The Lithuanians. so very much like those Americans who fought for our freedom. from the beginning of the occupation have waged an Intensive fight for freedom. During the period between 1944 and 1952. some 30.000 Lithuanian freedom fighters lost their lives In an organized resistance movement. Thousands of others were imprisoned or deported to Siberia. The Soviets are so intense on assimilating these people that they have deported them to other parts of Russia. allow only Russian to be spoken as the official language. and in general try to "breed out" any nationalism. We. in Congress. have fought diligently for human rights for our people and the world. Our principle of freedom and independence is known throughout and we should assert our influence to gain acceptance of our principles for all the peoples of the world.
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