Latvia. and Lithuania. Between June 14 and June 17. these three Baltic nations which existed for centuries as distinct communities ceased to exist. Duing this same period in June. 1 year after the Soviet annexation. the Communists deported thousands of Estonian. Latvian. and Lithuanian citizens to remote areas of the Soviet Union. most of them being sent to enslavement in Siberia. This past Sunday commemorative ceremonies were held around the United States in memory of the victims of the deportations. The suffering of these tens of thousands of men and women is one of the great tragedies of the 20th century. The brutal conquest of the three small nations reminds us of the unprincipled determination of the Soviets to subjugate the world and impose their form of tyranny on all mankind.
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