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The following Dear Colleague letter was sent from Sen. Ben
Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) to each of his colleagues in the
United States Senate.
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Famine Button. Washington Rally, October, 1983
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Washington, D.C., October 28, 2003
"Joseph Stalin and those around him committed genocide against Ukrainians
in 1932-33." -- Conclusion of the U.S. Commission on the Ukraine Famine
Dear Colleague:
In early November Ukrainians throughout the world will mark the
genocidal Ukraine Famine of 1932-33. On July 29, I introduced S. Res. 202,
a resolution commemorating the millions of innocent victims of this
Soviet-engineered famine. I urge you to join the bipartisan group of Senate
colleagues cosponsoring this resolution.
Seventy years ago, a Famine in Soviet-dominated Ukraine and
bordering ethnically-Ukrainian territory resulted in the deaths of millions
of Ukrainians - estimates range from between four and ten million. In his
seminal book on the Ukraine Famine, Harvest of Sorrow, renown British
historian Robert Conquest writes, "A quarter of the rural population, men,
women, and children, lay dead or dying, the rest in various stages of
debilitation with no strength to bury their families or neighbors."
Please join me in remembering the innocent victims of this tragedy.
It is important that the world not forget this famine-genocide and that we
support Ukraine's independence and democratic development as the best
assurance that atrocities such as the Famine become truly unimaginable. If
you are interested in becoming a cosponsor of the Ukraine Famine resolution,
please have your staff contact Orest Deychakiwsky
(orest.deychak@mail.house.gov) at the Helsinki Commission at 5-1901.
Sincerely,
/s/
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
U.S.S.
Cosponsors: George V. Voinovich, Mike DeWine; Richard J. Durbin, Frank
Lautenberg, George Allen, Norm Coleman; Barbara A. Mikulski, Saxby
Chambliss, Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Arlen Specter, Russell D. Feingold, Dianne
Feinstein; Jon S. Corzine; Paul S. Sarbanes, Rick Santorum, Barbara Boxer.
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