Mr. MARCHISHIN: Okay. I think if there is no other discussion on this point, I think the consensus is that it’s an avenue that’s worth exploring, and using the oppor¬tunities of the very shortly to be established consulate in Kiev and to explore how the Soviet-Ukrainian government and their Academy of Sciences would react to this.
Mr. MARCHISHIN: Dr. Kuropas.
Dr. KUROPAS: Yes. I’d like to also ask about identification cards or calling cards because I know, for example, at the hotel they wanted some identification that we were, indeed, on government business.
Dr. MACE; Could the representative of the G.S.A. shed a little light on this?
Mr. HAMMONDS: Yes, G.S.A, will be able to provide identification cards as we go through a few more administrative processes.
Dr. MACE: It’s been suggested that we take about a five-minute break at this point
Mr. MARCHISHIN: Okay.
(Whereupon, a short recess was taken.)
(Whereupon, the public members were sworn in.)
Dr. WERES: Mr. Chairman, I believe that all significant points in my public memorandum have already been covered and discussed by the Chairman’s memoran¬dum. So I move to pass. I do not see any reason to discuss my memorandum explicit¬ly-

MEMORANDUM OF DR. OLEH WERES
ON THE WORK OF THE COMMISSION
March 31,1986

Dear Fellow Commissioners and Commission Staff:

I am honored to join you as a public member of the Ukrainian Famine Commission and look forward to working with you.
To expedite our first meeting, I have asked Dr. Mace to solicit your written sugges¬tions for the Commission’s plan of work. This memorandum is my contribution.

1. Scope of Work

The Commission’s very modest budget demands a realistic plan, and maximum reliance on whatever external assistance may be available. I suggest that Commission staff be limited to Dr. Mace and Dr. Tsvetkov. I hope that Drs. Mace and Tsvetkov will be able to devote part of their time to scholarly research. Allowing for staff and other operating expenses, I expect the budget will allow for two or three extramural grants to support additional research and preparation of educational materials. The political background and history of the Famine have already been dealt with by Dr. Robert Conquest, and I suggest the Commission support work on other important aspects:

(1)Cuirriculum materials dealing with the Famine and more generally with Ukraine should be prepared for use at the high school and college level.

(2) The role of the U.S. government in events surrounding the Famine should be es¬
tablished. The Commission’s official standing and probable access to government ar-