Those not voting were considered saboteurs and enemies of the Red regime. Those who appeared at the polls had their passports stamped as having voted. Those who lacked such stamps on their passports were subject to arrest. and countless thousands were arrested and deported to their doom in Siberia. And the Soviet Union has had the colossal impudence to demand that the world accept this as an honest and legitimate election expressing the free will of the Lithuanian people. The Moscow radio announced at the time that over 95 percent of the Lithuanian people voted in favor of the Communist candidates.
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