Early in June 1940. the Red army moved into Lithuania unopposed. and in a matter of days independent Lithuania was no more. Terror and oppression reigned everywhere. Thousands of innocent and patriotic Lithuanians were arrested and exiled to the interior of Soviet Russia. This manhunt continued for more than a year. until the number of exiled totaled more than 50.000. To this day hardly any of these have seen freedom. but in observing the anniversary of their arrest and deportation by the Soviet authorities we would like to have the people of Lithuania know that we have not forgotten their righteous cause and wholeheartedly sympathize with the lot of their unfortunate kinsmen in exile.
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