet Russian ideologist Mikhail Suslov once stated that “the transition to a communist system of rule is irreversible”. The West has too long accepted this concept tacitly. The recovery of freedom and democracy for the island of Grenada has provided the proof that Moscow is not willing to fight for its puppet states when they are too far from the centre of the Russian empire. The EFC’s main concern is the support of subjugated peoples suppressed by Soviet Russian rule in the Euro-Asian geographical area. The Chronicle of the Underground Catholic Church in Ukraine, the Chronicle of the Catholic Church in Lithuania and the struggle of the Polish people are proof of the ongoing fight for freedom. In Ukraine the freedom fighters stress the issue of national and human rights. Their organisations have been crushed, but always regenerate themselves. Soviet Russian mass media constantly attack the Organisation of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN), thereby demonstrating the vitality of its na tional, Christian, social and democratic ideas. However, the religious and patriotic centres around the Ukrainian Catholic Church need support from the West. In Poland underground leaders have called for a “long march” of resistance to the regime — building clandestine organisations in schools, factories, scientific, academic and cultural institutions. The EFC supports this “long march”. Workers continue to strike in Ukraine. An independent trade union was organised in Ukraine years before Solidarity in Poland but was crushed by the KGB. Western technology in the field of communications has developed with impressive speed. The EFC supports increased radio broadcasts, and in the future, television broadcasts to all parts of the Russian empire through the use of satellites which if jammed would be capable of counter-jamming. It is vitally important not to impose foreign content on radio broadcasting but to strengthen and reinforce the original culture and inherent values of every nation, opposing 11 the Bolshevist philosophy and way of life which are imposed through Marxist- Leninist oppression and terror on the subjugated nations. The revolutionary liberation processes in the Russian communist empire encompass all strata of life, opposing the enemy with their own national struc tures, such as underground Churches, through the struggle for private owner ship, national traditions, heroes and geniuses, and a wide variety of national cultures against the Bolshevist anti-culture. A spiritual revolution is a precondition of the entire political revolutionary process. It is necessary to keep in mind that no political revolution can succeed without an ideology, one for which people are willing to live, fight and, if necessary, to die. The ideology of liberation and the science of the overthrow of tyranny, political warfare and revolt are all necessary in the struggle against the secular religion of evil. Already armed resistance to Marxist regimes has proved possible and is growing in countries that fell under Russian domination between 1975 and 1980, for example: South Vietnam (1975), Laos (1975), Angola (1975-1976), Mozambique (1975-1976), Ethiopia (1977-1978), South Yemen (1977-1978), Cambodia (1979), Grenada (1979), Nicaragua (1979-1980), Afghanistan (1979) and Surinam (1980). In all of these countries armed liberation struggles are going on except in South Yemen. Grenada was liberated by US-Caribbean troops in 1983. The EFC encourages support in international fora for all the freedom fighters of the na tions subjugated by Bolshevism, the reception of freedom fighter leaders by political leaders of Western governments, and other forms of assistance. The guarantor of the ongoing liberation struggle against communism on almost all continents is a strong Western defence. The EFC supports the Strategic Defence Initiative (SDI) which is strengthening the technical basis of Western defence capability. The present concept of “Mutual Assured Destruction” (MAD) is by itself an insufficient deterrent strategy for the peoples of the West, and the subjugated peoples. The SDI may be the first step towards effective arms control and mutual balanced and verifiable disarmament. The SDI, combined Vietnamese and Ukrainian delegates. Left to right: Mr. Nguyen Kim Cang, Dr. M. Bych, Major Tran Chau Thuy, Mrs. S. Bukshowana. 12 Conference session. From left to right: Dr. I. Docheff (Bulgaria), Dr. B. Hayit (Turkestan), Dr. A. I lie (Croatia). with support of the liberation struggle against Soviet Russian imperialism are the best hope of avoiding thermo-nuclear war. The EFC supports the determination of President Ronald Reagan to go forward with the research into space based strategic defence systems (SDI). The West should make clear that the time has come for a major alliance to rely on a mix of defensive and offensive nuclear weapons systems. Strategic anti missile defensive systems are a type of defence which is directed exclusively at the destruction of the enemy’s aggressive nuclear weapons and not human beings. This is a potential revolution in the traditional concepts of nuclear deterrence and national security. The EFC also supports President Reagan’s demand at the United Nations for the withdrawal of Soviet Russian and surrogate communist forces from Af ghanistan, Angola, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Nicaragua. These communist troops are there to bolster up totalitarian regimes which are not wanted by the peoples of these countries and are dependent on Soviet support for their existence. The EFC demands the withdrawal of Soviet Russian armies of occupation from all the subjugated countries in the USSR and from the so-called “satellite” countries so that these nations could reestablish their true identity and demo cracy by a process of free and fair elections. The EFC supports the demands of the Hebrew Renaissance Movement in the Soviet Union to secure the right for Jewish people to be repatriated to their homeland, the land of Israel. Western Europe is unequivocally confronted by the necessity to expand its technological, economic and military potential, in particular its conventional weaponry, in order to redress the military imbalance between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. From the geo-strategic point of view, the maintenance of the military po tential of Spain within NATO is of special importance. The security of the Mediterranean, as well as of the North African littoral, merit special attention, 13 and is of particular interest to Italy and Spain. Political stability and economic progress on the part of these two Mediterranean countries is absolutely necessary. Great Britain is an important factor for peace and security, not only in the European context, due to its considerable political experience, especially in international affairs, but also because of its highly advanced technology and independent nuclear deterrent. France, with its “force de frappe” foreign policy critical of the USSR and in alliance with the USA, is a nuclear co-guarantor for not enabling Moscow to split the Western community of free nations. The German Federal Republic, with its economic potential and strong armed forces in the front line of NATO, plays a key role on the European continent. For Germany the objective of national reunification in freedom by peaceful demo cratic means must be a national goal. The Benelux countries by the fulfillment of their military obligations to NATO defence policy have strengthened the cohesion of West European defence. Constant Russian intrusion into Swedish airspace and territorial waters shows that Moscow’s plan is to treat the Baltic Sea as its own interior sea. Therefore Sweden should be sensitive to the danger from Moscow. The present attitude of Greece is a constant source of concern, as it plays along with the USSR and weakens the position of NATO. Turkey, being a loyal ally of NATO, is pursuing further social reforms in order to weaken the internal subversive communist threat. The European Parliament and Council of Europe carry out very useful work by standing firm in defence of the sub jugated nations behind the Iron Curtain, for example, by accepting resolutions against the jamming of radio broadcasts by Moscow from reaching the Iron Curtain countries from the West, and by constantly defending the rights of political prisoners and ethnic minorities behind the Iron Curtain. The European Eureka project is not an alternative to the SDI, but enhanced technical cooperation on the part of all West European countries is useful in order to develop together their full technological potential. Europe can be a great power again from the moment that it encompasses not only the free coun tries of Western Europe, but when all European nations on both sides of the Iron Curtain can cooperate jointly as free independent countries with demo cratic orders stretching from the Atlantic to the Caucasus. The agrarian policy of the European Economic Community (EFC) requires reform so that, at a time when there is famine in the Third World, food moun tains do not grow lijnitlessly in Western Europe and then have to be sold below production costs to communist totalitarian countries which in turn spend their resources on armaments. Radical reforms of the policy of food and agriculture in the EEC are absolutely necessary. The EFC supports the appeal of President Ronald Reagan to the freedom-loving nations to coordinate the actions of combatting international terrorism, the initiator and instigator of which is the Kremlin, in order to divide and demoralise the Western societies. With the realisation that Russian imperialism and communism and its goal of world conquest are the cause of so many of the world’s political crises, it will be clear that the subjugated nations are the key to their resolution. They, the captive nations, must be included in the strategy of the West as an essential partner because the reduction of the enemy’s war potential depends on the role played by the subjugated nations. 14 Cardinal Lubachivsky’s Address Delivered at the Papal Synod in Rome on November 25, 1985 I now speak for the Ukrainian Catholic Church. The faithful of this Church are not only in their native land of Ukraine; they are also dispersed throughout the world in the various continents. I wish to speak first about the faithful in Ukraine and then of our Church in general. For the Ukrainian Catholics in Ukraine itself, the Second Vatican Council with its decisions never really occurred. To you this may sound strange, but it is the sad truth of the 20th century. In Ukraine no Catholic bishop, no priest, no layman is permitted to function religiously. For all of them freedom of re ligion and freedom of conscience do not exist. My predecessor of blessed memory, Yosyf Cardinal Slipyj, Confessor, eye witness and prisoner for Christ, who for 18 years bore witness to the Church in various prisons, concentration camps and Gulags of Siberia, described our land, before this very Assembly in 1971, as "covered with mountains of bodies and rivers of blood.” Bloody persecutions, such as during the post-war years, have temporarily subsided, but blatant denial of religious rights is stronger than ever. Distorted facts reach the Free World, controlling and biasing public opinion. However, no amount of Soviet misinformation can erase the hideous facts. Our Church is officially outlawed. It exists only underground in great fear of re prisal. I tell you this, in order to remind my dear Brothers in the Episcopate, who enjoy the blessings of the Free World, that cruel realities do exist and cannot be ignored in diplomatic silence. Today, despite the accords of Helsinki and the Holy Father’s insistence to respect basic human rights, I stand as Moses before the Pharaoh and proclaim: “Let my people go!” (Ex. 5,4). I also stand before you as Bishop of this Cata comb Church which has been continuously persecuted with all means by a godless government for the last forty years. I ask only one favour: namely, that this our highest assembly remember the Suffering Church, and inform those faithful in your pastoral care of the existence of persecuted Christians, now suffering to keep the faith alive. In St. Paul’s words: “If one part is hurt, all parts are hurt with it.” (I Cor. 12, 26). If the faithful of the Church in the Free World wish to give moral support to their persecuted brothers, they will do much by speaking aloud in their defense and praying for their increase of courageous perseverance. In such Christian solidarity is there genuine proof that we care to further the cause of truth, justice, peace and brotherly love. There is another matter of which I must speak on this occasion, on this 20th anniversary of Vatican II. The Ukrainian Catholic Church has been struggling to regain its Eastern heritage, sadly on the decline in the past few centuries. Metropolitan Andrey Sheptyckyj, who led our Church for almost half-a-century, initiated a return to the Eastern spirituality of our Church. Twenty years ago this movement of re birth received the seal of approval in the Council’s decrees Orientalium Eccle- siarum and Unitatis Redintegratio. There it was very emphatically stated that those Eastern Rite Churches, in full communion with the Apostolic See of Rome, must work strongly to regain completely all their ancestral heritage: canonical, theological, and spiritual (cf. Nos. 4 and 5, Or. Eccl.). Vatican II has given us Download Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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