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Ukrainian-jewish Pact in Poland Denied

July 13, 1937
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DENIAL OF THE EXISTENCE OF A POLITICAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN JEWS AND UKRAINIANS, AS A MINORITIES PROTECTIVE MEASURE, WAS MADE HERE TODAY BY THE EXECUTIVE OF THE “UNO,” LEADING UKRAINIAN PARTY. THE EXECUTIVE EXPLAINED ARTICLES IN THE UKRAINIAN PRESS ADVOCATING SUCH AN ALLIANCE MERELY EXPRESS THE PERSONAL VIEWS OF THE WRITERS.

AN ARTICLE URGING AN ALLIANCE BETWEEN UKRAINIANS AND JEWS TO ENFORCE OBSERVANCE OF MINORITIES RIGHTS WAS FEATURED JUNE 25 IN THE DILO OF LWOW, LARGEST UKRAINIAN NEWSPAPER. THE ARTICLE POINTED OUT THAT AN ALLIANCE WOULD REPRESENT ONE-THIRD OF POLAND’S POPULATION AND ENABLE THE PARTIES TO IT TO “GO OUR OWN INDEPENDENT WAY.”

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