Mr. Speaker. with much frustration and sorrow. millions of Lithuanians tlhroughout the free world are commemorating the forcible annexation of Lithuania by the Soviet Union on June 15. 1940. and the subsequent mass deportations of thousands of Lithuanians to Siberian concentration camps. LithuanianAmericans who live in our free society note that 34 years have passed and still their brothers and sisters in Lithuania are denied the right of selfdetermination. These people are unable to freely express themselves politically and certainly do not have freedom of religion. The people of Lithuania are frankly being denied their basic human rights. Free Lithuanians throughout the world are justly asking the United States to remain steadfast on its policy of nonrecognition of the forcible incorporation of the Baltic States. including Lithuania. into the Soviet Union.
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