Speech #850080986

Speaker. under leave to revise and extend my remarks in the Appendix of the RECORD. I wish to insert the following resolution adopted by the Baltic Nations Committee of Detroit at its 16th annual meeting on June 16. 1957: The Estonians. Latvians. and Lithuanians of Detroit. at their 16th annual concert meeting on June 16. 1957. at the International Institute of Detroit. held in commemoration of the mass deportations by the Communists from Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania. unanimously adopted the following resolution: "Whereas in June 1940 the sovereign and independent Republics of Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania were illegally occupied through treachery and deception by Soviet Russia and on June 1941 many thousands of Estonians. Latvians. and Lithuanians were seized and deported to the tundras of Siberia for tortuous death. thus beginning a series of acts of systematical genocide carried out by the Kremlin since. and "Whereas the same Soviet forces brutally crushed the Hungarian revolt against communism in 1956 and the aim of the international communism still is the world domination. thus being a menace to the free world and to the world peace. and "Whereas the United States of America will never make a political settlement at the expense of the captive nations. condemns and opposes the Soviet imperialism. and still seeks the liberation of the captive nations because peace is in jeopardy and freedom a word of mockery until the divided nations are reunited and the captive nations are set free. as officially stated by the honorable Secretary of State in New York City. on April 22. 1957: Therefore be it "Resolved. .That hereby we. who have assembled today to commemorate this tragic anniversary. once again express our deep gratitude to the United States Government for not recognizing the fabricated incorporation of the Baltic States into Soviet Union and allowing many thousands of refugees to find new homes in this land of liberty. and be it further "Resolved. That this meeting unconditionally denounces and condemns the Soviet crimes of treacherous aggression. destructive occupation. and brutal genocide of the Baltic States and all the other enslaved countries and respectfully recommends and urges the United States Government. as a member of United Nations. to take the Soviet Union to the United Nations International Court of Justice for aggression and mass murder. and if necessary to follow the recommendations made by the Honorable Senator WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND on November 26. 1956. to bring Russia into line: "1.