March 25, North Carolina: Dunn, North Carolina, resident Arvalee McLamb is fined $5,000 and sentenced to five months in
      prison after pleading guilty to failing to file a federal income tax return. McLamb had ties to the Montana Freemen; he is also
      charged in a federal indictment of various crimes committed in connection with James Vincent Wells and Montana Freeman
      Russell Landers. McLamb and Wells belonged to an extremist group innocuously called 'The Civil Rights Task Force."
      March 25, Kansas: Two Kansas residents are convicted in Tulsa for passing Montana Freemen checks. Bill and Karen
      Hanzlicek were found guilty of conspiracy, bank fraud, mail fraud and passing a counterfeit check.
      March 26, Florida: In Stuart, Florida, John Foster, is charged with obtaining $662,000 in bogus checks from the Montana
      Freemen and using them to pay off the IRS and his mortgage company.
      March 26, Ohio: In Columbus, Ohio, common law court activist Larry Russell is found guilty of escape and sentenced to 1 S
      years in prison. He fled Ohio following a failed attempt to arrest him for driving without a license, after which he was charged
      with assaulting a police officer and escape, but was arrested at the Alaska border and extradited.
      March 27, Nevada: Nevada militia man Harry Tootle is convicted on charges of drawing a gun on a security guard, then
      resisting arrest.
      March 27, Arkansas, Missouri: Arkansas citizen Robert Joos is convicted of resisting arrest and carrying a concealed
      weapon during a confrontation with Missouri State Highway Patrol troopers in 1994. The troopers were attempting to arrest
      him near his church commune (the "Sacerdotal Order of the David Company") in connection with a 1987 misdemeanor
      conviction involving a false court summons served to a trooper. Law enforcement authorities are still searching for Timothy
      Thomas Coombs, wanted for shooting and seriously wounding a state trooper in retaliation for Joos' arrest.
      March 29, South Carolina, Oregon: In Anderson, SC, Embassy of Heaven member Frank Lewis stages a seven day hunger
      strike when arrested for driving without a license and operating an uninsured vehicle. This is one of many hunger strikes
      staged by members of the group, which preaches against all forms of government interference. The Embassy of Heaven
      issues fake drivers licenses, plates, and registrations for its members; these are purchased by people all over the country. In
      late winter, Embassy of Heaven members are evicted from their "church" in Sublimity, Oregon, for nonpayment of county
      taxes.
      March 30, Michigan: Kalamazoo, Michigan, militia member Brendon Blasz is arrested and indicted on suspicion of making
      pipe bombs and other illegal explosives. Blasz and his "small militia band" planned to bomb the federal building in Battle
      Creek, an IRS building, a television station and federal armies, according to an affidavit by an informant. The Michigan
      Militia claims to have expelled them in 1995.
      APRIL
      April 2, Washington, Idaho: The jury hearing Spokane bank bandits case convicts the three defendants on illegal weapons
      charges and stolen vehicle charges, but deadlocks on the more serious bank robbery and bombing charges when a sole
      jury member, sympathetic to the right-wing extremists, refuses to convict.
      April 3, California: A Berkeley, California, woman, Mary Margaret Lund, is convicted of using bogus checks to purchase a
      motorhome in January 1996. She passed more than $223,000 worth of bad checks.
      April 5, Montana: Fourteen of the infamous "Montana Freemen" are hit with a 40-count indictment that will take the place of
      earlier indictments against them. Charges include multiple counts of conspiracy bank fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, false
      claims, threats to public officials and weapons charges. A second indictment charges eight people with helping fugitives
      escape arrest.
      April 7, Washington: Gary Kuehnol, one of the seven Washington militia/freemen charged with conspiracy (see above),
      pleads guilty to a charge of transferring a machine gun to a federal informer. He will not face new conspiracy charges as a
      result of the agreement. Another participant, Caitlin Hansen, earlier pled guilty to obstruction of justice and was sentenced to
      three years of probation. Six still await a new trial.
      April 8, Montana: Pre-trial hearings begin for the Montana Freemen.
      April 8, Washington: A Clark County, Washington, motorist is arrested with 2 loaded handguns, a bogus license plate, and a
      concealed weapons "permit" issued by the "State Militia." Jed Carson was cited on suspicion of operating a vehicle with
      illegal plates, carrying loaded weapons in a vehicle, driving without a license and failure to provide proof of insurance. The
      plate read "SOV, 064-MNE, States of America united, America the Republic." His "sales contract" for his vehicle was from
      the "British West Indies," a non-existent country.
      April 11, New York: A jury convicts New York city police officer Jose Lugo on tax charges related to nonpayment of taxes on
      $163,000 of income. Ten other police officers have been convicted on similar charges; four more are facing prosecution.
      The officers apparently got the idea from Indiana militia leader Joe Holland and other tax protest leaders.
      April 19, Idaho: New militia group forms in Idaho County, Idaho, called the "Idaho Mountain Boys." Its leader warns that if the
      county enforces building codes, the militia will be ready to intervene.
      April 20, Texas: Republic of Texas leader Richard McLaren vows war if authorities try to arrest him. "Once they make the
      move," he says, 'we'll have millions of Americans on our side including every militia in the country. We're talking war
      here."
      April 20, Montana: Marc and Cheryl Andrea, of Florence, Montana, are indicted for recruiting 125 Missoula area residents
      into a California-based tax protest organization.
      April 22, Texas: Republic of Texas member Jo Ann Canaday Turner (see above) is arrested on two counts of contempt of
      court for filing a fraudulent lien in violation of a court order and for not attending a hearing.
      April 22, Ohio: Ohio Aryan Nations member Larry Wayne Harris receives a probation sentence after pleading guilty to a
      single count of wire fraud for obtaining samples of bubonic plague.
      April 23, Texas: The FBI arrests three men and one woman for planning a bomb attack on a gas refinery northwest of Fort
      Worth. The planned bombing was to divert attention from an armored car robbery that would finance their extremist activities.
      The suspects have Klan ties.
      April 23, California: White supremacist Todd Vanbiber of Winter Park is injured while making a pipe bomb; the weapon
      blows up in his face. Investigating authorities find materials linking Vanbiber to the neo-Nazi National Alliance, as well as 14
      unexploded pipe bombs.
      April 27, Texas: After police arrest Republic of Texas "chief of security," Bob Scheidt, on weapons possession charges,
      Republic of Texas members ordered by Richard McLaren storm a nearby residence, firing shots, to kidnap two neighbors as
      hostages. The incident begins a standoff. The two hostages, a man and his wife, were vocal opponents of McLaren.
      April 28, Texas: After twelve hours of captivity, Joe and Margaret Ann Rowe are released by Republic of Texas members
      after authorities swap jailed ROT member Bob Scheidt for the two. Formal charges are filed against six ROT members, from
      engaging in organized criminal activity to aggravated kidnapping with a deadly weapon.
      April 28, California: A huge blast in a Olivehurst, California, home leads to the arrest of sympathizer William Goehler (a
      convicted rapist), charged with possessing explosives. Goehler suffered a neck injury in the blast at his home, while his wife
      and one of this children were slightly injured. The explosive material was in a tree outside the home. Goehler is associated
      with the Twin Cities Free Militia. The previous year, he traveled to Jordan, Montana, to show his support for the Montana
      Freemen.
      April 28, Texas: Leaders of the other factions of the splintered Republic of Texas group, Archie Lowe and David Johnson,
      distance themselves from Richard McLaren.
      April 28, Texas: A Texas Ranger assault team arrives at Ft. Davis, Texas. About 200 law enforcement officers surround
      McLaren's location, where close to 10 Republic of Texas members are holed up.
      April 29, Texas: Two armored personnel carriers arrive at Ft. Davis. They are named "Bubba One" and "Bubba Two."
      April 30, Texas: Texas Rangers arrest seven individuals in two vehicles at a truck stop in Pecos, Texas, with a supply of fully
      automatic assault weapons and some explosive materials. The individuals were on their way to join Richard McLaren. A few
      others are also stopped in following days, but the massive action predicted by McLaren does not occur. Meanwhile, McLaren
      and authorities talk sporadically by fax and phone. McLaren eventually breaks off negotiations.
      April 30, California: Following the arrest of William Goehler (see above) on explosives charges, two associates of his, Kevin
      Quinn and Vernon Weckner, were arrested in Yuba City, California, and 500 pounds of the volatile explosive petrogel were
      found. Weckner is one of the central militia organizers in northern California; he also is a common law activist and a tax
      protester.
      MAY
      Ca. May 1, Oregon: Common law court advocates Dick Lancial and Thor Lancial are indicted by a grand jury in Multnomah
      County, Oregon, on multiple counts of forgery and simulating the legal process for their common law court activities.
      May 1, New York: Bronx-area extremist blows his hand off in his apartment booby-trapped with homemade bombs. The
      man, John Saperstein, an unemployed construction worker, had at least five bombs in his apartment. Neighbors indicated
      that Saperstein talked a lot about the "Patriots of America" and the militia.
      May 1, Colorado: Federal agents arrest Colorado militia leader Ron Cole (the "Colorado First Light Infantry") and two other
      militia members on weapons charges in the Denver suburb of Aurora, Colorado. Authorities seize weapons and explosives
      materials. Ron Cole, who claims to be a militant Branch Davidian, has been one of the more vocal militia leaders in recent
      months. Police find six fully automatic AK-47 rifles, three land mines, 75 pounds of rocket fuel, a pipe bomb, and much
      ammunition.
      May 1, Florida: Brevard County (FL) militia member Brian Edward Lanier is arrested after making threats that he would kill
      himself on the state seal and blow up an insurance building. He was held on an outstanding warrant from another county for
      a 1989 aggravated assault.
      May 1, Texas : Police negotiators send Richard McLaren a "final offer" and threaten to move in to arrest them. They also cut
      off power to his trailer.
      May 2, California: Police investigating the Yuba County explosives ring of Vernon Weckner, Kevin Quinn, and William
      Goehler, arrest three more men, Jason Fox, Edward Whitlow and Robert Scott Deaver, charged with possessing explosives.
      The six plead not guilty.
      May 2, Texas: Republic of Texas member Robert Scheidt surrenders to authorities surrounding McLaren's "embassy."
      Meanwhile, police units move closer to the compound. Richard McLaren issues a plea for "reinforcements" and he and four
      followers fax their wills to state police.
      May 2, Washington: Richard Frank Burton, who pled guilty to possessing pipe bombs and other charges in connection with
      the Washington militia/freemen bombmaking conspiracy, is sentenced to 46 months in prison.
      May 3, Colorado: Arsonists destroy IRS offices in a building in Colorado Springs, spray-painting "AAR" or "ARA" inside the
      building. They cause more than $1 million in damage.
      May 3, Texas: Most of the remaining Republic of Texas members surrender to authorities. Richard McLaren, his wife Evelyn,
      and three followers (Richard Otto, Greg and Karen Paulson), walk out of their hideout after signing a "cease-fire" agreement
      with Texas Rangers. Two members, Richard Keys and Mike Matson, decided not to surrender and fled into the Davis
      Mountains. Authorities began a search with bloodhounds, helicopters, and troopers on horseback. Police find more than 60
      pipe bombs at the "embassy."
      May 5, Texas: One or both of the two Republic of Texas fugitives fire shots at bloodhounds, wounding two of them, in the
      remote Davis Mountains. Later that day, police shoot and kill one of the two fugitives. The other apparently escapes.
      Meanwhile, Richard and Evelyn McLaren are indicted on charges that could bring up to hundreds of years in prison.
      May 8, Texas: Five more Republic of Texas members are arrested as part of McLaren's scheme to issue $1.8 billion in
      bogus warrants: Jasper Edward Baccus, Joe Louis Reece, Steven Craig Crear, Erwin Leo Brown, and Mark Anthony
      Hernandez. Also arrested is Republic of Texas leader Robert Kesterson, on three counts of contempt of court out of Travis
      County, where he filed bogus liens and other documents in violation of a judge's order. Donald Joe Varnell was another
      member arrested on contempt of court charges. State authorities also filed suit against Carolyn Carney for nonpayment of
      taxes. Other leaders, including Archie Lowe and Darrell Franks, are also charged with contempt.
      May 9, California: LA police arrest five militia members, seizing a grenade launcher, hand grenades, hand grenade
      components, automatic assault rifles, body armor, night vision goggles, and over 100 different types of weapons. Arrested
      are Glenn Yee, a reserve police officer, Alvin Ung, Mark Grand, Timothy Swanson and Raymond Durand. None have any
      previous criminal history. Police say more arrests are expected; the suspects were allegedly planning to attack several
      Southern California targets. Durand is later said not to be associated with the militia suspects, but rather a separate case.
      May 10, California: A seventh man, Daniel Sparhawk, is arrested in connection with the Yuba explosives case, on charges of
      possessing two tubes of petrogel. His girlfriend, Tina Lorene Terrell, is also arrested, bringing the total number to ten.
      May 12, New Hampshire: New Hampshire militia leader Brian Chabot pleads guilty to his role in theft of $100,000 worth of
      military equipment (see above). Chabot is the third of three to plead guilty.
      May 16, Wisconsin: Three members of anti-tax group in Wisconsin are given a 20-count indictment charging them with tax
      fraud. These members of Sovereign Citizens for Liberty, Frank A. Wysocki, Alan Cooper and Robert Iacoe, sold "untax"
      packages to gullible people.
      May 17, Oregon: Portland, Oregon, area resident James Bell, active in militia and common law court groups, is arrested by
      the IRS for obstructing the IRS. Among other things, Bell devised a project called "Operation LocatIRS" to learn the home
      addresses of IRS employees in order to intimidate them. He is also suspected of having used a chemical called mercaptan
      in a March 16 stink-bombing of an IRS office. Bell is more well known for his Internet essay "Assassination Politics," which
      proposed a system of rewards for people who predict the deaths of government officials.
      May 19, Montana, North Carolina: Russell Dean Landers and Vincent Wells, two of the Montana Freemen defendants, are
      sentenced in Wilmington, NC, on charges of conspiring to commit bank fraud, intimidate IRS agents and transport stolen
      property across state lines.
      May 20, Pennsylvania: In federal court in Philadelphia, Michael Brescia pleads guilty to charges of conspiracy and armed
      robbery and agreed to testify against fellow members of the Aryan Republican Army.
      May 21, Oklahoma: Tax protester Wayne Gunwall of Ponca City, Oklahoma, is sentenced to 15 months in prison for
      conspiring with two others to harass IRS agents. The other defendants, Kenney Moore and Colleen Moore who, like
      Gunwall, pled guilty to one of the counts, have not yet been sentenced.
      May 22, Connecticut: A Connecticut judge postpones the attempted kidnapping trial of "patriot" leader James "Bo" Gritz and
      his son James R. Gritz until September.
      May 23, Oklahoma: Wayne Gunwall and Howard M. Boos are convicted in federal court on a three-count indictment of
      conspiring to file multimillion-dollar liens against IRS agents (see above, below).
      May 27, Florida: In Tampa, Florida, Emilio Ippolito, his daughter, and six followers, members of the "Constitutional Common
      Law Court," go on trial on charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. Ippolito is the leader of one of the most prominent
      common law courts in the nation.
      May 29, West Virginia: A "colonel" in the West Virginia Mountaineer Militia pleads guilty to making a bomb for other militia
      members who were plotting to bomb an FBI fingerprint facility. Edward Moore is one of seven defendants in the case; he
      faces up to ten years in prison.
      May 30, Washington: Gary Kuehnoel, one of the Washington militia/freemen defenders (see above), is sentenced to 27
      months in jail for illegal possession of a machine gun, and ordered to pay a $6,000 fine. The sentence was part of an
      agreement in which all other charges were dropped.
      JUNE
      June 2, Oklahoma, Colorado: In Denver, Colorado, Timothy McVeigh is convicted for his role in the bombing of the federal
      building in Oklahoma City in April 1995. He is later given the death penalty.
      June 4, Florida: A Jacksonville jury acquits Florida "patriot" and ostrich farmer William Law of 21 counts of defrauding
      people by placing bogus liens on people involved with his divorce. The jury believed the argument of Law's lawyer that Law
      did not defraud anyone because no one would believe the liens were real.
      June 5, Arizona: Trial begins for remaining Arizona Viper Militia defendants, Charles Knight. Viper Christopher Floyd still
      awaits trial.
      June 5, Oklahoma: A federal judge sentences two Oklahoma common law activist Dan Meador to 16 months in prison, three
      years supervised release and a $2,000 fine for obstructing justice and illegally communicating with a grand jury. Meador's
      case was linked to the case involving Kenney and Colleen Moore and Wayne Gunwall.
      June 12, West Virginia: The second of seven defendants, Jack Phillips, in the Mountaineer Militia case agrees to plead guilty
      to a charge of conspiracy to make bombs.
      June 12, West Virginia: FBI affidavits reveal that the Mountaineer Militia considered killing Jay Rockefeller and Alan
      Greenspan, as well as their families, in a "holy war" against the federal government.
      June 16, Washington, Ohio: Cheyne Kehoe, wanted since February for a shootout with police in Ohio, surrenders in
      Washington. He will be extradited to Ohio.
      June 16, Utah: John Chaney is sentenced in Provo, Utah, to life in prison for aiding in the rape of his daughter. When he
      appeared for sentencing, he ordered bailiffs to arrest the judge for treason, but the bailiffs did not respond. Chaney, a
      common law court activist and member of an extreme Mormon sect, was convicted in April on three counts of aiding and
      abetting in the rape of his (then 13-year old) daughter at the hands of one of his followers. He has launched numerous
      lawsuits against Utah judges for conspiring against his religious freedom.
      June 17, Utah, Ohio: Chevie Kehoe is arrested in Cedar City, Utah, after Cheyne Kehoe reveals to authorities where he is.
      June 23, Washington, Idaho: The second trial for the accused "Spokane Bank Bandits" begins. Robert Berry, Charles
      Barbee and Verne Jay Merrell are once again defendants. The fourth defendant will have a separate trial in September.
      June 23, Arizona: Arizona Viper Charles Knight is convicted of conspiracy to make or possess unregistered destructive
      devices.
      June 24, California: Todd Vanbiber, the Orange County, California, man who blew himself up while constructing a pipe
      bomb (see above), pleads guilty to two federal explosives violations. Vanbiber was a member of the neo-Nazi National
      Alliance.
      June 26, Colorado: Barry Taylor is convicted in Adams County, Colorado, of using bogus "freemen" checks to pay off his
      debts. Taylor is one of 12 indicted Coloradans and the first to go to trial.
      June 27, Utah: Former Montana Freeman standoff participant Gloria Ward is found guilty of four counts of Social Security
      fraud. Ward had been claiming Social Security survivor's benefits as the mother of the man's child, despite having sued
      another man whom she claimed was the real father. She faces up to twenty years in prison.
      June 30, California: In Ventura County, Isabel Oxx is evicted from her home, ending a long ordeal in which she lost title to
      her house after using a "freeman" check to pay off her mortgage. She will go to trial in early July on federal charges of jury
      tampering in connection with the case of Elizabeth Broderick (see above).
      3. Dissidents - victims of the Jewish Extremists' global totalitarian power (Israeli military assault against the Western democracy)
      (Thousands or maybe millions of people are persecuted by Jewish totalitarian machine all over the world. Persecutions include kidnapping, executions, assassinations, batteries, and administrative, financial and other terror)
      CONTENT:
      Jewish Extremists' Global Conspiracy Victims in Ukraine, Canada, and Other Countries
      Ivan Demenyuk's Case
      (For GUNINS case go here:
      [http://www.total.net/~leog/Rights/LevGunin/intro.htm]
      [http://www.total.net/~leog/Rights/LevGunin/Mother.htm])
      (For Ivan Demenyuk's case look here: [http://www.ukar.org])
      Morley Safer Letter 5 9Apr99 Who blew the hands off Maksym Tsarenko?
      The sort of powerful story that neither you nor Rabbi Bleich were able to find is one of
      a Russian summer-camp councillor who had his hands blown off by Ukrainian
      nationalists for using the Russian language within Ukraine; or one of a Jewish
      summer-camp councillor having his hands blown off by Ukrainian nationalists for using
      Hebrew or Yiddish within Ukraine. Such things do not happen within Ukraine to either
      Russians or to Jews - they happen only to Ukrainians.
      April 9, 1999
      Morley Safer
      60 Minutes, CBS Television
      51 W 52nd Street
      New York, NY
      USA 10019
      Morley Safer:
      Who Blew The Hands Off
      Maksym Tsarenko?
      The photograph above shows Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma bestowing the Order of
      Yaroslaw the Wise on Maksym Tsarenko. My free translation of the text which explains
      the photograph is as follows:
      Among the first recipients of the Order, awarded on the fourth
      anniversary of the national independence of Ukraine, were leading
      Ukrainian workers in the fields of culture, art, and law: O.
      Basystiuk, A. Mokrenko, and F. Burchak.
      On this same day, the president of Ukraine also bestowed this mark
      of distinction, "for valor" upon twenty-year-old student at the
      Vynnytsia Pedagogical Institute, Maksym Tsarenko.
      During the summer holidays, Maksym was working as a councillor at a
      summer camp for young girls near Yevpatoria, Crimea.
      Haters of Ukraine, who rush to propose the view that Crimea is not a
      peninsula attached to Ukraine, but rather is an island unconnected
      to Ukraine, reacted with hostility to this summer camp, especially
      provoked by the Ukrainian language spoken by the Ukrainian children,
      which dared to resound even within Ukrainian Crimea. The hatred
      mounted to such an irrepressible degree that it provoked the bandits
      to the most egregious crime: they constructed an explosive and threw
      it into the window of the children's dormitory. Ten or so children
      could have been killed by the explosion. But the young Ukrainian
      councillor showed no confusion as to his duty. He picked up the
      bomb, shielding it with his own body, and jumped out of the
      building. Unfortunately, the bomb went off, seriously wounding
      Maksym.
      The best local surgeons fought for several days to save the boy's
      life. Thanks to them, the youth's life was spared. Unfortunately,
      it was not possible to save his hands.
      No one can accuse the recipient of not having earned his award.
      Ukrainian awards, in contrast to Soviet, are fully deserved.
      (Ukrainian-language newspaper, Novyi Shliakh (New Pathway) of
      7Oct95, based on the earlier report in Ukrains'ke Slovo, (Ukrainian
      Word), Kyiv, No. 37, 14Sep95)
      The above story of Maksym Tsarenko compels me to ask - not for the first time - who
      is in danger in Ukraine? The Western media urge us to accept that it is Jews and
      Russians who are in danger, threatened by Ukrainian nationalists. That, for example,
      is the conclusion of your infamous 60 Minutes broadcast The Ugly Face of Freedom of
      23Oct94. However, you came back from your brief visit to Ukraine with no data to
      substantiate such a claim. Almost a year ago, the Ukrainian Archive has requested
      both of you and of Rabbi Bleich the evidence backing your report of violence against
      Jews, and neither of you has as yet condescended to reply, strengthening the
      suspicion that your story was fabricated.
      The sort of powerful story that neither you nor Rabbi Bleich were able to find is one
      of a Russian summer-camp councillor who had his hands blown off by Ukrainian
      nationalists for using the Russian language within Ukraine; or one of a Jewish
      summer-camp councillor having his hands blown off by Ukrainian nationalists for using
      Hebrew or Yiddish within Ukraine. Such things do not happen within Ukraine to either
      Russians or to Jews - they happen only to Ukrainians. It is the story of Ukrainians
      being persecuted within Ukraine that you could have richly documented and broadcast
      to the world. The story of Maksym Tsarenko can be found multiplied many times over
      the torture-murders of Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Katelnytsky and his mother in
      their Kyiv apartment providing a recent example. The contrasting story of Jewish or
      Russian victimization within Ukraine is bogus - and yet that is the story that you
      unscrupulously chose to broadcast.
      Lubomyr Prytulak
      cc: Rabbi Bleich, Ed Bradley, Jeffrey Fager, Don Hewitt, Steve Kroft, Andy Rooney,
      Lesley Stahl, Mike Wallace.
      Morley Safer Letter 9 15May99 Who murdered Volodymyr Ivasiuk?
      But in the meantime, those who come too near to the truth concerning what happened to
      Volodymyr Ivasiuk have been the victims of an unusual number of accidents. One man's
      wife unexpectedly hangs herself, another man throws himself from a balcony, still
      another drowns, yet another falls under the wheels of a car.... But remember, butchers,
      God's punishment will descend even upon you!
      May 15, 1999
      Morley Safer
      60 Minutes, CBS Television
      51 W 52nd Street
      New York, NY
      USA 10019
      Morley Safer:
      Who Murdered
      Volodymyr Ivasiuk?
      Volodymyr Ivasiuk is best known as a composer and poet,
      author of the widely popular song Chervona Ruta whose first
      two lines appear below as he wrote them in his own hand,
      which song more than anything else made him beloved
      throughout Ukraine, and even beyond the borders of Ukraine.
      On top of that, Volodymyr was a man of many talents, having
      earned a degree in medicine, and having demonstrated talent
      in art, photography, and cinematography.
      However, having reached his prime
      showing so much promise, it was not
      given Volodymyr Ivasiuk to develop his
      talents further. He was dead at the age
      of 30. To the right is a photograph of
      his funeral procession, attended by
      thousands of mourners despite the
      suppression by the state of the
      publication of information concerning
      his burial, despite official warnings to
      not attend funeral services, and despite
      the calling of Komsomol meetings, which
      carried mandatory attendance, on the
      same day. The magazine Halas, on whose
      information I rely in the present
      letter, states that Rostyslaw Bratun who
      was the first to step forward and speak
      at Volodymyr's funeral lost his job two
      months later. Words spoken at the
      funeral by the Sichko family landed them
      in prison.