California. 90027) in meeting and honoring Mr. Simas Kudirka. a Lithuanian seaman. who in November. 1970 jumped from a Soviet fishing trawler to a Coast Guard ship tied alongside and several hours later was surrendered to the Russians. triggering worldwide outrage. after four years of suffering and torturing by the Soviet Communists in the Soviet prisons and slavelabor camps. finally in November. 1974 he and his family landed in America. Whereas the Soviet Union took over Lithuania by force of arms In June. 1940. and Whereas the Lithuanian people are strongly opposed to foreign domination and are determined to restore their freedom and sovereignty which they rightly enjoyed for more than 8even centuries in the past. and Whereas all representatives of the United Nations. including the Soviet Union. signed the Declaration of Human rights ten years ago. but the Soviet Union has failed to live up to the principles and goals of the aforementioned declaration. and Whereas the government of the Soviet Union. through a program of deportations and resettlement of peoples. continues in its effort to change the ethnic character of the populations of the Baltic States. and Whereas scores of new States were established and founded since 1945 in Asia and Africa and admitted into the United Nations. and Whereas it has been the firm and consistent policy of the government of the United States to support the aspirations of Baltic peoples for selfdetermination and national independence. Therefore be it Resolved. That we.
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