President. today is the 47th anniversary of the proclamation of Ukrainian independence in January No people in history has fought harder or more courageously for freedom than have the people of the Ukraine. Through centuries of oppression. under both the Russians czars and the Bolsheviks. they have persevered in the struggle for national freedom. The Communist tyrants have sought to break their will to resist by mass deportations and forced starvation and unlimited terror. But in a thousand different ways. the Ukrainian people have demonstrated even in recent years that the spirit of Taras Shevchenko still lives in the Ukraine. In observing this anniversary of the brief establishment of an independent Ukraine. it is only a minor part of our purpose to mourn the lost freedom of four decades ago.
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