+ Meeting with the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukraine, Mr. Vladimir Ivashko

This is a scenario note for Mulroney's meeting with the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukraine, Vladimir Ivashko.

Mulroney was advised to raise human rights concerns such as the ban on the Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox Churches, the harassment of dissidents (like poet Stepan Sapeliak), and the authorities' excessive use of force against demonstrators in Lviv. Canadian officials were curious about both Ivashko's enthusiasm for "Ukrainian economic independence" and his warnings about the dangers of "unbridled nationalism and chauvinism."