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Allegations again made by 2Vt::?:-? . 4'.IT'5' thkt Zubjeet is brincinerron ■easerd members into the U. :,.. eel ;metalling them as priests.:n0. 40eilue13 Who al1e2eay have peraene/ly suffered atrocities athands of Subleot named by WITr.N. nubjett appeared before t... S.f:Onato an . ,5,(11(55 to give_opening prayer to start the seesion. This4Pimmrsnowil nritinix*4 in wnins LmdcwIs m ''.'' Publieetion. Rasrolution"mod by 4ktiorA3. Cereee of 'iumenlen :..;.rto•ox 'iliecopete ofAerie* hell 711,3A/55 40noceces c.harEtea arainet 'R2A to Nanguntrue and without foundation and 4wpfloON** complete trust tn .::"ALod promisee him pontinue1. and anraferve;1 cooperation end support.

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subsequently Insiallol ls fact *-;n:Raesrend presently in t. '!Innesots,,anl*rorairly or Yontreal, zlanale; on3 ather'(f.reqrsaniritc77.4presently of A4cron, !hto.

stated that TRI: • t. lc nee'bringinv thetol/owing 'webers/ or the Atmanien Iron ,: earl into this counirvto install . them In his parishes so tnaz the Aseanian Orthodox Churchwill a political rather than ecclesiastical entity'sRevs !Ik:2, tett= ARTI eecribed ea

who at lira:I t s instructions Vas elected aaatam_e_.54. weetliIthttrbeft, Now York, awe York::aeverend

described by :.4ARTIi as -s:Ap14410..A.4=01MArd_...r presently residing in ‘Zentreal, Canada; N.T.;:-DE.C.111-A,

deficribed by :AnT.1-J1 as a aunantan....trati.O.uaralsoliber....presentlyrOiding In :iontreal.

"Ai4TT.4 rurther steted that ac4:oril'..ng toITAYRTANU, 250 vork, nsmilten, Unalap described by -ART7,1 asit former World War !I Air Force si•ficer in the :kumanian Army,

.raNU bad never personally eet 7R:FA but haJ known him by repute-* ion while in !Weenie as an Iron Ouard loader. Accordim toiviaTIN, JUNO had stated that he had "efficialle interviewedthe folloWing individual/a regarding actions committed aeainstthem by :R.114 and had obtained from thee "officially" theirconsent to be interviewed and furnish *Timms(' statements an- totestify to the rollowine information regarding -.RITA. vARTIustated that JTAHU escribed these individusla as "Rumanian Jews"who have sefferivi as A result of direct personAl actions by

1. :VS>t,1, -TA!i to '7180 ;moon Mary, .Apartment 12, .;',,n,treal,..:anata. :he allegedly lost her husbandin the revolution of the :umanian :ron nuar4 at ilucharestduring January 21.43, 194i. According to rANTI, he can.:Jentiry TR:PA as the personal lealer of the sztall group wbokilled hor husban46

2, 0.s'.7:;R;:faCHLEli ;77,13 :40,T. 270 Laurier 'eis."ontroal, hcOording to 'AnTl q, rHAT lost two

cone in the above revolution. 'a;UT can lientifY asthe lesier *. t:Le proup WI) enterei hor home an ,emeo!el . heslr.nture on pepre conftmcatIn k. her permonal property.

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3. qr. and I.!rs.N:1*..a.4, 3793 'ark avenue,-ontreal, eno4a. r. 3LAJ allegedly lost a broth,fr in theabove revolution and aczw .rang to 31A1U1 he can liantiry 'R:Aan the personal loader of rioters who broke into their home.

in July 6, 1955, !'.4%received a latter from -tARTTN anclosim; a copy of wredlota"(The Paith) issue of June, 1955, a Humenian newspaper pubiishedIn' Xotroit by . :ARTIN. Jp. .ntiee 1 of this publication wits amarticle si,nadly eXerr-4.117.-1AW, 424 W. Bolden Avenue,Apartment 4, Chicago, Tilinoie. This article was translatedby SS YATTI7a1W J. Ca ..tAe, washington Ficid Office transistor, asfollow,: .

. Title: "The Lhatelatle or - an adventure to lalp

"The undersiened, born in America of r4umenlanparents, takon to Ihtetanta as a child where T lived for twenty-nine leave, observing upon by return to the jolted r!tatee thequarrels and dissension awn; the Arminian orthodex on thesesshores and hopeful of contributine to the discovery or the truthend restoration of peacts and integrity In the heart of myparents' church, hereby declare of ay own free will, withoutcoercion from any source the following true disclosures, so-help as Oodt"

Arst: in this paragraph v03AN state&that he lived 18 yeers in Bucharest, 6 of which ho spent as astudent there and that ho war brought back to America by theVre.ted ftatite Government.

Becond: in this paragraph he stab's thathe knew V: 'TR:PA when they ware both students and has first-hand knowledge of his "public activities"... "Lven as a stnleotT■41PA showed signs of lovinK intrigue and diesenition more thenunderstanding and o /evihr politics more than rolir:ionand was more quickly LisporeJ to hamilo a bat ant a pistolrather than the :10137 nrols and 'crieture"..."TRIYA left nothingin his wake in /umenia but gurfort:k: and heartaches, while hareIn America he is creating dissension, hatred, losses an .! shamefor the :him:mien nationality ani the :orthodox Church."

Thiri: "I. saw him iurimp. the summer of1937 in Pre4tta1, :*rnhva :aunty, th the rapacity or "unanlan

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"student organiser, ao called eriattansf where he founlel andergantsed the infamous Legionnaire cells in memory of the three-:egionnairee who at Ankle, aseassInated':rime nnister 'TATA,and then also ..ert hle initiate ani Inetti .at:onsp ..1 that orhiscolleafees1s4:a:1-;,N:7.*Ane■crand others, aavassinato . the ereut men or the Rattan,. :rot*.MCA, !Vim .1:07Tea,

and other patriots who TarrA had then and probeblystill has in his iLA% SeeR."

Four: "In the /5t1I, 16th, 17th, /echo 19th,and 20t4 or January 1941 . T saw him at the head of the studentreboil/en demonstrating on the f Leicharest, sheutingbefore the ::erman, Italian and 3un;;arian 4nhassies tn Sucherestthat he is the beet friend of the . 5ar1in, iom., TO67y0 Axis'ani the oreetest ename trm American, .11eAsh und :rench allies."

?Ivo: rn thin paragraph 'UTNAI declaresthat_he porionally saw, on January 21, 22, 23 an1-24, 1941 hawthousands of lumantan Jews were butchered on the streeta ofBucharest, at ''RIPA l s orders, and were threen in the canels orhung in the city f a abattoirs. Their skiirwas used to Maks shneeand lampshades .. 'errine this same massacre TRIM ordered thatthree families BitC;S, STAW:) and -1:U14 . have their eyes put•and tongues cut out and be thrown from a third story windowinto the bloody e003 below simply because they were Jews. Flagoes on to describe the terrtryin;" aftermath and gruesome11044MO.

Six: . ,=nder thts eat:It ":J4TZA3 describes howhe mat VAIPA, one day, ad a isveland street and hew he question-el him: "xr. T7tFA, are you not afraid of Cod to assume :Thumbtitles and rene;onsibilitios after you have been responeible for •and initiated such crimost"... de replied, "Quiet, quiet, RI.•..qiN1- ,AN, the people hero aro not as intellirent or conscientiousas they Are in lumania. Tio quiet and do not mention it again."Thereupon he left.

"ORTEeta goes on n r have been quiet all thistime because T am. not a troublemaker, and becaufte I hoped thatthe situation within the church would right itself without m/ -interference." , i4r . :An then condoles as follows: "Yor theostahlishmont of Vs* truth,. ; an willlne to be interviewed be

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"any 'nonorable man, clergy or /ayman, committee or council and -to testify before any Tribunal of JUstica tn Amer-tca."

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The Yny 22, 1955, issue of "Solle: a A:mania:itlanguage newspaper published by the Rumanian Ortho.lox -;piscopateof America in etrott, refIeett that TUFA was in Washington,

on May 13,./955, at which time he opened a sassaion of theUnited states Senate. The following exzerpts from artiolesappearing in "Sala" were tranalatel by n% MATTIN J. 7...AZA4,Washington Fiell urrio, translator!

on ?age 1 an article written by BishopVALlAVI appears entitled "A -ay in the American -anatet"

"9n the 000asion of ."ay 10 your Bishopwas honored with the high misaion of opening the sessionof tha American negate with a prayer appropriste to themoment.

"Shortly before May 10, I recetvel,through the Public Relations Offtoe of the Viscopate,conducted by the Rev. VASIU: MATF.GAN, an offiets1 invi-tation to go to Waehington, as the spiritual pastor ofthe Romanian American Orthodox, and Lc say the prayerfor the openin8 or the Senate.

"I discovered that on 1(ay 10 there woullbe commictesmoetings and, therefor*, I was informod thatmy prayer would bb . delivered at the full. session on •.4edosaday, Tfay U.

"Wednewday at 11:00 o'clock Imes receivedby the :annts Ohaplain, .r. 1m:1AS, by the r.anateSecretary and by a functionary who took me on a tour ofthe main offices.

"At 11:30 I war presented to the vicePresident of the Unite! ltates, Mr. 14: voN, with wham Ihad the pleasure of speaxinn for a whtla, • urinr whichtime I was able to ask his sup:fort on behalf or PtArtantia,,far our ;rothors in '3e8sarabia and .Cr' the reoognrtion

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"or the ':emenian 'Jrtholox ;:hurch as one of the majorchurches Tit tha U. •

- "The :seating opened at 11:30. 1 Waset:aortal by the Vice President or the Unitel States, whois the eresident of the resat*, to the t*residentialtable and, after 1 was introluced to the ''Anate, Idelivered the opening prayer,

n r was given sr:octal attention by theMohican :Itonators, with whom i wax alrealy acquainted,• H. itvmn and PATRIC?: MacIA"A'A •Z also net Sonator:111.:..1%.°1ZTA,L (Nags.) who sponsored the arthodox inAmerica by introduclna a bill to rocoeniao urtboloxy Inthe American Armed °-ervices is familiar withmany Remanian problems, being a friend of aomsnia thanksto the o.race of :‘rincees henna,

"Writ, to your "etattors, your Cowrosameaand to the -Fresident of the Senate to support 3111 S.3072 (n3rd Con6rests) by-which the military services willbe authorised to use the Initials 9 .11. (ecatern •Orthodox) for the 7rthodox salters."

In addition to the above, the prayer offeredby 'RIFA at the Q. S. -..linokt0 was republished tn P:nclish on Page 5of ":olis" and is set forth below: •

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offered by 31shop VAL r;TAS in the U. S. enate

")n the occasion of ''ay Tenth' (omenisnIndependence Day) His Craoe, 3iehop VAL:LW:AU (opened the session of the United Statew !conate. ThefollowinG Is an extract copy from the on anal '411cordor proceedines ant debates of the 34th Soneress,

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. • His eishep 1/ALCRIAN TWO'S., ofthe 'onanian ,).t . thoiox Eptecepato of America, offered thefondant preyert- -

In the nen* of the ?ether, of the Son, andof the ,ioly Shoat, with Jeep huninty, We pray for th•

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t rant ts.em, wieom, trio untor..startling, the ability, un . : • tle or to Fovern thisbelovod country of oura, in to :Idle the wnrld Ancor:lingto Thy will.-

'Almighty :-od, ,.1'reator of all thinp s, whohat made America trustee or priceless human liberty anditgnity, look down from . ;:eeven or Thy tervico^e nowpresent before Thee, an bless -them, that they nayremember :n their •iscaesions earl Aecialona numania andall the oppr*ssel nations who are still /onging tor a"government of tie people, by the people, anl for thepeople," and that they hay cive hope and help to allthose who are living in huni:eri need, Atechuragement,doubt, or fear.

'And we pray, our for the peace ofthe whole world, for the ...1fare of mankind, ami for theunion of all.

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An article appearing in "ace !Allowl" aPolishnglish language newepaper published in -strolt, whichstrictly follows the !:oomunist Party line, page 10 columns 1and 2 iesue or June 11, 1955, entitled, "4asi Says ?rayers in"enate" with a Autelin* of 4ashington, C., reflects asfollows:

"On May llth the U. :1. Sanator y stool upan bowed their heads when vz9n,t 't1?7A said the prayer to startthe session or the U. 3. Senate. 7 .cRer, TUFA, former 'enienNest, leader of enti—Semotic pocroms in 9ucharest and a war.orimlnal or the worst type, prayod to Ool for I bleseinge beforethe start or deliberations in the 79nate. In other worls, theievll Irossed himself in pontirtoal ferments en1 with his tail.rang the bell for 743s.

• "?414 shocking at wax rove/alibi by nwon Juno 4. was :imaged how such a notorious

Haat could be invited to ely a prayer In the fanate, yet alonebe almitted to the tra on Ally 15, 1950 as a refugee.74A1FiN emphasized at the eon* tins th . t the so called laplacedorsonn Lot was passot fue the bonefIt or those fleeing from'terror.' 'are e terrorist was aimIttel -as a rerUSee.

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7 ennui! !mow thet -P!IAwee not the first, nor the lett, lezi ateitted by the :etitedtats. The worst fascist remnunts, who couli not return to •

their rutive countries, because their hands were tarnished withthe blood of their own people, secured shelter in the CSA. etthe same time, people who sacrificed the:r whole live to makethis a free and rich country were an are persecuted, •eprivedof their citizenship and deported."

en July 11, 1955. SA ?A.!, N. SeeSNe, JR.,received from ashop sr:e7'11'L ?Ili?A the followins nimeogrephodresolution'

"The aational - -:onereee of the ve'nenianertholox :piscoputo or America, with clorge anl lay elelepatesof the :lomenian !erthodoe parishes in the United etates andCanada, convened July 2nd, 3re and 4th, 1955, at the VatraRonansaeca, Jackson, Mite:lean, taking into consideration theproblems confronting the members of the Ronanian erthodoxparishes, unanimously votel the following_

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"essirous to preserve and prompt. unalulteratedthe eogess, traditions and teachings of the Holy Orthodox Church,the Congress directs its humble prayers to His dolinesn, theScumenical -eitriaroh Athenagoras of Constantinople, to includeIn dis prayers the erthodom Aearicans of Noreen/an descent, andin view of the historical reoponsibilitiei-Of the HolyOcumonloal -ee of Constantinople with Nigeria to all steererthodok Churohes,. begs die Iolines p to omelet the eomanianerthodox Eptecopeto of /merle& through Ris benevolent interest-sion with the lonanian ratriarchete in Bueberest and the liomandenautborities to vreit and facilitate the return to Its klegop See.of His Grace the :1. :hive ?olicarp roruaca, now residing inFigpanla.

"rt."The Congreee desires to express its most

heartflit sentiment's of gretituie to the local, stsee eed f•ll:neeievernmontal authorities in the United ntats and f!anale, totheir protectien anl interente In the preeervatThn of thereligious trod= which pc-mits the m ,enbere or the irtholox.hurchen enjoy the free manifestetion of' the ,1.-thetiox leith.

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"In the name of the clergy ani faithful orthe ,nomanian Orthoaox Ohurehos In America, the :7hureh .longreSerearrirma their uill t-; !Ave fu:1 cupoort to all act:tone whichtho Governments of Unitel :Mates ant/6r '7erleada airs taking topreserve or to promote the sane principlee of freedom or religionand hulanity throughout the worll, thc1u lnr.Romania,

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"'he ,;nureh t.:ongrces avestle in true spiritof christian love to the American ot Remanian .lescent and to theRomanians residing oUtaide the boricrs of nomania to concentrateall their efforts for a unified action to • fend and curtain theUnalienable rights; of the romsnian people to liberty and to thefroe expression of its . IdeiLi and beliefs.'

":"Imultanoeus/y, tho t;bureh -onio nese appealsto all the •trthniox ilomaniana, clervy and faithful in the freeworld, to alien themalvee with the flvanian irtholox :Zptecopateof America and to ondoavor a censtructive coleborat:On seongestall those who believe In the mission en .? the future or the AolyOrthodox 7nurch.

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"The clergy anl lay delegates repreeentingthe Romanian iirtnodox perishes in the :InItei :tate!! an:! Canaia,asseMEled In annual lilurch 7ongrese. took: note with sinceresatisfaction of the great progress male by the llomanion f1rtholox:Episcopate of America, unter the guilance of -brace the Rt.Rev, Valerian Trifa, since • ts invonture taro* years ace.

".thereas, taZing int g consiieration thevisible ani fruitful realizatiens In all fields or activities,which have brought high mgarls tar eur laurch as well as forthe Americans or lament= leeeent, the &:gngress wishes to expressits warmest appracation and eseuros His Grecs° valerian of fulllevotion of all the members of the 'Iptscopate.

"The Comgreee unanimously rejects anl repui:atesall direct and Indirect attacus, rekariloss or sources, direct:adtwainst the person or die . z.,ace Valerian Trite, as being untrueand without any foundation.

"The i;ongreas ex;irerses complete t:rast in lis:.reee Valerian en1 solemnly premises !!:71 cnntin114:1 and unrc.servelcooperation tIni gup7ort."

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