Mr. Speaker. the anniversary of the illegal occupation of Lithuania by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 25 years ago and of the beginning of the mass deportations by the Soviets of the peoples of the Baltic States. the following year. is a sad occasion. It is a heartbreaking remembrance. but it is tinged with happier feelings. With all of the reawakened memories of terror. of hardship beyond description. of injustice. of outrage. of physical and mental suffering. there is ani exultation in the extent of Lithuanian perseverance. That the spirit of Lithuania is alive today in many countries of the world. that the Lithuanian people have endured with vigor and determination and ethnic unity is indeed a basis for rejoicing.
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