Early in the year all three countries were invaded and occupied by the Red army. then through a Sovietstyle election Communist regimes were installed in all three countries. and subsequently the countries were incorporated into the Soviet Union. In the meantime the newly instituted Communist regimes. with the help of Soviet agents. arrested and imprisoned a large number of Estonian. Latvian. and Lithuanian nationals. several hundred thousands in all. and these were exiled to distant Asiatic parts of the Soviet Union. It is this deportation of innocent peoples that is being observed today. marking the 22d anniversary of their tragic fate. Mr. Speaker. I would like to refer at this time. in connection with this anniversary of the tragic deportation of Baltic peoples. to the Baltic States resolution I introduced early this Congress. The measure. House Concurrent Resolution 153. calls for Congress to request the President to bring up the Baltic States question in the United Nations and ask the U.N. to request the Soviets to withdraw from Lithuania.
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