Mr. Speaker. it was 16 years ago. today. that the Communists launched their ruthless enslavement of the Baltic States and subjected Lithuania in particular to a most brutal program of annihilation. In this wave of terror and the persecution of a proud people some 60.000 Lithuanians were deported to Siberia or sent to other slavelabor camps throughout Russia. And during this wave of brutality the one thing that stood out so strikingly was the fact that Russia had guaranteed the freedom of the Baltic countries and by this terroristic act revealed herself as incapable of keeping her solemn commitments. Our hearts go out to these brave people and especially to those survivors of Soviet brutality who have found sanctuary in this country.
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