Opinion ID: 184630
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Nature of particular evidence

Text: 36 The Commission gave illogical or incomplete reasons for finding non-probative two of the three pieces of evidence it determined were extrinsic. It also failed to discuss individually certain alleged factual inaccuracies that Serafyn brought to its attention. Before discussing the Commission's opinion in detail, however, we set out a brief excerpt from the transcript of the broadcast. 37 MORLEY SAFER, co-host: ... [T]he west [of Ukraine], where we go tonight, is on a binge of ethnic nationalism. Ukraine for the Ukrainians can have a frightening ring to those not ethnically correct, especially in a nation that barely acknowledges its part in Hitler's final solution. 38 ... [J]ust about every day of the week, the sounds of freedom can be heard, men and women giving voice to their particular view of how the new independent Ukraine should be governed. They disagree about plenty, but do have two things in common: their old enemy, Russian communism, and their old, old enemy, the Jews. 39 Unidentified Man # 1: (Through Translator) We Ukrainians not have to rely on American [sic] and kikes. 40 SAFER: Yacoov [sic] Bleich left the United States five years ago to take over as the chief rabbi for the Ukraine. 41 Rabbi YACOOV [sic] BLEICH: There is, obviously, a lot of hatred in these people that are--that are expounding these things and saying, you know--obviously if someone, you know, screams, Let's drown the Russians in Jewish blood, there isn't much love lost there. 42 ... 43 SAFER: ... In western Ukraine at least, Hitler's dream had been realized. It was juden-frei, free of Jews. In the 50 years since, Jews have drifted in from other parts of the old Soviet Union, about 7,000 now in [Lviv]. For some Ukrainians, that's 7,000 too many. 44 Rabbi BLEICH: Yeah. Well, that's not a secret. They're saying that they want the Jews out. 45 ... 46 SAFER: The western Ukraine is fertile ground for hatred. Independence only underlined its backwardness: uneducated peasants, deeply superstitious, in possession of this bizarre anomaly: nuclear weapons....Western Ukraine also has a long, dark history of blaming its poverty, its troubles, on others. 47 [Unidentified] Man # 2: (Through Translator) Kikes have better chances here than even the original population. 48 SAFER: Than the Ukrainians. 49 Man # 2: (Through Translator) Yes. 50 ... 51 SAFER: The church and government of Ukraine have tried to ease people's fears, suggesting that things are not as serious as they might appear; that Ukrainians, despite the allegations, are not genetically anti-Semitic. But to a Jew living here ... such statements are little comfort.... 52