Romas Talanta. burned himself to death in a public park. The rioting continued for several days. Since June 15. 1940. the Baltic nations have lost more than onefourth of the combined populations to the ethnically genocidal deportation and resettlement programs of the Soviet Union. These programs continue today. yet a world which condemns genocide in Biafra and in Bangladesh. seems strangely silent concerning genocide In the Baltic States. Our own Government has never recognized the forced incorporation of the Baltic States into the Soviet Union. If we are to be true to our own principles. we must insist that the Soviet Union. which is a signatory of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights. grant these rights to the peoples of the Baltic States. These include the rights of assembly. of free elections. and freedom of worship. These also include the right to move freely over the borders for emigration and visiting purposes. It is high time that our Government implement House Concurrent Resolution 416 which was unanimously passed by the House and the Senate. This should be implemented by placing upon the agenda of the United Nations the question of Soviet withdrawal from Lithuania.
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