Major Executive Stateme nt on Behalf of Anatoliy Shcharanskiy nly 11 1978 Extract of Presid entia l Remarks at an informa l Q A session at the Chancellory Bonn Germany July 14 1978 Q Could you t ell us what you think about the Ginzburg t rial and th e Scharanskiy verdict of the Soviet Union ·h c P1 ic1ent It is obvious to us that the courageous c1 issid2nts of the ov i el Union Mr Schctran s kiy and J'vlr Ginzburg hc1 vc been accr s _ d nd tried and punished will be punj shed because th e y hav e u p por t ed those v1ho f OU Jht the bas i c fr coclorns thc1 i e rc Sjlla c t n t ' ed 12 s ic c0In E1itntertt s t J 1 z-tt a 1 • 21 1 _ o sr11a 1 r 1n t 0 d ir-1 t l1 r Ur1 i v t _ a 1 cr rJ- er of the United Nations hav2 publicly and of ' i cialJ y c ndor s cc '' deplore this acU on on the part of tt e Sovi e t autboriLies Our sympathies and our support rema in ·with l'-'lr Sch a ca nsk i y rlov and with Ginzburg a nd others 10 r Obviously we have no mechani any des i re to inte r ff j' ' t on inte rnal affairs of the Sovi c t Jnion but the arour ing of pL1blic condemnation around the wo r ld or the viola ti on of thc e princip 1 1 · of huma n f rcedo -n i s a Le9itirnat_c role fo e me as a lead e r for the peo p le of ou r country We seek in spite of t h is 2clver _ e circumstance to co o perate 1ith the Soviet Union wh enever po ss ible We are continnin J to a ke progress in some areas which ar c c r ucial to th e saf e ty of 2 1e world Secretary Vance has just returned from cl constuctivc E l ing with the Foreign Minister of the Soviet Union on the· SJ Lrl' rrccrnen t I will be visiting BerLi11 which js w Quadriparti tc AgrcE mcnt v1hich 1jon J s 110 benefiting fro rt supported by the Soviet and the Western ell lies So we do condemn this cJ ction of the SovieL Union at the 1me time we want to continue a peaceful relationship with all Untxies and our voice will not be stilled as we con ider these oluti ons and others around the world of basic hum2n rights 1l y __ 8-L 19 7 8 Str1tcrn nt lJ S 2c 1 e ·tc11 y 7 c 1 r1 ce C r1 Sl1c 11 1 r a r11 - i _y a 1·1 c3 G ·j_ n 7 111 -- cJ T idlt3 During the pas L two days v c have l •arned that ne •• L week the lviet Union will start the trials of several prominent Thcc3C rnc'n and 11omen of uncornmon courage are being pul 1 a number of pictcxts In cru _h human rights id cri tici zc on trial t hcy are bei11q Lcic d foe to Ollt_ Cll'l l to petition their Covc rmnent --- righ t s c_1uaranteed in inter--- 1tional agreements en tc red in·to t heir Government These trials with their J_ack of due process vi elate funda- nt1l principles of justice I reflect the deepest feelings and values of the American Ople when I deplore thc e events 'They inevitably affect the clirnaLc of our relutions and 1po obstucles to the building of conf i_clcncc 2 nd cooperation 3 n Cen ev are unc h a nged We wi l l persist in our efforts tD 1e90Li at 1 a sou n d S7 LT II l qrceFH nt becattse i t is in our 1a tioncJ l i i te rest and in the intereE t of world pe0cc to do so I h ave often expre ssed to Soviet authorJ ties our de ep ·onc e en about Soviet Lrcatrne nt of dis sidents I sl1all do so g D in n ext ·Jeek In li• 5h t of th ese d eve lopments ·we have takc n cert ain act i ons ·cc terd c1y I a skc d Ba rbara Blum nvironmcnbd Protection I gency heir trip to the Sovi et Union ii tion rl t r - Depu y AJm i ni s tr a tor of the and h er delega tio n to canc l I have today at the Presid ent ' s i nstr ucted th e P res ident ' s Science Advisor Frank Press hi s de l ega tion to do l ikew i se om i ci not a E hcni --t crrn E' ffc rt unc 13 1 977 ---·--- ------- -------·------- - ··· Press Conference No States Q 9 of the P rc ident of the Unitc sd 1-i r Pres iden t to fo ll ch up on ye nir rem ark about h uma n riqht c Mrs An atoly Scr1ara n kiy UH ·v1ife of th e Sovie t dissid' nt who is urnJ er ctrref t i visiti ng in thr- Uni t c d S tates and ye te rcl ay s h e expressed interest in s e ir g you to ask you to intervene in this case I wo uld liL e to ask do you think th c1t thi sc rt o 1 thing can be us ef ul and do you pl an to see her he Pr esidcllt I don ' t have any pLn 15 to meet Mr Scha rons kiy but I h ave nqui red deep ly within the Sta te Department and within t he CIA s to 'dheth cr or n o t Mr Sch rra nsk i y 1 cis eve r h d any knov-1n 1 Lttion f hip in a sub v e rs ive wa y or o th c r 1 1i c d th Uw CIA Th e 1 e bav doubl c ---ch c ckc c1 t ll is a nd I h a v e b ee n cs i t ant to make th at publ i c c rm o u n ccn1e1 1t but no ' v I a n co p L e t c ly J nvinc e d th at contrary t o th e J llcq Jt i o n ' t hat Jrt0 d i n t he p r ess th at Mr ha v e b e c n re- Sch a ran kiy has n ever had a ny rl o f rela tio n s hip to oux k nowl ec19 c vi t h tb CIJ Q f nllow thc1 t up M r Pr csi cJc nt Sorn o f t h e p c opl 0 wh o h av0 b e en a rrested huve s2id you h ave c eas e d to talk about pa rti cul a r c as es th a t you M 21_ I ju t s peak n ow abo ut h urno n ri Jht in g e n c_ _ d a n d th a t ha s l eft them victi m t o the S ovi e t cra ck du m II 2 v e y ou in Ea ct c eu sc d t o c ome to t h e de C o n ' o peopl e li ke Mr S J epak and Mr Scha ra n sk iy 0 c 1 l 'J ' idc n t 1-Jc ll yo u j u st rn e n tirn i d t hree c a 3- an d·· --rn 1y b e y o u mc- nt i one• 0 u r 1i o11 r 'vc crnn ne ntc d o n all of t hof C a n d T th i n th at it' I h uve n ot a voi d e d a refe renc e b o th publi c l y and pr i v a tely th e So vi et Un ion on s pe ci fic ca s e s a n d I i11 tcn d t o c o nt inu e LJul y 16 19 79