Very early in the duration. while the Western friends of the Baltic people were engaged in preparations for combat the Kremlin took advantage of our preoccupation to impose its terms upon the Governments of Estonia. Latvia. and Lithuania. and thereby deprived these people of their freedom. Then early in 1940 the Red army attacked and occupied these countries. thus putting an end to their independent existence. Within a very few months a Communiststyle plebiscite made these countries part of the Soviet Union. From the moment the Red army entered these countries Communist agents arrested large numbers of people. several hundred thousand in all. These innocent and helpless individuals were deported to distant Asiatic parts of the Soviet Union. That was some 22 years ago. Today marks the observance of that tragic event.
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