If we are looking for evidence of the loosening of the Soviet hold on Eastern Europe let us look there first. The scene we find is bleak. There is no sign of relief. On February 16 of this year Lithuania became a socalled Soviet Republic. All independent Lithuanian agencies and institutions were abolished. The political. economic and cultural life of Lithuania has been Sovietized. Terror. deportations. mass arrests and executions have been employed to subdue the Lithuanian people. The land of Lithuanians has been collectivized. the Lithuanian economy has been subjected to the prior requirements of the Soviet economy. We find no signs of gradually lightening despotism.
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