The Kremlin attempted to obliterate all vestiges of Ukrainian nationalism. Ukrainian history and literature were revised to show how dependent the Ukrainians were in past and future on their "benefactors." the Russians. To this day. trials. execution. and deportations characterize the Communist attempt to keep the Ukrainians under the grip of the Soviets. Unable today to express their desire for freedom in their enslaved land. these unfortunate people look toward their Ukrainian friends and relatives in the free countries of the world to speak for them. In our country this is being done chiefly by the Ukrainian Congressional Committee. This organization made up of nativeborn Americans. naturalized citizens. and recent Immigrants from the Ukraine. has been working unceasingly for eventual Ukrainian freedom and independence. Consequently. it is appropriate particularly on this the 44th anniversary of Ukrainian independence that all Americans join with the Ukrainian Congressional Committee in voicing their concern for the subjugated Ukrainian people. For it is only by keeping the fate of these enslaved people constantly to the forefront of human consciousness that we can ever hope that the force of world opinion will aid in the eventual freedom of not only the Ukraine. but all the captive nations behind the Iron Curtain.
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