CAPTIVE NATIONS

See also: SOVIET UNION

Scope and Content

“Captive Nations” was the phraseology used to describe nations under Communist domination, primarily Soviet domination during the Cold War. It continues today to describe nations under undemocratic regimes.

As part of the United States Cold War strategy, Captive Nations Week was officially established in 1959 to educate the public of the plight of these nations. The week is traditionally proclaimed for the third week in July.

The Library considers the following countries from the 1980s as meeting the definition of “captive nations”: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia. Also included are the Baltic nations: Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania. Minority regions with a strong nationalist tradition are also included such as: Armenia, Byelorussia, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and the Ukraine.

WHORM SUBJECT FILE

HU013 Entire Category (Human Rights: Ethnic Origin Groups)

HU013-50 Entire Category (Human Rights: Eastern European American)

HU013-51 Entire Category (Human Rights: Hungarian-American)

HU013-52 Entire Category (Human Rights: Lithuanian-American)

HU013-53 Entire Category (Human Rights: Polish-American Groups)

IT005 Entire Category (Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe [Helsinki

Commission])

WHITE HOUSE STAFF AND OFFICE FILES

Chumachenko, Katherine: Files

OA 18282

Talking Points – Human Rights

Talking Points – US-Soviet Relations

Vienna Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe

Vienna – Helsinki Review Meeting 1986

OA 18283

American East European Ethnic Conference (AEEEC)

Baltic Americans (1)-(5)

Baltic-American Issues (1)-(3)

Baltic American Freedom League

Belarussian-American Issues (1)(2)

Bulgarian-American Issues (1)-(3)

OA 18284

Croatian-American Issues

Croatian-Americans

Czech-Americans (1)-(5)

Czech-American Issues (1)(2)

Estonian-Americans

Estonian-American Issues (1)(2)

Ethnic Strategy – FRW/LK [Faith Ryan Whittlesey/Linas Kojelis] (1)(2)

Ethnic Issues

OA 18285

Human Rights (1)(2)

Human Rights Day 12/10/1986 (1)-(4)

Human Rights Day 1987 (1)(2)

American Latvian Association 02/06/1987

American Hungarian Federation 05/06/1988

Baltic Conference 10/14/1988

Baltic Dissidents October 1987 (1)(2)

Captive Nations [Week]

Captive Nations Week 07/21/1986 (1)(2)

Captive Nations Week 1987 (1)-(3)

Vice President – Captive Nations [Week] 07/20/1988

OA 18286

Hungarian Briefing

Hungarian American Briefing 02/10/1988

Knights of Lithuania 07/30/1988

Latvian American Briefing 10/23/1987

Latvian Conference 10/21/1987

Polish Sanctions 02/19/1987 (1)(2)

Polish American Congress 06/08/1988

Priority Ethnic Events

Seminar on Religious Rights in USSR 05/03/1988 (1)(2)

Shultz/Baltic Leaders Meeting September 1987

OA 18287

Russian-Americans

Russian-Americans: “White” Russians

Russian-Americans: St. Sergius School

Polish American Congress (1)(2)

Human Rights Day 12/09/1987

Hungarians

Baltic Freedom Day 1988

Helsinki Human Rights Day 1988

Captive Nations Week 1988

Moscow Summit

Latvia

Human Rights Day 12/10/1986

Russians [Photo Op 12/19/1988]

Polish [Polish American Heritage Month 1988]

Slavic [Slavic-American Culture Week 1988]

Estonian

Macedonia [1988 Annual Convention]

Ukraine

Ukrainian Catholics

Religious USSR

Armenian (1)(2)

Baltic

Human Rights Day – POTUS 12/08/1988 (1)(2)

Lithuanian

Armenian Presidential 12/22/1988

Soviet Hare Krishnas

Soviet Human Rights

Ukrainian [Presidential Message 11/25/1988]

Czechoslovakian [Presidential Message 10/19/1984]

OA 18288

Soviet Defector October 1985

Hungarian Issues (1)-(5)

Hungary (1)-(3)

Hungarian-Americans (1)-(3)

Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation

Joint Baltic American National Committee (1)(2)

Latvian-American Issues

OA 18289

Lithuania (1)-(3)

Lithuanian American Issues

Lithuanian American Community (1)-(8)

OA 18290

Polish Sanctions

Polish Americans

Polish-American Issues (1)-(4)

OA 18291

Serbian-Americans

Serbian-Americans: Kosovo

Slovak American Issues (1)(2)

Slovak-Americans (1)-(4)

Slovenian-Americans

OA 18292

Soviet Political Prisoners (Release of, Spring 1987)

Soviet Issues

Moscow Summit 1988 (1)-(9)

Ukrainian American Bar Association

USSR

USSR – Human Rights

USSR – Religion (1)(2)

OA 19268

Human Rights Advocates

Ethnic Strategy (1)-(5)

Human Rights Day 1988 (1)-(6)

Latvian-American Briefing 10/21/1988

Lithuania

Polish

Romania

Russian Americans

Ukrainian Issues (1)-(7)

Ukrainian-American Issues (1)-(4)

USSR: Religion/HR

Dolan, Anthony: Files

Box 3

Proclamation: Captive Nations Week – 05/29/1981

Box 14

Captive Nations Ceremony – 07/19/1982 (1)-(3)

Presidential Handwriting File: Records: Speeches

Box 5, Folder 97

07/19/1982 Captive Nations Week

Box 10, Folder 190

07/19/1983 Captive Nations Week Observance Ceremony

Box 16, Folder 303

07/17/1984 Captive Nations Week Proclamation 232258 HO011

Box 24, Folder 466

07/21/1986 Captive Nations Week Signing Ceremony 330673 HO011

Box 28, Folder 566

07/24/1987 Captive Nations Week Ukrainian Shrine Washington, DC 517366 SP1164

Box 33, Folder 661

07/13/1988 Signing Ceremony for Captive Nations Week Proclamations 576478 HO011

Speechwriting, Office of: Speech Drafts

Box 13

Proclamation: Captive Nation Week (Dolan) Week of 07/12/1981

Box 45

Signing Ceremony for Captive Nations Week Proclamation (Dolan) 07/19/1982 (1)(2)

Box 99

Signing Ceremony for Captive Nations Week Proclamation (Elliott) 07/19/1983 (1)-(3)

Box 168

Signing Ceremony for Captive Nations Week Proclamation (Elliott)(Cave) 07/16/1984

(1)-(3)

Box 224

George Bush: Captive Nations Week (Robinson)(Timmons) 07/25/1985

Box 281

Captive Nations Week Signing Ceremony (Rohrabacher)(Hayes) 07/21/1986 (1)(2)

Box 343

Captive Nations Day (Rohrabacher)(Itchon) 07/24/1987 (1)-(4)

Updated: 7/24/2007 Most recent opening: 7/18/2007

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F1744 Sarah Snyder Eastern European Groups 2,153 50