For within less than a year. the Red army invaded the Baltic States. By June 16. 1940. the U.S.S.R. had occupied the region and forcibly annexed the three states to the U.S.S.R. A year later. the Soviets initiated widespread deportation of the government. business. and religious leaders of these lands to slave labor camps in Siberia. Over 60.000 Estonians. 34.000 Lativans. and 45.000 Lithuanians were either executed or forcibly deported from their homes to distant corners of the U.S.S.R. on the charge that they were "politically unreliable." Today we commemorate the anniversary of the Soviet conquest of Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia. On this occasion. we pay our respects.
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