Mr. Speaker. Thursday. June 15. marks 27 years since the Communists gained control over Lithuania and initiated their program for its forcible integration into the Soviet Union and thereby the eradication of this once proud nation. This Communist program has included imprisonment and deportation of approximately 40.000 Lithuanians. We can point to many similar exploitations. History gives us all too many examples where such captivity has been condoned to the detriment of the world family of nations. To condone is to endorse. Let the United States and this House not ignore the plight of the freedomloving people of Lithuania. Their anguish this day prompts us to renew and state again our dedication to the dignity. freedom. and right of selfdetermination of the citizens of all nations and to the same rights of their nation among the family of nations of this earth.
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