Speaker. we rise today in the House to pay tribute to Estonia which is observing the anniversary of Its shortlived freedom which began 50 years ago when that nation freed itself from Bolshevik domination after incredibly courageous battle. For a little more than two decades Estonia enjoyed its independence. was accepted into the free world and its citizens knew the rewards of selfdetermination. * The HitlerStalin secret pact of 1939 placed Estonia again within the orbit of Soviet influence and in 1940 Russia by sheer military strength seized and occupied the republic. Within a year some 60.000 Estonians had been killed or deported to remote regions of -the Soviet Union. Estonia has remained ever since under Soviet control. I salute Estonia for her continued struggle for liberty. for her courage when hope of liberation appears dark.
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