Latvians claim that farmers who resisted collectivization by force were uprooted and freighted away like cattle. To this day. even after the deStalinization took place in Russia. the Soviets still maintain with vigor and impudence that the Baltic people voluntarily joined the Soviet Union. Latvians remember the bitter experiences of the past. They wonder even now if those who dare correspond with families abroad and receive gift parcels are now being actually marked as victims of future reprisals and deportation. Meanwhile. Western democracies continue to uphold the rights of nations. large and small. and the United States continues to maintain her policy of nonrecognition of the Soviet occupation of the Baltic States.
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