Mr. Speaker. today we commemorate the sad anniversary of the beginning of the mass deportation of citizens of the three Baltic nations. Latvia. Lithuania. and Estonia. to remote parts of the Soviet slave empire. Twentyfive years ago today. on June 14. 1941. 60.000 citizens of these unhappy nations were arrested and taken from their homes and loved ones. In the last quarter century. the Soviet Union has done all In its power to deA3205 stroy the national identity of the Baltic peoples. Every effort has been made to Russify the people of Latvia. Lithuania. and Estonia and to extinguish their ancient cultures.
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