Speech #920006277

CoN. RES. 7 Whereas the Government and the people of the United States of America have maintained and enjoyed excellent and friendly relations with the Governments and peoples of the Baltic States Republics of Latvia. Lithuania. and Estonia. during the years of independence of these Republics. and Whereas the concept of liberty and freedom of choice of government Is still alive in this country. as It has been constantly since the Declaration of Independence. and Whereas the. evidence produced at the hearings of the select committee of the House of Representatives to investigate the Incorporation of the Baltic States into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics overwhelmingly tends to prove that the actions of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics In relation to these free and independent Baltic Republics were contrary to the principles of International law and the principles of freedom. and Whereas the people of this Nation have consistently shown great sympathy for the peoples of these three Republics. especially as a result of their enslavement and as a result of the inhuman exile and deportation of great numbers of lawabiding persons from their native lands to imprisonment in slave labor camps In the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics: Now. therefore. be It Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring). That it is the sense of the Congress that(1) the President of the United States of America should continue the American policy of nonrecognition of the unlawful absorption of the Baltic States Republics of Latvia. Lithuania. and Estonia into the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. and continue the recognition of the diplomatic and consular officers of these Republics. as the lawful representatives of these three nations in the United States of America. and (2) the President should take such steps as may be appropriate. through the United States delegation to the United Nations. to raise in the United Nations the question of the forced incorporation of Latvia.