Resolution unanimously adopted at a mass meeting of Americans of Lithuanian descent of Detroit and vicinity. sponsored by Detroit Lithuanian Organizations Center. held February 14. 1960. at Western High School. 1500 Scotten Avenue. Detroit. Mich.. to commemorate the 42d anniversary of the declaration of independence of Lithuania: "Whereas Lithuania formally declared herself a free and independent nation on February 16. 1918. and "Whereas in violation of international law. and unlawful. forcible occupation of the Republic of Lithuania. against the will of the Lithuanian people. the Kremlin rulers annexed her to the Soviet Union. and "Whereas the people of Lithuania were and still are suppressed by tyrannical Communist dictatorship. her culture distorted. and thousands of her people deported yearly into prison camps. and "Whereas our Government has never recognized the fraudulent and violent annexation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union: Therefore be it "Resolved. That this gathering of loyal Americans of Lithuanian descent of Detroit and vicinity. calls upon the Government of the United States to stand firm against the expansion of Communist imperialism in the free world. be it further "Resolved. That this meeting asks the Government of the United States not to trust the Soviet "peaceful coexistence". and finally be It "Resolved.
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