TABLE OF CONTENTS
Members of the Commission on the Ukraine Famine………………………..ii
Table of Contents iii
Hearing, San Francisco, California, February 10,1987……………………..1
Commissioners, Staff, and Witnesses Present………………………………2
Proceedings .3
Opening Statement by Senator Dennis DeConcini………………………….3
Statement Presented by Ms. Ulana Mazurkevich…………………………..4
Statement Presented by Dr. Oleh Weres……………………………………4
Testimony of Mr. Mykola Kostyrko of Sacramento, California…………….5
Testimony of Mr. Ivan Kasiianenko of Los Angeles, California…………..10
Testimony of Mr. Oleksander Merkelo………………………………………14
Testimony of Mr. Oleksiy Keis of San Francisco, California………………19
Testimony of Ms. A. Butkovska of San Francisco, California…………….23
Testimony of Ms. Anna S. of San Francisco, California…………………..26
Hearing, Phoenix, Arizona, February 13,1987……………………………..31
Commissioners, Staff, and Witnesses Present…………………………….32
Proceedings……………………………………………………………………33
Opening Statement by Senator Dennis DeConcini………………………..33
Statement Presented by Ms. Ulana Mazurkevich…………………………33
Statement Presented by Dr. Myron Kuropas………………………………34
Statement Presented by Dr. Oleh Weres…………………………………..34
Testimony of Mr. Ivan M. of Tucson, Arizona……………………………..35
Testimony of Ms. Palashka Olefirenko of Phoenix, Arizona……………….39
Testimony of Ms. Ustyna Petrenko of Phoenix, Arizona………………….41
Testimony of Mr. Mykola Petrenko of Phoenix, Arizona…………………..42
Testimony of Mr. Leonid Petrenko of Phoenix, Arizona…………………..43
Testimony of Ms. Tamara Burda of Phoenix, Arizona……………………..43
Testimony of Mr. Max Harmash of San Diego, California…………………44
Testimony of Ms. Nadia Harmash of San Diego, California……………….47
Testimony of Mr. William Krewsun of San Diego, California………………52
Testimony of Mr. Jacob K. of San Diego, California……………………….52
Testimony of Mr. Ivan Pylypenko of Phoenix, Arizona……………………55
Testimony of Mr. Michael Kuzin of Phoenix, Arizona………………………56
Testimony of Ms. Halyna Kuzin of Phoenix, Arizona………………………56
Testimony of Ms. Tetiana Kysil of Phoenix, Arizona………………………57
Hearing and Meeting, April 30,1987………………………………………..59
Commissioners, Staff, and Witnesses Present…………………………….60
Proceedings……………………………………………………………………61
Opening of Hearing and Meeting by the Hon. Dennis Hertel……………..61
Testimony of Ms. Nina Strokata of Denton, Maryland……………………61
Testimony of Mr. Ivan Kononenko of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania………..68