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References: A. OCOA-10704„ 22 April 1966B. OCOA-10717„ 22 April 1966

1. As a preliminary we would like to comment on the source ofheadquarters information on the Subject. AECASSOWARY/2 has beenobtaining the information from a member of the OUN/Melnick organiza-tion, a citizen and resident of the United States who is in touch withunidentified nembers of his orvanixation in Canada. Recently * IvanJAREMKO AKA IVAN YAREMKO J, who is mentioned in pare 4fof Reference A personally called on A/2 and volunteered informationto the Subject which will be discussed below (See pare 4).

2. With regard to the last sentence in paragraph 4c of ReferenceA * wherein it is stated that FEDYK shows his "religion as RomanCatholic, ' which is rather unusual for a Ukrainian," the followingmay be of some help to you. A large percentage of Western Ukrainians(Gallcians) are actually Ronan Catholics of thfrByzantine or EasternRite, of Uniates (those united with Rome), as opposed to the LatinRite Roman Catholics. It is true, however, that Western UkrainianCatholics more frequently are referred to as Ukrainian Catholics orGreek Catholics * as opposed to the Ukrainian Orthodox from EasternUkraine, who are not affiliated with Rome.

3. Headquarters has no objection to your passing tothe informationinformation on FEDYK forwarded in pcow-5707, 2$ February 1966.We have no additional details on FEDYK for passing to ODENVY, astugsested in pars. 4f of Reference A, neither do we have : any informationon PLAVIUK.

4. Headquarters has the following information onwhich you may pass to SMABOVE as you deem appropriate.instances AECASSOWARY/2 is to be described to SMABOMEconfidential KUBARK source:

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a. YAREMKO is a naturalized Aeerican citizen ofUkrainian birth, a lawyer by profession. (FYI: Accord-ing to an ODENVY report dated 28 May 1965„ he was born3 February.1.911 in Wykoty„ near Lvov, and naturalizedon 20 December 1950 in New York; he was divorced fromhis first wife; on 7 December 1953 in Chicago, heeel-Tied Izolde N. Neat • BURTNIEKS who was born 27 July1923 in Liepja„ Latvia; a daughter, Christine, was bornto them on 22 Actober 1954 in Chicago.)

b. YAREMIO visited the Soviet Union in the sumo rof 1963 to negotiate for imports of Ukrainian obiectsd'art for sale in his Chicago stere, YEVSHAN VILLA*He told Al2 on his reture from the Soviet Union in 1963 thathis business trip had been arranged in advance throughcommercial •contacts with a member of the Soviet mission inNew York and by Meshdunarednaya Kniga of Moscow. He saidhis visa had been given to him by I., KYZIA, who was withthe Soviet Ukrainian Delegation at the United Nations atthat tine, because YAREMKO refused to apply for hisUkrainian visa through Moscow but insisted on negotiatingwith Kiev via the Soviet Ukrainian Mission in New York,

c. YAREMKO also told A/2 at that tine that he talked

')head of the Soviet Ukrainian Committee for Cultural Contactswith, among many ether Soviets, Kateryna KOLOSOVA c_with Foreign Countries, and that on his return he met withLuke F. PALAMARCHUX, the then Ukrainian Minister of ForeignAffairs, who was with the Soviet Ukrainian Delegation at theUnited Nations in New York. YAREMKO said that KOLOSOVA hadreceived him in her office to Kiev. She told him SovietUkrainians were very much interested in having Ukrainianemigres visit in the Ukraine and that everyone was welcome.the past would be forgotten.

d. YAREMKO reportedly made other trips to the SovietUnion after 1963. In June of 1965 he called on an AECASSOWARYcontact in New York. He said that he had just come from theUkrainian Mission where he had net with representatives ofthe Ukrainian Delegation at the U, N. He criticized theAECASSOWARY contact for lack of enthusiasm in developingcontacts with Soviet Ukrainians and encouraged the contactto visit the Ukraine. He also said that he personally wasleaving for Kiev, Lvov and Moscow on business on 10 June1965 and that he planned to talk with the "Representativefor Ukrainian Art" at the Ministry of Foreign Trade inMoscow. YAREMKO suggested that the AECASSOWARY contacthelp him in forming a chartered association for culturalcontactswith the Ukraine, and said that he had been assuredby Soviet Ukrainian writers and ertists that they would bepermitted and happy to come to the West if invited by suchan "official association."

• In early November 1965, YAREMKO called on A/2 and toldhis he had visited the Soviet Union for nine days in June..July1965. He brought back with him a speech which reportedlyhad been delivered by writer Ivan MUSA to the UkrainianUnion of Writers in Kiev at a celebration dedicated to thememory of Vann* SYMONENKO. (FYI only: He left a copy of thespeech with A/2* The speech is nationalist le content. Itwas reported by another AECASSOWARY contact thst friends ofMUSA guarded his hone for about 2 weeks following thespeech because they feared he would be arrested. Althoughthe fact that MUSA node the speech is being discussed inUkrainian emigre circles. Al2 has refrained from publicizingthis speech in the West at least for the tine being, becausehe suspects that MEW= was asked by Soviet authorities togive the speech to An to seek what use would be made of it.

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If published in the West, the Soviets could use it as mes•downing evidence against DZYUSA.)

f. YAREMIO had told A/2 at this time that he returnedfrom the Ukraine with eased impressiems. He said he neticedgreat strides had bees yea* in Ohs-4'12434110.0n in Lvov Aeriesthe past two years, but that Ruseifieetioso ea the ethar hold,was on the increase in Kiev. YARD= streeeed theimportance of -continued developmeat of tourist travel to theUkraine 'Ito strengthen the national consciousness of SovietUkrainians and to exercise strong pressures ea Sovietauthorities." Se talked about the influence and genuineUkrainian patriotism of K. KOLOSOVA.

g. YAREMX0 called on an AECASSONARY contact inNovember and December 1965, at which tie* he discussedvarious aspects of cultural exchanges between Kiev and theUkrainian emigration. He said he considered it veryimportant to organize a group of Ukrainian emigre pro-fessionals to visit Kiev the following summer. In lateJanuary 1966 YAREMKO again called on the AECASSOWARY contactand reiterated his ergueents shout the importance of en-couraging cultural exchanges and tourist travel to theUkraine, and he went so far as to specify a nunker ofprominent Ukrainian emigres who should be Included in theinitial groups to be organized for such travel. He said hepreferred not to become involved in any of the politicalnegotiations members of these groups might conduct withSoviet Ukrainians but to linitias role to the technicalorganizational aspects. YAREMKO mentioned at this timethat he had heard the runors about arrests of youngUkraitiaa writers in Lvev and Kiev but that he personallydid not believe the rumors to be true. He again repeatedhis previous comments about the genuineness of KOLOSOVA'sUkrainian patriotism and about how Moscow had become alarmedabout her efforts to strengthen ties with Ukrainian emigres.It was during this visit with the AECASSOWARY contact thatYAREMKO talked *bout Ivan KOLASKA of Toronto. He told Al2that when KOLASKA was returning to Toronto after two yearsin the Ukraine, the KG11 confiscated documents he had on hisperson just prior to his departure from Kiev.

h. YAREMKO visited the ARCASSOWARY contact again inMarch 1966 and repeated his arguments in favor of organizinga tourist group to the Ukraine. He said he was going todiscuss with Serge' SHEaCHENKO„ head of the UkrainianPermanent Mission to the United Nations, tho possibility ofobtaining special rates for members of such groups, Duringthis visit YAREMKO„ when questioned by the contact about hispolitical affiliation, said he would describe himself as anational communist,

On 2 May 1966 YAREMKO again net with AECASSOWARY/20at which time he made the followiag statenentst "IvanKOLASKA probably is a Soviet *gent." He was born in Canada.His father who is deceased was a famous Progressive. He hasa mother living in Winnipeg., KOLASKA visited YAREMKO in hishotel room when the latter was in Kiev in 1965. Hs toldYAREMKO that he was in contact with a number-lof Ukrainianwriters, amain them Ivan SVITLYCHNY,

j in ban April 1966, AECASSOWARY/29 personally talkedto a claim of Csothelilerskis who was visiting in WesternEurope. The Czech told A/29 that Vita fly KOROTYCH C::visited is their country in the fall of 196$. (See 00011-5754,9 March 1966 for information on KOROTYCH). KOROTYCH told theCzech source thttt Soviet Ukrainian writers had sent material to

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the West via KOLASKA * but he did not describe the materialor did he say for whem it was intended. KOROTYCH did say*

however * that SVITLYCHNY was arrested for two reasons; i.e.*for transmittal of the SYMONENKO material to the West andfor anti-Soviet activities. New KOLASKA did mention toYAREMKO that he had "materials" confiscated by the KGB * andhe also mentioned to the OUN/Meolnick people with whomhe had contact in Canada according to the AECASSOWARY source*that he had literature taken away from him by the KC9 justprior to his departure from Kiev and that he was arrested asa result of having had the material with him. Thus thespeculation that KOLASKA and KOROTYCH WTO involved in thecompromise of the Soviet Ukrainian writers * one of whom wasSVITLYCHNN * arrested in late 1965 * We have no other inform'tion on the relationship between KOROTYCH and KOLASKA.

k. KUBARK has had no correspondence with ODENVY onYAREMKO. However * an informational report from ODENVY toKUBARK• dated 10 June 1965 * reveals that ODENVY has been incontact with YAREMKO in connection with his business dealingswith the Soviet Union,

1. It is honeyed KOLASKA's statement to SMABOVE thathe was arrested by the KGB in Kiev and put on a plane forCanada is probably true. However * if true * them he had toconfess the names of the Soviet Ukrainians who bad given himthe literature which he claims was confiscated from him beforehe was released for seturn to Canada. Mother probability isthat he voluntoored 4 KOROTYCH the names of the writers who hadgiven him literature for delivery to the West and that hisarrest * if it did take place * was staged to maintain hisinnocence in the eyes of the writers. Still another aspectwhich creeps into the story and which we hersitets to bring into complicate it any further * is that KOLASKA had mentioned ina letter he wrote from the Soviet Union to a Canadian citizenwith whom he maintained correspondence at that time * and whosince has become disenchanted with her ProgTossivo colleagues*that he spent several months in a hospital during his stay inthe Soviet Union being treated for a nervous disorder. Wehave notother details on this interesting bit and we do nothave the name of the AECASSOWARY source of the informationbut the Canadian citizen to whom KOLASKA reportedly wrotethis infornation is dalyna MUCHYM (phonetical spelling) ofWinnipeg on whom headquarters has no identifiable traces.

5. It is requested that SMABOVE be very discreet in whatevercontacts they make with Canadian citizens as a result of any informa-tion reported to then which emanates from AECASSOWARY sources as wewould want to protect the AECASSOWAR/ES from any compromise.

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