On the eve of the conquest of Lithuania. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotoy boldly stated that Lithuania "should begin now to initiate your people into the Soviet system which in the future shall reign everywhere." It is well that we and other free nations recall the Soviets tacticsprofessed friendship. professed guaranties of territorial integrity. the peaceful entry of military units under a socalled mutualassistance treaty. internal subversion. an incident coupled with demands. and. finally. rigged elections leading to the incorporation of Lithuania into the Soviet Union. Nor can we forget the consequencesthe mass deportation of Lithuanians to the Soviet Arctic. the warping of the thought and culture and economy of Lithuania to the perverted mold of communism. the stifling of religion and the sacrifice of human liberties to the monstrous appetite of Soviet dictation. On this independence day. Americans join with Lithuanians everywhere in reasserting the inalienable right of all men to be free.
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