S. S. R.. he signed and issued order No. 001223. setting forth "instructions regarding the manner of conducting the deportation of antiSoviet elements from Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia.! This order gives -minute instructions. on how the secret arrest and deportation of all patriots in theBaltic States were to be carried out. All leadership elements of the population of Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania were to be rounded up and ruthlessly deported to the huge slave empire of the Soviet Union. It is estimated that up to 70.000 patriots of the Baltic States were rounded up during the nights of June 1314. 1941. in response to this Serov directive and deported to the slavery of the Soviet Union. This was .in addition to another 70.000 freedomloving Balts who were forcibly deported shortly after the first Russian occupation of Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia. Serov Order No. 001223 includes specific Instructions on how husbands and wives are to be separated at the railroad station and shipped to different slavelabor camps.
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