I've been asked to forward this to the list. I haven't seen it
here yet, thought it might be of interest.
Blair Sandler
>> > PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WAS ISSUED BY ROBERT
AND
>> > MICHAEL MEEROPOL, SONS OF JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG, AS AN
INITAL
>> > REACTION TO THE RELEASE BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY OF
THE
>> > "VENONA" DOCUMENTS PURPORTING TO PROVE THAT THEIR PARENTS
WERE
>> > INDEED SOVIET SPIES. THE STATEMENT WAS ISSUED JULY 17 and AS
FAR
>> > AS WE KNOW, HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED BY THE MAINSTREAM PRESS.
>> >
>> > ROSENBERG FUND FOR CHILDREN
>> > 1145 Main Street
>> > Suite 408
>> > Springfield, Ma. 01103
>> > )413) 739 - 9020
>> > FAX: (413) 746-5767
>> >
>> > Contact numbers(s) above.
>> >
>> > RELEASED "VENONA" DOCUMENTS DEMONSTRATE GOVERNMENT DUPLICITY.
>> >
>> > Nothing in the 49 VENONA documents released by the
National
>> > Security AGency and the CIA (The Agencies) on July 11 cause
us to
>> > alter our positions that: 1. our parents Ethel and Julius
>> > Rosenberg were not guilty as charged; 2. their conviction was
based
>> > upon perjured testimony and fabricated evidence; 3. that
government
>> > agents and agencies orchestrated our parents' frame-up which
>> > resulted in their execution.
>> >
>> > We have sought the release of these documents sicne
1975. The
>> > Agencies explanation that they were not used at our parents'
trial
>> > for national security reasons does not explain why they have
>> > refused to release them to us for the last 20 years. It is
much
>> > more plausible that the documents were only released now
because
>> > they prove nothing and do not helpt justify our parents'
execution.
>> >
>> > The documents' nature and contents explain why The
Agencies
>> > kept them secret for over 40 years. The Agences have
released no
>> > physical evidence to support their claims. The public is
asked to
>> > accept just upon their say so that the documents really are
>> > translations ofr encrypted Soviet diplomatic communications
that
>> > the translations faithfull reflect those communications, and
that
>> > the individuals referred to in code n the documents are the
people
>> > The Agencies say they are. None of this should be taken for
>> > granted. The Agencies are some of the major architects of
our
>> > parents' legally sanctioned murder and so have a tremendous
stake
>> > in justifying their execution.
>> >
>> > The booklet The Agences released to "explain" the
documents
>> > ("Introductory History of VENONA and Guide to the
Trnaslations),
>> > demonstrates that they have even lied about the contents of
these
>> > documents in this carefully staged effort to misinform the
public.
>> > For example the following statements appear on page 10 of the
>> > Guide:
>> >
>> > "These messages disclose some of the clandestine
activities of
>> > Julius and _Ethel Rosenberg_ ..." and "KGB officer
Leonid
>> > Kvasnikov ... like the Rosenberg_s_ ... had many other
high-tech
>> > espionage targets..." (emphasis added)
>> >
>> > Our mother is barely mentioned in the 49 documents The
>> > Agencies claim are KGB transmissions, and nowhere in them is
it
>> > stated that she engaged in clandestine activities. The major
>> > reference to her states: "Knows about her husband's work and
the
>> > role of METR and NIL. In view of delicate health does not
work.
>> > Is characterized positively and as a devoted person."
>> >
>> > Our father's name never appears in any of the documents.
>> >
>> > The Agencies would have us believe that they identified
many
>> > spies long before our parents' arrests and did nothing about
it but
>> > give the FBI a few tips while the vast majority of them
either
>> > disappeared or were never prosecuted. They can not explian
why
>> > neither the CIA nor the FBI acted as if it had this
information
>> > prior to our parents' arrests. Therefore, we suspect that
The
>> > Agencies "cooked" whatever information they had after the
arrests
>> > and trial to bolster the government's scenario. While we
can't
>> > prove this, The Agencies certainly had the motive, means and
>> > opportunity to do so. This helps explain why the "Guide" is
so
>> > vague about the timing of the "decoding" of these
"transmissions."
>> >
>> > The Federal Judiciary, the FBI, the Departmnet of
Justice, the
>> > CIA and other government agencies ahve engaged in a course of
>> > misconduct concerning our parents' case for over 40 years.
Unlike
>> > the Agencies, we, as private citizens have not had the media
access
>> > necessary to present our side.
>> >
>> > FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact: Robert Meeropol: 413 - 739 -
9020.
>> >
>> --
>> Mike Meeropol
>> Economics Department
>> Cultures Past and Present Program
>> Western New England College
>> Springfield, Massachusetts
>> "Don't blame us, we voted for George McGovern!"
>> Unrepentent Leftist!!
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [if at bitnet node: in%"[EMAIL PROTECTED]" but that's fading
fast!]
