Suffering is not new to the Baltic peoples. nor is the strength to endure that suffering. An accident of geography has placed these people among neighbors larger and more powerful than they. Within the last three decades. however. the Baltic people have perhaps suffered more than ever before in their tragic history. This June marks the 32d anniversary of the mass deportation of over 150.000 Baltic people from their native land. placing them in danger of ethnic extinction as well as political impotency. Mr. Speaker. 1973 has been called the "Year of Europe." Let us not forget the smaller European countries in our concern for the welfare of the greater powers.
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