Many of them came to America after their native land had been seized by the Soviet Union. Thousands of others fled from Lithuania to other lands and still other thousands have been sent to Siberia and elsewhere by the tyrants in the Kremlin. Mr. Speaker. as a result of migration. deportations. and repopulation from other sections of the Soviet Union. over half of the people now living in Lithuania are unable to speak Lithuanian. What makes this so tragic is that Lithuanian is the oldest living language in all Europe. May I emphasize the point that this Russification program is continuing. and is one of the most diabolical forms of longterm genocide now in active practice.
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