Speaker. as the wondrous occasion was celebrated we must also remember that the coming weeks will mark a sad anniversary for citizens of the Baltic States and for free men everywhere. For a full 27 years now. since June 15. 1940. Lithuania. Latvia. and Estoniathe Baltic Stateshave remained captives of the Soviet Union. During the last quarter century. the citizens of these tiny countries have been subjected not only to political control by a foreign power but. even more outrageously. to Inhumane imprisonment and deportation on a massive scale. The forced departure of many Baits from their homelands. furthermore. has been increasingly followed by an influx of Russian colonials. reflecting a Soviet policy aimed at destroying the ethnic makeup of the Baltic countries. On June 21. 1965.
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