In 1939 according to Soviet official census data there was on the territory of the present Byelorussian SSR a population of 9.3 million. In 1959 on the same territory we find only 8 million people living. This means that 1.3 million of the 1939 population and. in addition to this all the expected natural increase for the 20 following years of 4.7 million has gone under the open terror and planned genocidal mass deportations of Byelorussians by the order of red Russian oppressors. To mask before the eyes of the world these and many other similar facts of the SovietRussian imperialism and colonialism Khrushchev recently raised the "colonial issue" in the United Nations and directed his demagogic accusations against the Western Powers. mainly the United States. One of the best ways to strike back would be to bring the colonial issue to the public attention and to keep it permanently exposed there. where it presently exists in most acute form. i.e.. to the oppressed peoples of the SovietRussian empire. and among them. to the multimillion Byelorussian people.
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