The address follows: It is a high tribute to the Christian tradition of your forefathers that you are holding these exercises in commemoration of the countless number of heroic Lithuanians who have died in defiance of Russian tyranny. I am privileged to take part in this ceremony. It is particularly fitting that we specially pray for and publicly honor the more than 40.000 innocent Lithuanian men. women and children who were deported by Soviet order to the Siberian labor camps 16 years ago. Only God knows how many of these tragic souls have died under conditions of barbaric brutality in these slave camps or continue to live under constant torture and terror. The terrible mass murders and inhuman deportations of these thousands of unfortunate Lithuanians by the Soviets in June of 1940 stand out among the blackest pages of world history. . It is a fearful reminder and warning to us of the evil depths to which the Communist leaders will descend in their devilish determination to wipe out the Christian liberties of free peoples everywhere and eventually enslave the whole world. Although the Communist leaders have most recently been making faint gestures of apparent desire to cooperate for peace. we must wisely beware of their treachery.
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