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an INVITATION TO
JOIN THE 45TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE MEETING ON THE ELBE
and
THE END OF WORLD WAR II
with
SOVIET WORLD WAR II VETERANS INTERESTED IN PEACE
MARCH IN THE MAY DAY PEACE PARADE THROUGH RED SQUARE IN MOSCOW
and
MEET WITH SOVIET PEACE COMMITTEES TO DISCUSS PEACE ISSUES
April 25, 1990 is the 45th Anniversary of the day the Soviet
48th Guard Divison and the U.S. 69th Infantry Divison met at
Torgau on the Elbe River and effectively ended World War II. When
they met at the Elbe River, theyfound a large number of dead
civilians lying near the bridge. They especially noticed a little
girl about 6 lying there, one hand clutching a doll and the other
holding the hand of her dead mother. Joe Polowsky (who is buried
in Torgau) reports that the Americans and the Soviets were so
moved by this that they vowed they would do all in their power to
to keep such a terrible war from ever happening again. All during
the Cold War the Soviets and the Americans who met at the Elbe
have remembered The Oath at the Elbe, have stayed in contact and
have done what they could to work for Peace. They will meet again
April 25, 1990. And, you are invited to attend,
We will then go to the USSR to visit some of the Soviet "Hero
Cities" to meet with Soviet War Veterans group and Soviet Peace
Committees to discuss Peace Issues and Joint Peace Research with
the Soviets. We will visit Moscow (4 days) and march for Peace in
the May Day Peace Parade through Red Square; Volgograd (3 days)
where you are invited to stay in a Soviet home; Kiev (2 days);
Leningrad (4 days).
You are invited to make a presentation to the war veterans
groups and to the Peace committees with whom we will be meeting.
Behavioral Scientists Muzafer and Caroly Sherif found in their
famous study on a Connecticut farm that the best way of reducing
tensions and violence between groups was to get them working on
projects which neither group could accomplish alone. We believe
Peace is such a project. And, we want to organize Joint Peace
Resarch Groups with the Soviet Union. The cost of the 18 day trip
is expected to be about $2700 including round trip air fare from
New York City and all rooms and meals. For more information
contact: Dr. Donald W. Cole, RODC, c/o The Organization
Development Institute, 6501 Wilson Mills Road, Suite K, Cleveland,
Ohio 44143 USA Telephone: (216) 461-4333 (PeaceNet: odi) We will
need a deposit of $200 to hold a place for you. Please register
early because May Day is the biggest holiday of the year in the
USSR and Moscow will be very crowded.
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