Mr. Speaker. 24 years ago. in June 1941. the Soviet Government launched a tragic wave of deportations from the helpless Baltic nations of Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia unparalleled in its brutality and unmitigated in its heartlessness. In a single night over 15.000 Latvians were exiled to slave labor camps in Siberia. More than 34.000 Lithuanians were deported in 1 week. and 60.000 Estonians were forcibly driven from their homeland in a 1year period. Many of these people never saw their homelands again. Families were broken up. Thousands were enslaved by the ruthless totalitarian methods of the Soviet Government. Those who were left behind were little better off. for their native lands were destined to languish under the harsh yoke of Communist domination.
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