In the meantime Soviet agents had instituted a veritable reign of terror throughout these countries. Estonians. Latvians. and Lithuanians were arrested by the tens of thousands. imprisoned and then deported to Asiatic parts of the Soviet Union. The terror and arrests continued until the Red army was forced out of these countries by the Nazis in late June of 1941. In midJune of that year. just before their eviction. however. Soviet authorities had intensified their reign of terror. and in one night alone. on June 13 and 14. many tens of thousands *of innocent people were arrested and deported. All told. during the first year of their occupation. Soviet authorities had deported several hundred thousand Baltic peoples to distant and forbidding parts of Asiatic Russia. It is sad and tragic that while we solemnly observe the anniversary of this terrible event. the fate of its victims is not definitely known. while the survivors of that tragedy still suffer in their homelands under Soviet totalitarian tyranny. In paying homage to the memory of the dead. we pray for the wellbeing and freedom of those unhappy survivors.
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