oe * ee 40th Anniversary of Ghetto Uprising WARSAW — Poland will mark the 40th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising this year with a series of commemora- tive events between April 15-23. Beginning with an international conference on the genocidal policy of fascist Germany, other events will include two exhibitions at the Jewish History Insti- tute, one at the National Museum, a seminar on the Ghetto uprising and visits to Treblinka and Auschwitz death camps. World Congress for Peace and Life PRAGUE — Delegates from all parts of the world will gather at the World Congress for Peace and Life, Against Nuclear War in ‘the capital of Czechoslovakia June 14-19. The agenda will include questions of cooperation of non-governmental organizations with the United Nations, the role of trade unions, women’s, youth and religious groups in the fight for peace. The conference will be divided into sessions and workshops dealing with specific aspects of the work of the anti-war movement. Thousands jailed in Lebanon BEIRUT — A partial list of 1,224 names has been compiled by the relatives of persons arrested by Israeli, Falangist and Lebanese army troops during the continuing occupation of Lebanon. The group, established in West Beirut, charges that thousands of people are today languishing in jails and camps under extremely harsh conditions. It says that relatives are un- able to obtain information and it is impossible even to compile a complete list of detainees. PLO rejects Reagan ‘peace’ plan ALGIERS — The 384-member Palestine National Council concluded its nine-day meeting by endorsing the Arab League Plan for a Mid East peace adopted last September. The PNC at the same time rejected the Reagan ‘‘peace’’ plan which openly opposed the establishment of a Palestinian state. The Council also unanimously re-elected Yasser Arafat as chairman. Planned first strike in 1961 NUREMBERG — Daniel Ellsberg, speaking at an inter- national tribunal organized by West Germany’s Green Party, told his audience he helped plan a military scenario for launching a nuclear first strike against the USSR while working for the Penta- gon in 1961. Taking part in the meeting is former U.S. Defence Secretary Robert McNamara who urged the west to renounce the concept of first use of nuclear weapons in their military planning. The tribunal, held in the city of the war crimes trials of World War Two, is taking place weeks before the March 6 FRG elec- tions in which the issue of Cruise and Pershing-2 deployment this year has reached fever pitch. Arrest leaders of Tudeh Party TEHRAN — Several leaders of the Tudeh (Masses) Party were arrested Feb. 6, including the party’s first secretary and a number of prominent literary and cultural figures. In a statement on the arrests, the party warned that history shows that every assault against the independence and democracy of Iran over the past 40 years started with an attack against the Tudeh Party. € a ‘ . Ff Be ne e . Detail from the monument to the defenders of Stalingrad — now Voigagrad — where the tide of the Nazi advance was stemmed 40 years ago. Fighting for the city went on through the summer of 1942 when finally, on Nov. 19, 1942, six Soviet armies broke through the German lines encircling the Sixth Army. On Jan. 31, 1943 Hitler's Sixth Army surrendered and the drive westward began culminating in the defeat of the Third Reich. Hunt for nazi criminals — will continue, says USSR Speaking on Soviet television last week, USSR deputy pro- secutor general Oleg Soroka re- newed his country’s demand that former nazi war criminals enjoy- ing freedom in western states be brought to justice. Soroka singled out the United States, Canada and West Ger- many where “‘thousands of nazis responsible for the murder of in- nocent people have found re- fuge.’’ He expressed satisfaction that former Gestapo chief in Lyon, Klaus Barbie, has been re- turned to France to face tiral and emphasized that the USSR ex- pects. other states to observe international agreements con- cerning nazi war crimes. Citing one example, Soroka said the Soviet government ‘‘has repeatedly requested the ‘government of Canada to extra- dite Dmitri Kupiak, a nazi crimi- nal accused of participating in mass executions of Soviet citi- zens in the Lvov region during World War Two. ‘Canadian authorities refuse to extradite Kupiak,’’ Soroka ex- plained, ‘‘under the pretext that no Canadian law exists for extra- dition for war crimes and that the Soviet claim has ‘no legal basis’. ‘‘These claims contradict the standards of modern international law in accordance with which all states must prosecute persons who commit crimes against peace and humanity,’’ Soroka argued. “These standards must prevail over the internal laws of any state which disagrees with them. Canada’s reference to internal legislation cannot justify its re- fusal to comply with its inter- national. obligations ...”’ Kupiak, a Toronto resident and businessman, ran unsuccessfully for the Conservatives in the 1972 federal election. Soroka listed other examples of high level nazi criminals living in the United States including the former head of a concentration camp in Lithuania responsible for 12,000 murders. Many of them, Soroka charged, are today re- spectable citizens of the U.S. ‘“Moreover, the U.S. is using these criminals and collaborators eT UL TLIMIINE ELL. e8 Te a: Kiev street scene, 1943. in its anti-Soviet crusade via Radio Free Europe, Radio Liber- ty, Voice of America and other 299 instruments of ‘psychowar’. * * * The Klaus Barbie case has given rise to a spate of informa- tion and charges that the United States quickly developed a policy in the days following World War Two to wage war against the Soviet Union. Evidence has piled up that the U.S. military attempted to or- ganize groups of former nazis as a guerrilla force in then Soviet- occupied territories. : In his new book, The Belarus Secret, author John Loftus writes that the U.S. secret service worked with former nazi spy chief General Reinhard Gehlen to re- cruit a'secret army to prepare for war with the USSR. A second Allied strategy was to round up the best brains of the former Third Reich under the code-name ‘‘Operation Paper- clip’’, regardless of their crimes, to aid the U.S. military. It was under this dragnet that German rocket scientists quickly found their way to the U.S. ss War crimes, the evidence sug- gests, were the last thing the U.S. and British forces were con- cerned with in the aftermath of the war. Toronto Star writer Gerald Utting, Feb. 19, says the total U.S. staff for war crimes “numbered 56. ‘‘So_ inefficient were the U.S. operations,” U ting writes, “‘that six months the war ended not one Germ had gone on trial for atrocities’ the U.S. zone.”’ With this policy underw4 thousands of nazi criminals W® permitted to escape Germany 1945, finding their way to Nof and South America where th have either since died, or are st living safe from extradition. Men such as Radislaw trowsky, president of the 1 puppet government in Byel russia were granted U.S. citiZ® ship and lived out their lives wit out answering for their crimes: * did SS General Frank Kushel, ! sponsible for 40,000 death Stanislaw Stankiewvich, 7; murders and Emanuel Jasiuk W’ - supervised 5,000 killings in day while mayor of Kletsk. * * * USSR deputy prosecutor 8@ eral Soroka reminded his tel vision viewers that the Sov! Union has not given up its purs! of nazi mass murderers ‘‘whef ver they are’’ and despl ‘‘whomever shelters them’’. 7! 1,000 estimated nazi criminals ing in Canada for the past 38 ye# are still wanted to face thé accusers. “Tt is not only our duty tol past,’’ Soroka concluded, “‘#t, part of our struggle against mil tarism and neo-nazism today: ee PACIFIC TRIBUNE—MARCH 4, 1983—Page 8 Prison and surveillance systems Chile trade deal revealed © A group of Canadian companies, with assistance from the Canadian government, is putting together a project to sell military and security equipment to the Chilean junta, Terry Sargeant, NDP, MP told Parliament Feb. 22. The estimated $15-20-million deal involves sales to Chile of detection systems for three junta pris- ons with potential for further installation of elec- tronic border security systems as well as off-shore and airborne surveillance systems. Other components of the package include elec- tronic tactical warfare training ground terminals for satellite communications. The Tribune learned last week that to date the ‘ group has received approval for $10,600 from the federal government Program for Export Market Development, although as of Jan. 20, 1983 no claim has yet been filed for this grant. Project officer Blair Erskine from the Defense Programs Branch of the Department of External Affairs is reported to have stated the project pre- ° sentation has been held off until the spring of 1983. Involved in the deal is also a potential sale for Dash-7 or Dash-8 aircraft which, should De- lion. simulators and Havilland secure the contract, would bring th total value of these contracts to around $125- The five companies (not including the possiO! future involvement of DeHavilland) are: Canadia Marconi Co., Montreal; Sparton of Canada, L' London, Ont.; Rexdale, Ont.; Computing Devices of Canaa Lt¢ Ottawa; Canadian Astronautics Ltd., Ottawa a! Lima-Five Incorporated, Cumberland, Ont. The Tribune was informed that the proposal f the project was sent to the Chilean junta sometifl before August 4, 1982 and that the junta requesté a formal presentation before the week of Octobé 4, 1982. Because the companies involved could meet the deadline, it was agreed to defer present tion until the spring of 1983. Litton Systems (Canada) Ltd Sergio Pinochet, nephew of dictator August Pinochet, is reportedly enthusiastic about the dé and is supported by General Matthei and Admit Merino. Sergio Pinochet was to have visited Lo! don, Ontario last November to discuss the proje with Sparton of Canada which was instrumental } putting the deal together.