To this day. the United States accords diplomatic recognition to the representatives of the last legitimate governments of the three Baltic States. Large numbers of Baltic peoples were transferred to the Soviet interior after 1940. There are indications that as many as 60.000 Estonians and 25.000 Latvians. and probably more Lithuanians. were deported or killed during the first Soviet occupation of the Baltic States in 194041. The largest deportation occurred on the eve of the German invasion. After the war several waves of deportations were conducted particularly from Lithuania. and chiefly in connection with the collectivization drives in the Baltic States. Comparison of Soviet data on peasants in Latvia for the period from early 1947 to May 1949. shows that some 36.000 families or about 150.000 individuals were eliminated from the rolls during the period. MaKing allowance for migration to cities. it appears that over 100.000 Latvian peasants were deported to the interior. The figure for Lithuania may be assumed to be still higher. The Baltic peoples were evidently resettled in various regions of Siberia. as well as in the north.
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