I had an equally good opportunity to inform myself regarding the Soviet violation of those most solemn treaty commitments in connection with the annexation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union. Since that time. Lithuania has suffered greatly and has lost many thousands of her sons and daughters through deportation and other forms of imprisonment to say nothing. of course. of mass executions. Fortunately. this Government has not and I hope will never recognize the Communist conquest of Lithuania or the fraudulent annexation of that country into the Soviet Union. All of us who love freedom join not only in observing this anniversary but in hoping and praying that the day will come when the freedom of Lithuania and all other captive peoples behind the Iron Curtain will be restored.
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