Mr. President. June 15. 1940. was a tragic day for the Baltic people who have suffered in Soviet captivity for 30 long years. On that day Soviet Russia seized Lithuania. Latvia. and Estonia by force of arms and 1 year later these cruel masters began the systematic deportation of Lithuanians. Latvians. and Estonians from their homelands to the desolation of Siberia and the terror of Soviet concentration camps. This year I was privileged to join with the fine Lithuanian community in Chicago for the opening of their Captive Nations Genocide Day exhibition. It is indeed tragic that after 30 years it is necessary to remind the world that freedom has not yet been restored to the Captive Baltic Nations.
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